In response to the numerous heartwarming messages that we have received asking how people can help The Senator while we are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have teamed up with our distribution partners in a new effort to bring great screenings directly into your home. Each title listed below will direct you to the distributor’s virtual platform where you will be able to rent the movie for a specified time.
How does this help The Senator? All revenue from these screenings will be split between the distributor and the theatre.
John Lewis
The film explores Georgia representative’s, 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THIS TITLE! A portion of the revenue will help support The Senator while we are temporarily closed.
Kary Antholis, Edward Asner, Leslie Ayvazian
An uncompromising truth-seeking rebel, Olympia Dukakis refuses to yield to social norms while pushing forward her own subversive narrative.
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Woody Allen, Ann-Margret, Eve Arden
From big bands to Broadway, radio to recordings and television to the big screen, Kaye Ballard did it all in a career that spanned eight decades. Millions knew her best from her comedic TV roles on The Mothers-In-Law and The Doris Day Show – in addition to dozens of music-variety show appearances – but she also enjoyed notable successes on stage and during the glamorous era of night clubs. Along with an illustrious roster of friends and associates, Kaye recalls her remarkable life in show business accentuated with extensive rare footage and photographs offering an entertaining glimpse of her rich and varied talents.
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An 80-minute theatrical program of 6 short films selected from this year’s Festival. Widely considered the premier American showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years, the Short Film Tour includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, giving new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers.
Program includes: Benevolent Ba (Malaysia, U.S.A), Hot Flash (Canada), The Deepest Hole (U.S.A), Meats (U.S.A), T (U.S.A), and So What If The Goats Die (France).
CLICK HERE TO RENT THIS PROGRAM! A portion of the revenue will help support The Senator while we are temporarily closed.
Valeria Castaño Fajardo, Carlos Fonnegra, Julian Giraldo
Cristina and Simon are two young graffiti artists who paint the city that they live in: Medellin. They defy a criminal gang when they decide to paint over a threat, written on a wall, a mural of a whale. The powerful strength of youth, faces fear, violence and the many risks of growing up.
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The community of Paradise, California, a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, attempts to rebuild after devastating wildfires in 2018.
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Hugo Weaving, Fayssal Bazzi, Daniel Henshall
The lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep.
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Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Tobias Santelmann
A grieving widower moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past.
LINK TO RENT THIS FEATURE WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON 8/7. STAY TUNED!
Richard Roxburgh, Miriam Margolyes, Emma Booth
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family – whatever it takes.
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Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry
The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
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OFFICIAL TRAILER | Starting at Zero: Reimagining Education in America from Starting at Zero on Vimeo.
Starting at Zero explores the power of investing in high-quality early childhood education so that all children and families have the opportunity to attain the American Dream. It examines the latest developmental brain science to demonstrate how essential the earliest years of learning are to maximize human potential. Key features of high-quality early childhood learning environments and experiences are outlined and then brought to life as the film delves into the evolution of Alabama’s #1 nationally ranked state Pre-K program.
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This documentary video looks at the relationship between the nuclear power industry and the defense industry, where hydrogen bombs are made, tested and sold!
CLICK HERE TO RENT THIS FEATURE! Streaming begins 8/21. A portion of the revenue will help support The Senator while we are temporarily closed.
David Thewlis, Billie Piper, Sally Hawkins
After Jane (Sally Hawkins) falls into a state of despair over her schizophrenia, she encounters new sources of love and life with surprising results.
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A film about the butterfly effect on geopolitics, the paradox of time, the (almost) end of the world, the cinematograph, sex, and sugar.
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Pierre Cardin, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Philippe Starck
A rare peek into the mind of a genius, chronicling the life and design of Cardin. Exclusive access to his archives and his empire, and unprecedented interviews at the sunset of a glorious career.
CLICKING HERE TO RENT THIS FEATURE! Use code “senator” to access our virtual screening room and help support The Senator while we are temporarily closed.
Vinyl Nation is a documentary dig into the resurgence of vinyl records, the diversification of vinyl fans and what this all means for America today.
Joe Pantoliano, Paula Brancati, Marco Leonardi
A downtrodden man experiences an ethical crisis and travels back to his hometown in rural Italy to re-calibrate his moral compass. There he finds new purpose in reviving his grandfather’s old vineyard, offering the small town of Acerenza a sustainable future, and reconnecting with his estranged family in the process.
Sarm Heng, Thanawut Ketsaro, Mony Ros
14-year-old Chakra is sold as a slave laborer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain’s rule on board is cruel and arbitrary.
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Ma Duo, Tianyi Huang, Ma Ke
When influential Chinese artist Ma Liang (a.k.a. Maleonn) realizes that his father Ma Ke, an accomplished Peking Opera director, is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, he invites his father to collaborate on his most ambitious project to date – a haunting, magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets called “Papa’s Time Machine”. Through the creation of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
Following Chef David Kinch and his team’s journey from their 3 Michelin Star in California on a one of a kind “four hands” collaboration with three legendary chefs at their iconic restaurants in Paris, Provence and Marseille.
LINK TO RENT THIS FEATURE WILL APPEAR HERE ON 9/18. STAY TUNED.
CHUCK BERRY tells the story of the Granddaddy of Rock & Roll. In this highly-anticipated OFFICIAL and fully-authorized feature documentary, the absolute instigator of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry, is truly revealed with exclusive access to his family, friends, famous fans and the music icons he inspired. Despite his iconic status, and reverence for his talent by rock’s heroes John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, all featured, Chuck Berry was at heart, a family man. He was a prolific craftsman of words and chords; an undisputed and stunning combination of talent and charisma.
CLICK HERE TO RENT THIS FEATURE! Use code “senator” to access our virtual screening room and help support The Senator while we are temporarily closed.
Naama Preis, Andy Levi, Ze'ev Shimshoni
For Anat, music is everything. Having never been able to reach her father’s musical standards, she rests her hopes on the child she’s about to have. When the baby is born deaf, Anat succumbs to extreme measures to keep the dream alive.
LINK TO RENT THIS FEATURE WILL APPEAR HERE ON 9/18. STAY TUNED!
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants.
PRE-ORDER TODAY BY CLICKING HERE! Streaming begins on 9/18.
Sarah Rose Harper, Brandon Thane Wilson, Katie Foster
A Made-In-Baltimore Film: Shot in Baltimore with a local cast and crew and directed by Baltimorean native son Jeremy Kasten.
For four outcast teens, summer detention means being assigned to clean their high school after a horrific incident. But they are not alone; a macabre gang wearing guises of The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse – Famine, Pestilence, War and Death – has locked them inside and is hunting them through the school’s ravaged hallways. As the four students battle to survive, each must confront the supernatural echoes of past traumas they have struggled to forget – and may be condemned to relive.
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JOIN A FREE ZOOM MEETING WITH DIRECTOR JEREMY KASTEN & CAST:
Date/Time: 9/18 @ 10pm
Zoom Link: bit.ly/3kjuQkH
Meeting ID: 856 9915 9740
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
LINK TO STREAM THIS FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON 9/25 FOR $6.99 AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A PERMANENT COPY. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, which was co-founded by Justice Ginsburg in 1972.
Kenadi DelaCerna, John Ashton, Tatanka Means
Margo Crane’s odyssey on the Stark River introduces her to a world filled with wonders and dangers.
LINK TO RENT THIS FEATURE WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON 10/2! STAY TUNED.
Red Saunders, Dennis Bovell, Mykaell Riley
Rock Against Racism was formed in 1976, prompted by Eric Clapton. It blends fresh interviews with archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches.
LINK TO RENT THIS FEATURE WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON 10/16! STAY TUNED.
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