2025; Not Rated; 1h 34m
A look at the toll of social media through the eyes of Daisy Moriarty, who while dealing with a chaotic personal life, finds herself sucked into the underbelly of the internet.
Director: Uta Briesewitz
Writer: Matthew Nemeth
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones
A desperate cab driver joins a mysterious money-making app, leading him into society’s shadows. As the night progresses, his morals are tested and free will questioned. The depths he’ll sink reveal themselves as darkness falls.
2024
1h 30m
Director: Michael Pierro
Writer: Michael Pierro
Stars
Nathanael Chadwick
Reece Presley
Lauren Welchner
R; 1h 53m
A hard-working, blue-collar dad just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 10-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires.
‘Day Shift’ Review: Stakes Out
16m
Salesgirl discovers the ultimate secret to regularization.
A Dark Satire About Worker Exploitation in the Philippines
1h 13m
The film is a kaleidoscopic gaze on the exploitative working conditions experienced by migrant domestic workers hired under the Kafala system in Lebanon. Meagre wages, manipulation and a room without windows. Lebanon’s countless maids fight back against the mechanisms of modern slavery.
Director: Roser Corella
Locally produced (DC) on a low budget, when it premiered at Fade to Black Film Festival, it really energized other restaurant workers in the audience.
MacKenzie River Foy (she/they)
Storyteller | Producer | Archivist
1h 27m
Filmmaker Abigail Disney examines income inequality at her family’s company, asking why the American dream seems so out of reach for so many.
The Magic Kingdom Is Tragic for Workers
Just when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
“Full Time,” Reviewed: A Hectic Thriller of Everyday Life
Based on French journalist Florence Aubenas’s bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
‘Between Two Worlds’ Review: Juliette Binoche Goes Undercover
A film by Joanna James
The documentary A Fine Line explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.
Featuring candid interviews with world-renowned chefs including World’s Best Female Chef Dominique Crenn, Emmy Award-winning TV host Lidia Bastianich, two Michelin-starred chef April Bloomfield, Iron Chef Cat Cora, World’s Best Chef Daniel Humm and many more, A Fine Line grapples with themes sparking national conversations right now, including workplace harassment, equal pay, paid parental leave and career advancement.
56 min. | SDH Captions | Scene Selection
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