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The Voice of Hind Rajab
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
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Playing Friday, April 3rd at 7:30 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Nominee, Best International Feature - 98th Academy Awards
In the devastating wake of the October 7th attacks on Israel and the subsequent military offensive in Gaza, The Voice of Hind Rajab tells the harrowing true story of a six-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire as Red Crescent volunteers struggle to send an ambulance to rescue her. Through recorded dispatch calls and family accounts, the film captures a child's plea for rescue amidst a war that has redefined the region’s history.
Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, where it received the longest standing ovation in film festival history, The Voice of Hind Rajab has become one of this year’s most acclaimed titles. The film also won the Audience Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival (with the highest score in festival history), the Audience Award for International Feature at Middleburg Film Festival, and the Silver Hugo Jury Prize at Chicago Film Festival. It has also screened at Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London, and AFI Fest, among others.
Holding Liat
Documentary by BRANDON KRAMER
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Playing Sunday, May 17 at 4 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
HOLDING LIAT follows the Israeli-American Beinin family’s urgent fight for the release of their family member, Liat, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7, 2023. The intimate film tracks the family’s emotional journey and conflicting perspectives amidst the unfolding crisis.
Named one of the Washington Post's 10 Best Movies of 2025.
Steal This Story, Please!
Documentary by Tia Lessin
and Carl Deal
Discussion to Follow w/
Producer Karen Ranucci
Playing Sunday, May 31st at 4 pm
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Fearless journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades amplifying the voices mainstream media ignores. Steal This Story, Please! charts her extraordinary path—from war zones to the daily whirlwind of hosting Democracy Now!—as she challenges power with wit, courage, and chutzpah. Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of a reporter who believes journalism should serve the public, not the powerful.
Past Screenings at the Film Society of Summit
BONNARD, PIERRE AND MARTHA
DRAMA by Martin provost
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COMING SOON
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
The beautiful and transporting new historical drama from multi award-winning director Martin Provost ('Séraphine', 'The Midwife') about the turbulent love story between the famous post-Impressionist painter and his lesser-known - but highly influential - wife. 1893. When aspiring French painter Pierre Bonnard (Macaigne) - a protégé of Claude Monet - meets Marthe de Méligny (de France), he has no idea that this self-proclaimed aristocrat will become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, though she appears in over a third of his work, she's more than just a muse; together over five decades, the couple will explore creative fulfillment, love and jealousies that challenge the standards of the time, as the film interrogates the great mystery around their relationship. A brilliant story of creation and love, of fame and secrets, and the life of the remarkable artist nicknamed “the painter of happiness”. Provost’s vision for this material is clear and concise; what may appear as a traditional account of its subjects soon moves beyond conventions and evolves into something much more resonant and profound.
SING SING DRAMA
directed by Greg Kwedar
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Playing in January
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. 13 actors — a majority of the cast — are former convicts who had themselves participated in the rehabilitative theater program. Most of the actors thought they would never again return to a correctional facility, let alone wear the green prison-issue uniforms. The film was shot in the summer of 2022 at the now-decommissioned Downstate Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley. And in a dismaying twist, most of the actors had themselves been detained or processed through Downstate, the very facility that had become their movie set, a haunting reminder of their past selves and an opportunity — a calling, some said — to send a message.
SING SING DRAMA
directed by Greg Kwedar
Discussion to Follow
Playing in January
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. 13 actors — a majority of the cast — are former convicts who had themselves participated in the rehabilitative theater program. Most of the actors thought they would never again return to a correctional facility, let alone wear the green prison-issue uniforms. The film was shot in the summer of 2022 at the now-decommissioned Downstate Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley. And in a dismaying twist, most of the actors had themselves been detained or processed through Downstate, the very facility that had become their movie set, a haunting reminder of their past selves and an opportunity — a calling, some said — to send a message.