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Come See Me in the Good Light
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7 p.m.
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This remarkable love story follows two poets, Megan Falley and Andrea Gibson, as they embrace their life together while coming to terms with an incurable cancer diagnosis. In interviews they describe how they met, what poetry and performing mean to them, and how living with illness has altered their day-to-day lives. We spend time with the lovers at home with their dogs, and are present for intimate exchanges as they experience setbacks and successes. Andrea works toward performing a live show, and Meg authors a new book, even as treatments threaten to silence their voices. Director Ryan White beautifully laces audio of their words throughout the film, and light, too, becomes a central character—the soft darkness of their bedroom; the afternoon sun as it spills across the living room floor. Come See Me in the Good Light is a luminous study in holding onto gratitude and humor without hiding from the fear of grief.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Thursday, February 5, 2026
7 p.m.
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Karabash, with a population of about 10,000 people, is situated in Russia’s Ural Mountains and is one of the unhealthiest places to live on Earth—UNESCO once reported it the “most polluted town in the world.” Yet Pavel “Pasha” Talankin proudly calls it home, happily working as the event coordinator and videographer at the same primary school that he attended as a child, and where his mom remains the librarian. Each day, Pasha captures lively school events, building rapport with students. Everything rapidly changes in February 2022, when Russia invades Ukraine. The Kremlin issues a new federal “patriotic education” policy, demanding curriculum shifts that focus on supporting the war and requiring students to sing nationalist songs and poems while performing schoolwide drills. Pasha is directed to video his school’s efforts as proof of its compliance. As the situation becomes increasingly dire, and the propaganda more prolific, Pasha continues to document everything he can, until it becomes too dangerous to continue.

Seeds
Thursday, February 12, 2026
7 p.m.
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In lush black-and-white imagery, Seeds documents Black farmers in the American South. The land where they work and live has been in their families for generations–there is a deep attachment to place and purpose, and each harvest is an act of support for the generation to come. The film’s visual tapestry is woven together through vivid, everyday moments and connections: a child bounces on a bed; a grandfather pries back floorboards to stabilize the foundation below; a small granddaughter embraces her older relative in the back seat of a car. The care for the land, the structures upon it, and one another are evident in every frame. Director Brittany Shyne takes her time observing and artfully framing these snapshots of life. An intricate sound design amplifies the intersection of earth, people, and machine, as blades whir and engines hum alongside quieter moments, as if to underscore both the hardship and the beauty of this way of life.