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This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent 17 BLOCKS you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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About the film

In 1999, nine-year-old EMMANUEL SANFORD-DURANT and his Washington, D.C. family began to film their daily lives in America’s most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol building. They’ve been filming ever since.

Made in a unique collaboration with filmmaker and journalist DAVY ROTHBART, the film focuses on four generations of the Sanford Family, including EMMANUEL, a promising student, his brother SMURF, a local drug dealer, his sister DENICE, an aspiring cop, and his mother CHERYL, who must conquer her own demons for her family to prosper.

Spanning two decades, 17 BLOCKS illuminates a nation’s ongoing crisis through one family’s raw, stirring, and deeply personal saga.

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For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

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After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 72 hours.

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96 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent BLIZZARD OF SOULS you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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Film Movement is proud to present four Official Best International Feature Oscar submissions, including TRUE MOTHERS, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, and MY LITTLE SISTER, available as a package for the discounted price of $30. Your purchase provides invaluable support for independent film organizations who tirelessly champion these global cinematic voices.

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About the film

Blizzard of Souls pays stark witness to the horrors and brutality of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of an innocent 17-year-old farm-boy turned soldier. Though he is underage, and his dad, a former marksman, is overage for the army, they are both conscripted into one of Latvia’s first national battalions. The thrill of training is soon followed by reality, as shells burst around them in the endless mud. He grows up on the battlefield, fighting at the side of his father and brother, their lives are constantly in jeopardy.

Adapted from the book by Aleksandrs Grins, which was banned in the U.S.S.R., the story was based on Grins’ own war experiences in a Latvian battalion, and the film is the biggest box office success in Latvia in the past 30 years.

How to stream

For $10, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

You will have to register for a free Eventive account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 72 hours.

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123 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent TRUE MOTHERS you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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Film Movement is proud to present four Official Best International Feature Oscar submissions, including TRUE MOTHERS, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, and MY LITTLE SISTER, available as a package for the discounted price of $30. Your purchase provides invaluable support for independent film organizations who tirelessly champion these global cinematic voices.

Click here to rent TRUE MOTHERS as part of this discounted package.

About the film

After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a child. Over the next six years, the middle-class couple and their young son Asato settle into a comfortable, albeit routine, life. The family’s orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato’s biological mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboldened to defend her family.

Weaving together multiple timelines and genres with a contemplative pacing and keen sense of place, hallmarks of Kawase’s work, TRUE MOTHERS is “is a deeply touching celebration of women who assume duties of love, support and compassion” (Awards Watch).

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For $10, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

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After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 72 hours.

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140 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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Film Movement is proud to present four Official Best International Feature Oscar submissions, including TRUE MOTHERS, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, and MY LITTLE SISTER, available as a package for the discounted price of $30. Your purchase provides invaluable support for independent film organizations who tirelessly champion these global cinematic voices.

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About the film

Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina’s ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas and challenges that make him question his destiny. Sudan’s first Oscar submission, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is an auspicious debut and a moving meditation on what it means to live in the present.

How to stream

For $10, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

You will have to register for a free Eventive account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 72 hours.

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102 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent MY LITTLE SISTER you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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Film Movement is proud to present four Official Best International Feature Oscar submissions, including TRUE MOTHERS, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, and MY LITTLE SISTER, available as a package for the discounted price of $30. Your purchase provides invaluable support for independent film organizations who tirelessly champion these global cinematic voices.

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About the film

Brilliant playwright, Lisa, no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother’s heart. The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukemia. He’s a famous theater actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soul mate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage. Her relationship with her husband starts to fall apart, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, her mirror, who connects her back with her deepest aspirations and rekindles her desire to create, to feel alive…

How to stream

For $10, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

You will have to register for a free Eventive account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 72 hours.

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99 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent ZAPPA you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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About the film

With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter’s assembly features appearances by Frank’s widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank’s musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others.

How to stream

For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

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After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 48 hours.

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129 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent THE DONUT KING you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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Ted’s story is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption. It’s the rags to riches story of a refugee escaping Cambodia, arriving in America in 1975 and building an unlikely multi-million-dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry, the donut. Ted sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet teaching them the ways of the donut business. By 1979 he was living the American Dream. But, in life, great rise can come with great falls.

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For $9.99, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

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90 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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About the film

CROCK OF GOLD – A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN deep dives into the life of the tortured Irish vocalist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Pogues, who famously combined traditional Irish music with the visceral energy of punk rock. Featuring unseen archival footage from the band and MacGowan’s family, as well as animation from legendary illustrator Ralph Steadman, Julien Temple’s rollicking love letter spotlights the iconic frontman up to his 60th birthday celebration, where singers, movie stars and rock ’n’ roll outlaws gather to celebrate the man and his legacy.

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For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

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124 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent THE REASON I JUMP you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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About the film

Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida’s revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe.

Moments in the lives of each of the characters are linked by the journey of a young Japanese boy through an epic landscape; narrated passages from Naoki’s writing reflect on what his autism means to him and others, how his perception of the world differs, and why he acts in the way he does: the reason he jumps. The film distils these elements into a sensually rich tapestry that leads us to Naoki’s core message: not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say.

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For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV. You can also download the Kino Now app for Roku or Apple TV (requires tvOS 9.0 or later) and watch the film there.

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After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for ten days.

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82 MIN

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent BORN TO BE you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

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About the film

Born to Be follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting (he/him) at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery. There, for the first time ever in New York City, transgender and gender non-conforming people have access to quality transition-related care. With extraordinary access, this remarkable documentary offers an intimate look at how one doctor’s work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming specialist has led to his own transformation.

Dr. Ting’s patients are as diverse as the city itself. Cashmere (she/her), decades sober and with a zest for life, offers an invaluable queer history lesson as she looks back on the tumultuous existence she once led on the streets of New York. Jordan (they/them) is non-binary and, with their nurturing partner by their side, finally has the support they need to take the next step in their transition. The loquacious Garnet (she/her) moved to New York City to transition and has the full support of her family, but still struggles with depression. Shawn (he/him) signed up for a new type of gender-affirming surgery pioneered by Dr. Ting with the help of brave patients like him. And heart- and scene-stealer Mahogany (she/her) was once a successful male model, but sacrificed her career to begin life as the woman she is. Through their stories, their joys and hardships, the film addresses the nuances and complexities of gender, exploring key issues around the human right to define gender for oneself.

How to stream

For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV. You can also download the Kino Now app for Roku or Apple TV (requires tvOS 9.0 or later) and watch the film there.

You will have to register for a free KinoNow account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for ten days.

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92 MIN