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Ushio and Noriko’s marriage has been under a lot of emotional and financial strain—basically for all 40 years of it—but only now is it at risk of completely falling apart. Cutie And The Boxer is a documentary about two artists: Ushio, a Dadaist whose work is well-received but makes little money, and his wife Noriko, a comic artist who’s been treated like an assistant for most of their marriage. An emotionally challenging film, Cutie And The Boxer shows that, even in half-century long relationships, there’s still plenty that can be improved upon.

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Feature Documentary. An inspirational documentary about a young man’s journey with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The story tells about people coming together from around the world to climb a mountain in Borneo for charity to raise awareness for Duchenne.

Plays with Justice For My Sister

This hard-hitting film takes viewers on a family’s journey to overcome years of experiencing domestic violence and the atrocity of one horrific incident that shattered their lives.

Feature Documentary. Brasslands explores the explosive recent popularity of Balkan Brass Music through the stories of three musicians whose lives revolve around playing the music for very different reasons at the 50th anniversary of the world's biggest trumpet festival in rural Serbia.

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Feature Documentary. A primary care clinic in Minnesota becomes a crossroads for embattled refugees and their devoted doctors. We get a glimpse of the failing health and remarkable lives of Lem Thor, a former political prisoner from Cambodia; Patrick Junior, a member of an oppressed ethnic minority in Burma; and Alex Gliptis, an Ethiopian refugee suffering from PTSD, diabetes and HIV.

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Arguably the most underappreciated band of the 1970’s, power-pop innovators Big Star finally get their due in this eye-opening tribute that not a single Twin Cities music fan has an acceptable excuse to miss. Director Drew DeNicola sits down with label execs, journalists, and musicians to discuss why it took so long for the public to truly latch on to this seminal band and why Big Star’s rise to superstardom never came.

While much of the scientific world has all but written off cold fusion as bad science, a small, unlikely group of cold fusion enthusiasts are convinced that it is the answer to our world’s energy woes. The Believers takes a look back at the year in which two scientists discovered the power of cold fusion, and examines the reasons why cold fusion was so heavily derided. Are these new band of scientists wasting their time, or will they prove the scientific community wrong with new discoveries in this misunderstood field?

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James Chasse was a normal teenage outcast in Portland, Oregon, who, after being brutally beaten by local cops in broad daylight, died in police custody. The police gave conflicting accounts to eyewitnesses as to what Chasse was guilty of, including being “homeless,” but none of them told the real story.

Since 2009, when Dr. George Tiller became the eighth abortion clinic worker to be assassinated since Roe v Wade, the only four doctors that perform third trimester abortions in the country have been living in constant fear. After Tiller is a documentary about the lives of these constantly tormented physicians, giving its audience unprecedented access to both their home and work life. For these four doctors, going in to work everyday requires an unwavering commitment to fight for what they feel is a vital procedure.

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Lensed in colour and b/w by Seamus McGarvey, the film explores Harry Dean Stanton’s enigmatic outlook on his life and his unexploited talents as a musician. With excerpts from Alien, Paris Texas, The Straight Story, Missouri Breaks et al., and interviews with David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson and Debbie Harry. (SXSW)