The Indypendent
Film
The Trauma of Displacement from Palestine to Mexico in “Traces of Home”
The daughter of a Mexican mother and Palestinian father, Ghunim grew up in suburban Schaumburg, Illinois, where she and her brother had every material accoutrement of middle-class life. But something was missing.
“La Edad de Agua” Reveals the Price of Water
A group of activists—and grieving mothers—fights to understand the truth about where their water supply went, and how it may have become deadly.
A Revolutionary Fantasy That Speaks to Our Current Descent into Despotism
In One Battle After Another, the rebels savor the thrill of fighting back against an oppressive system but pay a brutal price for doing so.
Meet the Tax That Oligarchs Love to Hate
A new film about the inheritance tax deftly uses the arguments between a “self-made” conservative multi-millionaire and his progressive son.
Gaza Encampments Documentary Delivers a Clear Message: The Kids Are Alright
The Encampments quickly reframes the pro-Israel establishment’s tired critiques of uneducated fools and outside agitators.
Interview: How The Indie Amazon Labor Documentary “Union” Self-Distributed
Mars Verrone is the producer of an award-winning documentary film on the first-ever winning campaign to unionize an Amazon warehouse.
New Documentary Looks at ‘Housing First’ Homeless Shelter Model Across American Cities
Housing First offers a systemic response to homelessness that gives people a place to stay with no strings attached.
Kazembe Balagun Is Keeping It Reel in Harlem
“People come to Maysles as strangers and leave as family,” says the new executive director of Harlem’s only arthouse movie theater.
TUESDAY: Battle of Algiers Screening Featuring Elaine Mokhtefi and Vijay Prashad!
The classic film about guerilla warfare & counterinsurgency in 1950s Algeria is as timely as ever as Palestine fights brute colonialism.