Parallel Planes This film pays homage to the American DIY spirit and the diversity of the US musical landscape outside the commercial music industry. Nicole Wegner maintains eye level with her twelve subjects, including Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Michael Gira (Swans) and Valentine Falcon (Get Hustle), who gleefully hack the music industry and play by their own rules. To The Front: Scenes From A Women's Rock Camp (Short) A group of unacquainted women with no musical experience have three…

This One's For The Ladies Race, class and sexuality intersect at Newark strip club the Dojo: a karate school by day, home to the New Jersey Nasty Boyz by night. In addition to spotlighting the exotic dancers who work there - both male and lesbian - Gene Graham’s affectionate portrait celebrates the community of women who sustain this microcosm of black American society. Click here for more info & tickets

Tanzania Transit A train crossing Tanzania presents a rolling microcosm of East African society. Three characters join on us in transit - Rukia, an entrepreneurial woman, travels second class. Isaya, a charismatic old Masai, sits with grandson William, in the train’s poorest part, while Peter, a preacher, travels first class. Each individual tells a story of overcoming hardship, and resilient momentum. Click here for more info & tickets