PMA Films and Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition present "Time" in Congress Square Park
81 min. Not Rated. Directed by Garrett Bradley.
PMA Films and Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition present Time, part of Freedom & Captivity. Join us for a free outdoor screening of Garrett Bradley’s Oscar-nominated documentary, presented in Congress Square Park Wednesday, September 22 at 6:45 p.m. An introduction and reflections on the film will be presented by Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition at 6:15 p.m. Premiering before Time is a short, 9-minute film commissioned by Freedom & Captivity,The ABCs of Abolition. The film will begin at 6:45 p.m.
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Faya Dayi
120 min. Not Rated. Directed by Jessica Beshir. In Amharic, Harari, and Oromo with English subtitles.
A sublime work of trance-state cinema, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic immersion in the world of rural Ethiopia, a place where one commodity—khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties—holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life.
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Language Lessons
91 min. Not Rated. Directed by Natalie Morales. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
When Adam's (Mark Duplass) husband surprises him with weekly Spanish lessons, he's unsure about where or how this new element will fit into his already structured life. But when tragedy strikes, his Spanish teacher, Cariño (Natalie Morales), becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed.
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Bergman Island
113 min. Not Rated. Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve.
A couple retreats to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
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Ailey
82 min. Not Rated. Directed by Jamila Wignot.
Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. Ailey is a documentary that traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty.
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Bad Tales
98 min. Not Rated. Directed by The D’Innocenzo Brothers. In Italian with English Subtitles.
An apparently normal small community on the outskirts of Rome hides the sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the desperation of the children.
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Never Gonna Snow Again
113 min. Not Rated. Małgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert. In Polish, Russian, French, and Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients. Poland's Official Submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.
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PMA Films presents "Stop Making Sense" in Congress Square Park
90 min. Not Rated. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
Join us at 8 p.m. on Friday, August 13 for a free outdoor screening of Jonathan Demme’s classic Talking Heads concert film in Congress Square Park.
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The Truffle Hunters
84 min. Not Rated. Directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. In Italian with English subtitles.
Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of aging men and their cherished dogs, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation.
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Truth Tellers
63 min. Not Rated. Directed by Richard Kane.
Truth Tellers chronicles the lives of courageous Americans fighting for peace, racial equity, environmental justice and indigenous rights through the eyes of Robert Shetterly, a long time activist and artist. The film explores the intersection of these issues stressing the urgency of coming together to confront them and galvanizing our resolve to uphold our country’s founding ideals.
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Jacinta [Part of Points North Institute's Recovery in Maine]
105 min. Rated R. Directed by Jessica Earnshaw.
An intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma, Jacinta follows a young Maine woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration, and crime.
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It
90 min. PG-13. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera.
In this documentary, take a look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood.
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The Lost Leonardo
96 min. Rated PG-13. Directed by Andreas Koefoed.
This documentary tells the story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million.
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In Silico
83 min. Not Rated. Directed by Noah Hutton.
In Silico explores an audacious 10-year quest to simulate the entire human brain on supercomputers. Along the way, it reveals the profound beauty of tiny mistakes and bold predictions — a controversial space where scientific process meets ego, and where the lines between objectivity and ambition blur.
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About Endlessness
76 min. Not Rated. Directed by Roy Andersson. Swedish with English subtitles.
Swedish auteur Roy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.
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In the Making [co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance]
95 min. Not Rated. Directed by Various.
PMA Films and Indigo Arts Alliance co-present In the Making, a free documentary short film series produced by Firelight Media and American Masters following the lives and journeys of emerging BIPOC cultural artists who bring insight and originality to their artistic craft. Eight cinematic and character-driven shorts by emerging BIPOC filmmakers exploring the artistic process of up-and-coming creatives through non-fiction storytelling.
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My Wonderful Wanda
111 min. Not Rated. Directed by Bettina Oberli. In German with English subtitles.
A Polish woman becomes entangled in a wealthy Swiss family's laundry list of drama when she is employed to care for its patriarch.
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Hope
125 min. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Sødahl. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
The relationship between artist-partners Tomas (Stellan Skarsgård) and Anja (Andrea Bræin Hovig) is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis. Norway’s Official Submission for Best International Feature 93rd Academy Awards.
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Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
75 min. Not Rated. Directed by Jeffrey Wolf.
This inventive documentary captures the vivid life of Bill Traylor, who in his late 80s, living homeless on the street in the thriving segregated Black neighborhood of Montgomery, produced a body of extraordinary art.
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The Man Who Sold His Skin
104 min. Not Rated. Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. In Arabic, French, Flemish with English subtitles.
Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
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