Mind the Gap – Mill Valley Film Festival

THE YOUNG VOTE

TRAILBLAZERS | ACTIVE CINEMA | MIND THE GAP | DOCS US 2022, 67 min, Director: Diane Robinson As the United States teeters toward theocracy, it is painfully clear that the stakes in the upcoming midterm elections are nothing short of the life,…

WOMEN TALKING

mvff 2022 United States Rafael 1 Oct 11, Oct 9 BIG NIGHTS, US CINEMA Mind the Gap

SPOTLIGHT | MIND THE GAP ENSEMBLE AWARD MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA US 2022, 104 min, Director: Sarah Polley Powerful, committed performances by an extraordinary ensemble—including Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy,…

WHINA

New Zealand TRAILBLAZERS Lark Theater, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 8 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap Film

TRAILBLAZERS | MIND THE GAP | WORLD New Zealand 2021, 112 min, Directors: James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones This inspirational film reveals the extraordinary life of New Zealand’s Dame Whina Cooper, a courageous Māori woman whose…

THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY

United States SPIRIT Rafael 3, Sequoia 1 Oct 10, Oct 11 US CINEMA Mind the Gap Film

SPIRIT | MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA US 2022, 85 min, Morrisa Maltz October 10 - CAFILM FREE MEMBER SCREENING Morrisa Maltz’s staggering second feature is a thousand things at once. It’s an ode to the mysteries of the American Midwest, a joyous…

TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB

United States CREATE BAMPFA, Rafael 3 Oct 16, Oct 7 DOCS Mind the Gap Film

CREATE | MIND THE GAP | DOCS US 2022, 112 min, Director: Lizzie Gottlieb Fifty years, five books, four thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pages…and counting. Lizzie Gottlieb’s gripping documentary focuses on the intersecting life's…

TOWN DESTROYER

mvff 2022 United States Rafael 3, Roxie Theater, Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 6, Oct 8 DOCS Mind the Gap Film

MIND THE GAP | DOCS US 2022, 55 min, Director: Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman Is art’s role to provoke or placate? What happens when it no longer reflects current societal views? These questions and many more were the subject of hot debate…

TILL

mvff 2022 United States Sequoia 1, Sequoia 2 Oct 11 BIG NIGHTS, US CINEMA Mind the Gap

CENTERPIECEMIND THE GAP AWARD • CREATIVITY & TRUTH MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA US 2022, 130 min, Director: Chinonye Chukwu Visually striking and moving, Till centers the story of Emmett Till through the experience of his mother, Mamie…

THE SWIMMERS

UK, United States LAUGH Rafael 1 Oct 15 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap Film

MIND THE GAP | WORLD US, UK, 2022 | Director: Sally El Hosaini Yusra Mardini cherished one goal: To swim for Syria’s Olympic team. But that aspiration seemed dashed when her homeland’s civil war made her a refugee. Sally El Hosaini’s…

STILL WORKING 9 TO 5

United States LAUGH Lark Theater, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 16 DOCS Mind the Gap Film

LAUGH | MIND THE GAP | DOCS US 2021, 95 min, Directors: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane The iconic 1980 screwball feminist revenge comedy that put the plight of women office workers on blast steps back into the spotlight in this fun and fascinating…

SOPHIA

United States TRAILBLAZERS Rafael 1, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 15 DOCS Mind the Gap Film

TRAILBLAZERS | MIND THE GAP | DOC US 2022, 89 min, Director: Crystal Moselle, Jon Kasbe An exploration of brilliance and frailty in the pursuit of artistic perfection, Crystal Moselle and Jon Kasbe’s documentary follows ingenious but unsettled…