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Special Screenings for Thu., May 8

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    Special Screenings

    An Army of Women (2024)

    If you were a regular Chronicle reader in the late 2010s and early 2020s, then you already know about the city’s shameful rape kit backlog and the subsequent class action lawsuit filed by 15 rape survivors against the city, county, and criminal justice system. What director Julie Lunde Lillesæter and her team do so effectively is distill that yearslong process into a 84-minute documentary with an intimate lens on the survivors and lawyers at the heart of the case. Following Saturday’s screening will be a panel conversation with three of the plaintiffs and the head of APD’s Sex Crimes and Domestic Violence units. – Kimberley Jones
    May 8 & 10-11
    AFS Cinema

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    Special Screenings

    No Other Land (2024)

    The Israeli assault on Gaza didn’t start on Oct. 7, 2023. The brutal policy of forcing Palestinians off their own land has been ongoing for decades but was rarely shown on the screen. Palestinian activist Basel Adra had been gathering footage for years and teamed up with Israeli investigative journalist Yuval Abraham (as well as Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal and Israeli cinematographer Rachel Szor) to create this Oscar-winning documentary about the endless assaults upon the people of the tiny farming community of Masafer Yatta. But it’s also the story of their friendship, a beacon of hope in these terrible times. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of No Other Land.
    May 8 & 10
    AFS Cinema
SPACES

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    Special Screenings

    Lost Soulz (2024)

    An award winner and critical favorite at both South by Southwest and Tribeca, first-time feature director Katherine Propper’s rap road trip revises the conventions of the rise-and-fall rock odyssey for modern times, when celebrity is more fleeting than ever and musicians seem even more primed to implode. A hypnotic, enchanting, and mournful meditation on found family and lost community, catch this special homecoming screening with Propper and star Sauve Sidle. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of Lost Soulz.
    Thu., May 8
    Hyperreal Film Club
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