The Hyattsville Branch is excited to offer monthly screenings of independent films from our audio-visual collection. In partnership with the locally-based Global Film and Humanity Project, our goal is to bring alternative film experiences to the residents of Prince George’s County. The evenings will conclude with a facilitated discussion with local filmmaker, Andrew Millington.
Refreshments will be provided!

Monday Jan. 30, 7 pm
Babies
Documentary (79 min.)
Four newborn children, in four different environments, are followed from birth to their first birthday. Two of them are from the urban first-worlds of San Francisco and Tokyo; one grows up among nomadic Mongolian herders and another in a Namibian hut. About the film, director Thomas Balmes says, “…you cannot set up babies. You have to wait, and watch, and make sure you’re in the right place at the right time.”

Monday, Feb. 27, 7 pm
The Boys of Baraka
Documentary (84 min.)
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, this film follows a group of 12-year old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow.

Monday, March 26, 7 pm
Blossoms of Fire
Documentary (75 min.)
Directress Maureen Gosling, describes her film as a “dazzling, whirling dance of a film that celebrates the extraordinary lives of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico” Their strong work ethic and fierce independent streak rooted in their culture, have resulted not only in powerful women, but also in the region's progressive politics and its unusual tolerance of alternative gender roles, according to Ms. Gosling.