The Square

Sat 5/24 4:00 & 9:00; Sun 5/25 5:00; Mon 5/26 6:30; Tue 5/27 9:00; Wed 5/28 6:30; Thu 5/29 4:00 & 9:00

Dir: Jehane Noujaim / 2014 / Egypt/ US / Arabic with English subtitles / 95 min / DCP

Nominated for Best Documentary at this year's Academy Awards, Egyptian-American documentarian Jehane Noujaim's (Startup.com, Control Room) The Square takes you inside the Egyptian revolution centered around Cairo's Tahrir Square. Following the lives of several Egyptians who participated in the revolution from 2011 through today, Noujaim's film attempts to give a broad view of the lives at stake - actor/activist Khalid Abdalla, singer/songwriter Ramy Essam, Muslim Brotherhood member Magdy Ashour, and every-youth Ahmed Hassan, struggling to rise above his hardscrabble beginnings and personifying a nation's hopes and dreams. Read more and view trailer

Anita: Speaking Truth To Power

Sat 5/24 6:30; Sun 5/25 2:30 & 7:30; Mon 5/26 9:00; Tue 5/27 6:30; Wed 5/28 9:00; Thu 5/29 6:30

Dir: Freida Lee Mock / 2014 / US / 95 min / DCP

'Sexual Harassment'- for many Americans in 1991, the first time they heard the term was during the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, when Professor Anita Hill, who had worked for Thomas years before, detailed his inappropriate and abusive behavior towards her for an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee who, along with the media, put Hill's character on trial instead of Thomas'. Freida Lee Mock (Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision) brings this culture-turning moment to vivid life in her newest documentary, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power. Read more and view trailer