Thursday, May 16
Brower Center - Downtown Berkeley
Tickets are required for the presentations at the Brower Center. See your Journalism graduate for details or contact Joanne Straley (jstraley@berkeley.edu). We will have non-ticket overflow seating for up to 40 in an auxiliary space at the Brower Center, first come, first served.
3:00 - 5:30pm
Documentary Film
An intimate portrait of the Taybeh Brewery in Palestine, the first craft brewery on the West Bank, that reveals the daily realities of one resourceful Palestinian family living and working under Israeli occupation.
Told through two mothers seeking safety and security in Colombia, "Irse" is a window into the Venezuelan exodus and its impact on their families.
In one Bay Area jail, a young man’s mysterious death leads to his mother’s determined quest to find out what happened to her son, encountering the peculiarly opaque and powerful position of American sheriffs.
"Follow the Sun" captures the liminal moments of Central American men who find themselves in between grave danger and the hopes of a better life.
We’ve been taught that men were the only ones doing anything worthwhile in pre-history. TheirStory introduces the female archaeologists and anthropologists who dared to ask, “Where was the other half of the species?,” complicating assumptions of gender and our understanding of ourselves.
5:30 - 7:00pm
Mid-Screening Reception:
Join us for a mid-screening reception for food and drinks.
7:00 - 10:30pm
Documentary Film
Years after the closure of a major public hospital in the Bay Area, patients, first responders and care providers must navigate a hospital desert and adapt to the limited options, longer distances, and backlogged systems of care.
"The Loving of Caridad" follows one woman through a cycle of abuse and trauma as she exits the foster care system, haunted by a history of sex trafficking. Now she is at a crossroads and must piece together her past, present and future in search of the elusive thing so many of us take for granted: home.
A year after deadly wildfires ravaged Northern California’s Wine Country, its vulnerable population of farmworkers, many of them undocumented, find themselves in a heightened state of insecurity and inequality.
Few can escape the holiday season. For some, it’s a source of great pleasure, for others, it’s a source of great pain. Returning Home takes you on an unexpected holiday journey into the filmmaker’s family, the domestic traditions of Christmas and the significance behind this annual pilgrimage home.
"A Way" is the story of three Americans who converted to Buddhism and ordained as monastics. As they go about their lives at their respective monasteries, we learn about their struggles, their discoveries, and what they left behind.