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A Q&A with Director Luke McManus follows the screening. North Circular is a documentary musical that travels the length of Dublin's North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country's most beloved and infamous places. Told in black and white 4:3 Academy ratio, the film evokes many narratives from the history of the city and nation, from colonialism, to mental health, to the struggle…

A Q&A with Director Sebastián Alfie follows the screening. In 1943, a group of musicians imprisoned in the Terezin Nazi concentration camp did the unimaginable — they wrote and rehearsed an opera, ‘The Kaiser of Atlantis.’ The piece openly mocked Adolf Hitler and represents one of the bravest, least-known acts of artistic resistance during that period. Composer Viktor Ullman never saw its premiere; he was assassinated in Auschwitz two weeks after the first dress rehearsal. Long considered lost, the manuscript…

A Q&A with Co-Director Yvan Iturriaga follows the screening. Beyond the bombastic stage persona of Fantastic Negrito lies a 51-year-old survivor, hustler, and self-described ‘recovering narcissist’ named Xavier Dphrepaulezz. After his improbable midlife transformation from busking bluesman to back-to-back Grammy winner, Xavier is now ready to face his demons. Full of musical performances and featuring intimate and often hilarious interviews with philosopher-poet Xavier and his brilliant band of collaborators and close friends, the film traces his journey from early isolation…

A Q&A with Co-Director Gary Lane and Co-Executive Producer Larry Lane follows the screening. When the highest grossing comedy, 9 TO 5, exploded on screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about inequality in the workplace. In the film, three female employees (Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin) of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot (Dabney Coleman) find a way to turn the tables on him. Still Working 9 to 5 deconstructs the Hollywood film to examine…