Rodney McMillian reflects on how his work transforms commonplace materials-such as vinyl flooring, bedding, and furniture-into visceral explorations of history, power, and lived experience. The film highlights how ideas of value, change and the constructed nature of meaning are not only central to his practice, but also shape how his work should be conserved over time.
Rodney McMillian
Self
Rodney McMillian reflects on how his work transforms commonplace materials-such as vinyl flooring, bedding, and furniture-into visceral explorations of history, power, and lived experience. The film highlights how ideas of value, change and the constructed nature of meaning are not only central to his practice, but also shape how his work should be conserved over time.
This character-driven film considers the evolving sex trafficking landscape as seen by the main players: the exploited, the pimps, the johns that fuel the business, and the cops who fight to stop it.
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Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.
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Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering.
The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
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