Farewell Amor
Oct
9
to Oct 18

Farewell Amor

It’s been 17 years since Walter was forced to leave his family in Angola. Now he is picking up his wife and daughter from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. This gentle tale of a family’s estrangement and reconnection provides explores an aspect of the immigrant experience rarely examined.

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Aggie
Oct
8
to Oct 18

Aggie

Art collector and curator Agnes Gund rocked the art world when she sold her prized artwork, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece,” for $165 million and used to proceeds start the Art for Justice Fund, fueling a monumental effort to reform the American criminal justice system and end mass incarceration.

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Sisters Rising + Without a Whisper - Konnon:KWE
Oct
8
to Oct 18

Sisters Rising + Without a Whisper - Konnon:KWE

Native American women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault than all other American women; 1 in 3 Native women report having been raped during her lifetime, and 86% of the offenses are committed by non-Native men. Sisters Rising follows six women who refuse to let this pattern of violence continue in the shadows.

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Coded Bias
Oct
8
to Oct 18

Coded Bias

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces and the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, AI is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.

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Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack
Oct
8
to Oct 18

Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack

Maverick artist Audrey Flack is best known for the photorealist still lifes she produced in the 1960s, packed with feminine objects like perfume bottles, cakes, flowers, lipstick, and jewels. Once dismissed as frivolous, Audrey's work is now hailed as groundbreaking. At 88 years old, she remains razor-sharp and ever evolving.

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