05/28 | Shaolin Soccer: 25th Anniversary Screening

A down-and-out ex-soccer player joins forces with a former monk to assemble an unlikely team of players to win the China Super Cup soccer tournament.
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06/04 | Jaripeo

A journey to Michoacán's hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
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06/05 | Cemetery Shorts 2026

As daylight fades, settle in for a spellbinding program of short films that wander through grief, memory, and the strange, beautiful terrain between presence and absence.
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Shaolin Soccer: 25th Anniversary Screening FREE WITH RSVP
Thu May 28 7:00 PM

Shaolin Soccer: 25th Anniversary Screening

Feature Film Program

Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

The Brittney Griner Story FREE WITH RSVP
Mon Jun 1 7:00 PM

The Brittney Griner Story

Feature Film Program

Gansevoort Plaza, Meatpacking District, Manhattan

Jaripeo FREE WITH RSVP
Thu Jun 4 7:00 PM

Jaripeo

Feature Film Program

Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

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