PROXY SPRING SERIES 2022
After two years of sheltering in place and remote work, this year’s series explores the concept of ‘home’. What does home mean for those who are seeking, for those who are misunderstood, or, simply, for our future together on this planet. How do we look to a greater definition of home within communities or within oneself?
4.01 The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump
Directed by Jerry Rothwell, 2020
Running time: 1h 22m
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.
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4.08 Flee
Flee
Directed by Laura Poitras, 2022
Running time: 2h 2m
An epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid epidemic’s unfathomable death toll.
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4.7 TILL
TILL
Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, 2022
Running time: 2h 10m
A profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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4.14 malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Directed by Sky Hopinka, 2020
Running time: 1h 20m
English/Chinuk Wawa with English subtitles
A documentary circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest. This film follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier's wanderings through each of their worlds as they wander through and contemplate the afterlife, rebirth, and the place in-between. Spoken mostly in Chinuk Wawa, their stories are departures from the Chinookan origin of death myth, with its distant beginning and circular shape.
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4.21 Marcel The Shell With Shoes on
Marcel The Shell With Shoes on
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, 2022
Running time: 1h 30m
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope of reuniting with his long-lost family.
