Film series: Doc Spots

A busy shopping mall features retail stores like H&M and John Lewis, with crowds walking and dining. Bold neon slogans—“WAR IS PEACE,” “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,” and “IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”—are prominently displayed, evoking Orwellian themes amid the consumeri

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

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

Highlights of the spring semester include Raoul Peck's Orwell 2+2=5 (2025), the epic My Undesirable Friends Part I: Last Air in Moscow (2025), Singing Back the Buffalo (2025), and visits by documentary filmmakers Kimi Takesue, Ntare Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, and Juan Cavestany.
 

Other film series this semester

3-D: Another Dimension
Campus Collaborations
Colombian Tropical Gothic
Doc Spots
Experimental Lens
Exploring Ethnographic Filmmaking
Fit for Duty
Four by Francis Ford Coppola
French Film Festival 2026: A Family Affair
Human Resources: Alienation, the Body, and Science Fiction
Midcentury Melodrama
New Visions, New Voices
Olympic Visions
Recovery in Community
Restorations & Rediscoveries
Scale on Screen
Science on Screen
Seeing and Looking Across Cultures: The Films of Kimi Takesue
Stories in Motion
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