The late Richard Pryor influenced a generation of comedians of all races, and his scathing brand of satire is offered in full bloom in a live concert performance taped in Southern California in the 1970s. Utilizing exaggerated facial expressions, numerous obscenities and keen observation, as well as his acting experience and razor-sharp comic timing, Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and any number of other topics. This documentary also includes music by Patti LaBelle.

Pansy, angry and depressed, lashes out at family and strangers. Her constant criticism isolates her, except from her cheerful sister Chantal, who remains sympathetic despite their differences.

Akeelah Anderson, a young girl attending a tough school in Los Angeles, sees the finals of the National Spelling Bee. She decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr Joshua Larabee, she reaches the final. When she meets her fellow competitors, she realises that coming first isn't everything in life.

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) - James Baldwin revisits the settings of civil rights struggles of the 1960s in the Deep South.

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970) - A portrait of James Baldwin, one of the towering figures of 20th-century American literature, Black culture and political thought, filmed in Paris. The iconic writer is captured in many symbolic locations in Paris, where he was living at the time.

In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

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Paired with Richard Serra’s Artaud, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc (Renee Falconetti) is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials (Eugene Silvain, Jean d'Yd). Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

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Paired with Jack Levine’s Witches’ Sabbath, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and, together with fellow soldier Allen Melvin (James Edwards), races to uncover a terrible plot.

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Paired with Anna’s Mistake by Nicolas Africano, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for a pre- and post- film commentary.

The music-loving inhabitants of Pepperland are under siege by the Blue Meanies, a nasty group of music-hating creatures. The Lord Mayor of Pepperland (Dick Emery) dispatches sailor Old Fred (Lance Percival) to Liverpool, England, where he is to recruit the help of the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr). The sympathetic Beatles ride a yellow submarine to the occupied Pepperland, where the Blue Meanies have no chance against the Fab Four's groovy tunes.

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Paired with Rashid Johnson’s Good Love, participate in the dialogue between art and film. Guest Curator of film Carlos Valladares will be live and in person for pre- and post- film commentary.

Everson's films and artwork have been widely shown, at venues including Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Whitechapel Gallery in London, National Gallery in Washington DC and Centre Pompidou in Paris. The work has also been recognized through awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Alpert Award, a Creative Capital Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, NEH Fellowships, Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, and an American Academy in Rome Prize.

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Paired with Philip Guston’s Cigar, participate in the dialogue between art and film and investigate topics like shock value and mob mentality.

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

Paired with Richard Serra’s Artaud, these two short films open a dialogue between art and film.

In The Boy Who Liked Deer, a young man’s penchant for vandalism threatens the deer he loves. In Wanda, the titular Wanda herself drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.

Alison Klayman documents the life and work of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. She showcases his artistic process as he prepares for a museum exhibition, his relationships with family members and his clashes with the government.

Paired with Diane Arbus’ A Box of 10 Photographs, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like the fringe dwellers of society, portraiture, and capturing a moment in time.

Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler), an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco). Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money.

Paired with Diane Arbus’ A Box of 10 Photographs, participate in the dialogue between art and film and investigate topics like portraiture, personhood, and individuality.

Portrait of Jason is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by Shirley Clarke and starring Jason Holliday (né Aaron Payne, 1924–1998).

Paired with Rashid Johnson’s Good Love, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like black culture, history, and the American experience.

In Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, see the story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 slave revolt in Virginia. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property is a feature film. In When it Rains, follow along with a jazz musician, who spends New Year’s Day trying to help his friend pay the rent. When It Rains is a short film.

Paired with Sherrie Levine’s After Russell Lee 1-60, participate in the dialogue between art and film, and investigate topics like ownership, value, and creative license.

Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.