2025 Documentary Series



January 29th at 7:30pm EST

Bike Vessel - Virtual Screening

DOCUMENTARY

By Eric D. Seals, Donnie Seals Jr., and Resita Cox

Description: Knowing his dad miraculously recovered from three open-heart surgeries after discovering a passion for cycling, filmmaker Eric D. Seals proposes an ambitious idea: Bike together from St. Louis to Chicago. 350 miles. 4 days. On their journey, the two push each other as they find a deeper connection and a renewed appreciation of their quests for their own health and to reimagine Black health.


February 26th at 7:30pm EST

Home Court - Virtual Screening

DOCUMENTARY

By Erica Tanamachi, Jenn Lee Smith, and Brandon Soun

Description: Home Court is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California whose life intensifies as recruitment heats up. As she overcomes injury as well as racial and class differences between her home and private school worlds, in peer groups, and against rival schools, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy behind.




March 23rd at 4:00pm EST / In Person Screening at PCF

April 2nd at 7:30pm / Virtual Screening

We Want the Funk

DOCUMENTARY

By Stanley Nelson

Short Description: Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.


April 27th at 4:00pm EST / In Person Screening at LCF

May 7th at 7:30pm / Virtual Screening

Free for All

DOCUMENTARY

By Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor

Description: Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.


May 21st at 7:30pm / Virtual Screening

Matter of Mind

DOCUMENTARY

By Anna Moot-Levin, Laura Green, David Alvarado, and Jason Sussberg

Short Description: Alzheimer’s disease transforms the lives of three families who confront the challenges of becoming primary caregivers.