Film series: Doc Spots

A man dressed in light blue sleeping atop a stone statue in a lush garden.
"Orlando, My Political Biography" (2023) Courtesy of Janus Films.
A fearful looking man and child held under arrest by a solider in camouflage fatigues.
Still from "Green Border" (2023) Courtesy of Kino Lorber.

Our annual "Doc Spots" series features a dynamic range of non-fiction films around the world, foregrounding powerful narratives and compelling storytelling techniques. 

Highlights this semester include Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie's Sugarcane, a searing investigation into the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many Indigenous children experienced at Canadian residential boarding schools run by the Catholic Church; Film is Dead. Long Live Film!, Peter Flynn's heartfelt tribute to independent film collectors that have preserved much cinema history; and The Laughing Boy (An Buachaill Geal Gáireach), the remarkable and untold story of an Irish song that gained new life as a resistance anthem during the Greek Revolution.

Many films are cosponsored by Cornell departments and programs and will feature introductions and post-screening discussions with faculty.

Other film series this semester

(You Look Like) Clara Bow
Away We Go!
Cine Con Cultura 2024
Cornell Cinema Goes to Washington
Costumes by Edith Head
Doc Spots
Party Like It's 1999
Restorations & Rediscoveries
Worth a Watch

Related films

Film is Dead. Long Live Film!

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Green Border

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Orlando, My Political Biography

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A vintage photograph of a group of people wearing carnivalesque costumes and masks while standing in the middle of an urban street.

Pictures of Ghosts

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Sugarcane with Ghosts

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A monochrome image of an older man wearing a cowboy hat and white t-shirt holding a chubby baby.
A boy running alone on a dusty desert road.
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