Ato Blankson-Wood

Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.

This documentary focuses on The Public Theater’s 2017 Public Works musical production of As You Like It, which was performed by 200 New Yorkers of all ages and boroughs, and was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2017 by The New York Times. Co-adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery, with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, original choreography by Sonya Tayeh, and direction by Laurie Woolery, As You Like It was set to be remounted as part of the 2020 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, but those plans were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This film tracks the creation of As You Like It and the ways this resilient community has banded together amidst the crises of 2020.

Antigone in Ferguson is a groundbreaking project, developed by Theater of War Productions, which fuses dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone with live choral music performed by a diverse choir, including activists, youth, teachers, police officers, & concerned citizens from St. Louis, Missouri & New York City, culminating in powerful, healing discussions about race & social justice. Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014. In this version, Oscar Isaac—who plays the Theban king Creon—is joined by Tracie Thoms as Antigone, Marjolaine Goldsmith as her sister, Ato Blankson Wood as her fiancé, Willie Woodmore as the blind prophet Tiresias & New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams as a messenger & guard. A live choir conducted by Dr. Philip Woodmore will accompany the performance, & two of its soloists, De-Rance Blaylock & Duane Foster, have a special relationship to the subject: They were Michael Brown's teachers.

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.

差別が色濃く残る時代、コロラドスプリングスで初めての黒人刑事として採用された主人公が、白人至上主義団体「KKK」への潜入捜査を行なう。まさかの実話をスパイク・リー監督が映画化したクライム・サスペンス。

1967年の夏、アメリカ・ミシガン州デトロイトで大規模な暴動が発生し、街が騒乱状態となる。2日目の夜、州兵集結地の付近で銃声が鳴り響いたという通報が入る。デトロイト警察、ミシガン州警察、ミシガン陸軍州兵、地元警備隊は、捜査のためにアルジェ・モーテルの別館に入る。数人の警官が、モーテルの宿泊客相手に捜査手順を無視した尋問を開始。自白を強要された宿泊客たちは……。

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.