Highlights include Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions, which opens the festival with a tribute to Canadian music icon Carole Pope, and Maintenance Artist, chronicling the decades-long career of pioneering conceptual artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles.
Other notable films dive into diverse topics: Black Zombie reexamines the origins of zombie mythology in Caribbean history; Barbara Forever celebrates experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer; and The Ballad of Judas Priest, co-directed by Tom Morello, traces the influence and controversies of the legendary metal band Judas Priest.
The lineup also features visually rich and character-driven stories like Better Go Mad in the Wild, about reclusive twin brothers in rural Europe; Vanishing Tracks, following an Iranian nomadic family facing cultural change; and Concrete Turned to Sand, which explores climate impacts on oyster farming in British Columbia.
Rounding out the list are Public Access, a look at the anarchic beginnings of public-access television in 1970s New York, and Myspace, a nostalgic deep dive into the early social media platform that helped launch a generation of musicians and influencers.
Together, these films showcase the breadth of storytelling at audiences everything from intimate personal portraits to sweeping cultural histories.
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