Film series: Doc Spots

scene from the film OUR BODY
OUR BODY (2023, dir. Claire Simon)
scene from the film MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAYS MOVE: THE LEGACY OF DOROTHY FOREMAN COTTON
MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAYS MOVE: THE LEGACY OF DOROTHY FOREMAN COTTON (2023, dir. Ryan Ferro & Deborah C. Hoard)

Cornell Cinema’s annual Doc Spots series spotlights groundbreaking documentaries from across the globe released during the past year.

This semester’s selection features a compelling selection of non-fiction films that explore issues ranging from the opioid crisis and the war in Ukraine to a French gynecology ward and a cattle ranch-turned-vegan-animal-sanctuary.

Featuring:

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
directed by Laura Poitras (2022 USA)
Sunday, August 27, 2023, 5:30pm    
Saturday, September 9, 2023, 5:30pm    

Our Body
directed by Claire Simon (2023 France)
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 5:30pm

UÝRA – The Rising Forest
directed by Juliana Curi (2022 USA) 
Friday, October 6, 2023, 7pm

20 Days in Mariupol
directed by Mstyslav Chernov (2023 Ukraine/USA)
Friday, October 13, 2023, 7pm    
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5:30pm    

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton
directed by Ry Ferro and Deborah Hoard  (2023 USA)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 7:30pm

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
directed by Laura Poitras (2022 USA)
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 5:30pm

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Thursday, November 30, 2023, 7:30pm
Monday, December 4, 2023, 7pm

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A close up photo of a blue "Press" helmet on a man pointing at a destroyed city skyline in the distance.

20 Days in Mariupol

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Scene from the film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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Scene from the film Our Body

Our Body

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Scene from the film UÝRA - The Rising Forest

UÝRA - The Rising Forest

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Nude women climbing out of water after swimming in snow-covered lake.
Photography by Ants Tammik (Courtesy of Alexandra Film)

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

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