2019 Crush Previews
Preview some of the intoxicating cinema on tap for 2019

d. Ben Moon
After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. This time in the wild changed the course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock reflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.

d. Hannah Peterson
Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with figuring out what to do with a day on the streets of Washington, DC.


d. Erin Greenwell
A seismic shift for four small town teens when the freak show comes to town.

d. Guido Ronge & Aimie Vallat
A portrait of a young Iraqi who left everything behind at 15, in a solo quest for a more peaceable future; Hameed’s salvation is education in the US bound by a big altruistic dream.



d. Kai Burley
A portrait of dementia and its effects on a relationship.

d. Gabriela Escovar
How to Make a Ghost is an animated film about remembering the things that shape you, especially painful memories we’re told we should forget.


d. Alexandra Barreto
When she’s tricked into attending an all-female goddess retreat, a self-proclaimed “guy’s girl” has to come to terms with her misguided ideas on womanhood.

d. Ana Pérez López
Three women discuss the social pressure of having kids while celebrating the uniqueness of their bodies.

d. Iyabo Boyd
Me Time is a short feminist sex comedy about a black woman named Deborah, who is wound up after a hectic work day and is thinking about how to decompress, when three parts of her inner psyche appear and encourage her to get it on solo. The Debs fondly rehash their more promiscuous years and work through past trauma, ultimately coming together to break through their personal limitations around self-care and sex.

d. Foster Wilson
The night before he says 'I do,' Dave commits a cardinal sin: His doubts about tying the knot go viral. Alone at the altar, Dave must confront his own cold feet, a Greek chorus of bridesmaids, and the bride herself - all to save his marriage before it's even begun.

d. Jon Bloch
When Kenny puts his life on hold to care for his terminally-ill father, he soon realizes he may be the only one putting up the fight.

d. Monique Sorgen
A couple's oneupmanship escalates to ridiculous heights after a man eats his wife's plums. Inspired by the William Carlos Williams poem "This is Just to Say."