Film: Venezuela, The Shadow Agenda
The documentary by Hernando Calvo Ospina that will be valid as long as the United States persists in attacking the Bolivarian Revolution.
Film: The Bad Kids
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up Film and community conversation about alternative education and self care for teachers working with at risk youth.
Film: Catching the Sun
Join the discussion about who will win and who will lose the battle for power in the 21st century with IPS Climate Policy Progam, Director Janet Redman.
Flim: The Armor of Light
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up (formerly Community Cinema) preview screening about two people of faith who come together to explore the contradictions of a nation rife with gun violence.
Film: The Power of the Weak
Meet Jorgito in-person at the D.C. premiere of the U.S. film tour, part of the 2nd “Days of Action” (against the blockade) in Washington, DC where he reveals his story that proves societies that support human development can empower the physically challenged.
Film Screening and Discussion: This Changes Everything
Hear firsthand from COP21 conference participants about how to seize the crisis of climate change and transform our failed economic system
Film: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up (formerly Community Cinema) preview screening about the turbulent 1960s when change was coming to America, the fault lines could no longer be ignored, and a new revolutionary culture emerged seeking to drastically transform the system.
Film: This Changes Everything
DC Premier screening of the new film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein featuring seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines of an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
The 5th Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
Four days that include an opening reception, several feature-length and short films, in addition to panels with filmmakers, photographers and novelists.
Film: Hands Up Don’t Shoot Our Youth Movement
A screening followed by a bridge building discussion with filmmaker Ralph L. Crowder III and with a live Hip Hop performance by Son of Nun.
DCIFF: The Other Barrio
IPS partners with DCIFF on a film based on a short story of the same name by San Francisco poet laureate Alejandro Murguía, followed by a discussion of it’s relationship to DC gentrification.
The 4th Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
The Institute for Policy Studies joins this unique showcase of the work of Palestinian filmmakers and artists for audiences in Washington, DC Metropolitan area.
Film: The New Black
An IPS and Community Cinema [DC] preview that tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.
Film: The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Join IPS and Community Cinema [DC] for this preview that explores the extraordinary and complex life of the legendary athlete outside the boxing ring, including a Q&A with David Zirin, sports writer for The Nation and author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down.
Film: Fire In The Blood
IPS’ Global Economy and Foreign Policy In Focus projects co-sponsor this a shocking exposé of how pharmaceutical companies use patent law to keep profits unconscionably high even at the expense of peoples’ lives.