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Genre: Documentary

Bard in the Backcountry

Directed by Cindy Stillwell, Tom Watson

Bard in the Backcountry chronicles a summer season of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, a professional traveling theater company based …

Barzan

Directed by Alex Stonehill

To neighbors, Sam “Barzan” Malkandi was the model immigrant and perfect, hard-working family man. To investigators, Malkandi was a cold-blooded …

Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

Directed by Niels Bolbrinker, Thomas Tielsch

The Bauhaus, a legendary and revolutionary Weimar-era design school founded by architect Walter Gropius in 1919, has been the source …

Bayou Maharajah

Directed by Lily Keber

The Ivory Emperor, the Black Liberace, Lil Booker, Little Chopin in Living Color...James Carroll Booker III. BAYOU MAHARAJAH explores the …

Beautiful Noise

Directed by Eric Green

"Although it's one of the most radical and influential movements in contemporary music, having given birth to some of the …

Beauty & The Sea

Directed by Ivy Lin

Sensitively filmed and edited, this portrayal follows an elderly woman and her daily wanderings, from getting a haircut to buying …

Beauty is Embarrassing

Directed by Neil Berkeley

You may not know painter-cartoonist-puppeteer-filmmaker Wayne White by name, but you know his work. A guiding force behind Pee-Wee's Playhouse, …

Before the Revolution

Directed by Dan Shadur

At one time, Israel and Iran had a mutually prosperous political and economic relationship. Israelis living in Tehran enjoyed great …

Bending the Arc

Directed by Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos

Thirty years ago, as much of the world was being ravaged by horrific diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, three remarkable …

Besa: The Promise

Directed by Rachel Goslins

During World War II, Albanian Muslims provided shelter for thousands of Jewish refugees from Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria. Invoking the …

Best of the 44th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival Tour

Directed by Various

The Northwest Film Center is honored to present the Best of the 44th Northwest Filmmakers' Festival, a carefully selected cross-section …

Beware the Slenderman

Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky

In 2014, two young girls in Waukesha, Wisconsin committed an atrocious act compelled by the calling of a fictional internet …

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