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MONK IN PIECES continues to play around North America. If you don’t see your city listed and would love to see this beau...
08/29/2025

MONK IN PIECES continues to play around North America. If you don’t see your city listed and would love to see this beautiful film in your town or city, swipe to see how you can help.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY returns to New York screens twice this week! With Q&As with the filmmaker and special guests! If y...
08/01/2025

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY returns to New York screens twice this week! With Q&As with the filmmaker and special guests! If you haven’t seen this beautiful film yet, don’t miss these last chances and .

See story for ticket links.

MONK IN PIECES has been held over by popular demand! It will play daily at 12:30pm, 4:55pm and 9:35pm. Don’t miss this ...
07/31/2025

MONK IN PIECES has been held over by popular demand! It will play daily at 12:30pm, 4:55pm and 9:35pm. Don’t miss this beautiful, fascinating film, or if you’ve already seen it please tell your friends. The film also opens Royal in Los Angeles tomorrow.
Pictured: Meredith Monk, the filmmakers (including director Billy Shebar fourth from left) and friends outside the IFC Center last Friday.

Please join filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed and special guests at our Q&A screenings and this weekend and Monday.
06/27/2025

Please join filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed and special guests at our Q&A screenings and this weekend and Monday.

Since its festival debut last year, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY has been racking up all sorts of acclaim across the country. S...
06/24/2025

Since its festival debut last year, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY has been racking up all sorts of acclaim across the country. Swipe through these to see some samples. New Yorkers will get their chance to see the film in person this weekend and on Monday. With filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed and special guests in person.

06/18/2025

Watch the brand new trailer for our dazzling new documentary on the composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, one of the great artistic pioneers of our time. MONK IN PIECES will open IFC Center in New York on July 25 and Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles on August 1. Tickets on sale soon.

Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nick de Pencier’s Anthropocene trilogy—comprised of Manufactured Landscapes, Wa...
06/13/2025

Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nick de Pencier’s Anthropocene trilogy—comprised of Manufactured Landscapes, Watermark, and ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch—plays June 20-21 and 27-28

The Anthropocene Trilogy is an essential testament to how human beings have radically, rapidly, and dangerously reshaped the face of the natural world. Timed to the opening of The Great Acceleration, a retrospective of Burtynsky’s photography work at the International Center of Photography which sees him exploring similar concerns via the still image, we welcome the trio of Canadian filmmakers to Metrograph to screen and discuss these vital, disturbing nonfiction documents.

“The Anthropocene Trilogy represents nearly two decades of work capturing humanity’s indelible mark on the planet. In today’s escalating climate crisis, these films are more urgent than ever, offering a powerful visual reckoning that compels us to see, understand, and rethink our impact. I’m honored to be bringing them back to New York, where I hope they spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful change.” —Edward Burtynsky

“When Manufactured Landscapes, which I had not seen in years, was recently shown in Toronto, I was relieved and proud to see that it still resonates. It seems that with the current political climate, with the removal of any reference to climate change on US government websites, with the gutting of environmental laws, and the recent devastating fires in Los Angeles, this trilogy of films are still urgently relevant. We need to be reminded of the scale of our taking and that there are ways to live in harmony with our beautiful planet, which is also our (only) home.” —Jennifer Baichwal

The exhibition “Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration” runs June 19 - September 28 .

Announcing our newest release!From ScreenDaily: EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired ...
06/12/2025

Announcing our newest release!

From ScreenDaily: EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to this year’s Berlinale world premiere Monk In Pieces.

The film profiles the interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, who rose up in New York’s male-dominated downtown arts scene of the 1960s and 70s.

Monk went on to establish herself as a leading light in the music, opera, dance, visual arts, and film, earning particular renown for her innovative vocal techniques. She received the National Medal of Arts Award from President Obama in 2015.

The feature includes interviews with Björk, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, and fellow composer Philip Glass.

Monk In Pieces, a film by Billy Shebar, was produced, written, and directed by Shebar and David Roberts, and produced by Susan Margolin.

The documentary just received its US premiere at Seattle International Film Festival and previously played Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.

Zeitgeist Films will release theatrically at IFC Center in New York this summer followed by a nationwide rollout.

Co-president Emily Russo negotiated the deal with Margolin. In a statement Russo and co-president Nancy Gerstman said: “For the many legions of Monk fans, and for those who are not familiar with her work at all, this film delivers on every level. We loved Monk’s own telling of her life-long struggle as a true visionary and artist.”

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY screens tonight in Los Angeles at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed an...
06/12/2025

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY screens tonight in Los Angeles at 7:30pm
followed by a Q&A with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed and editor/co-writer Christopher Stoudt, moderated by filmmaker Lauren Mahoney. Co-presented by Video Consortium. (Mention Video Consortium at the box office for discounted tickets!)

If you can’t make it tonight visit laemmle.com or zeitgeistfilms.com for further screenings.

Tickets are on sale now for A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY in Chicago, opening June 20. Go to siskelfilmcenter.org or zeitgeistfi...
06/11/2025

Tickets are on sale now for A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY in Chicago, opening June 20. Go to siskelfilmcenter.org or zeitgeistfilms.com to purchase.

Don’t miss filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed in person this Thursday, Saturday and Monday in Los Angeles for Q&As with spe...
06/10/2025

Don’t miss filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed in person this Thursday, Saturday and Monday in Los Angeles for Q&As with special guests about her beautiful new film.

Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Uncovering the vast archive Turner Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks, and others, Rachel attempts to build a posthumous relationship with her mother through her interviews, photographs, journals, films, and the stories of those who remember her. The result is an unlikely mother-daughter conversation that evades time and space, exploring universal themes of memory, loss, and legacy.

Thursday June 12, 7:30pm Laemmle NoHo 7
Q+A with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed + Co-Writer/Editor Christopher Stoudt, moderated by Lauren Mahoney to follow this screening. Co-presented by Video Consortium.

Saturday June 14, 10am Laemmle Monica
Q+A with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed, producer Michael Sherman, + LA producer Ana Lydia Monaco, moderated by Variety film critic Carlos Aguilar to follow this screening. Co-presented by From the Heart Productions and Authentic Global Film Awards.

Monday June 16, 7pm Laemmle Monica
Q+A with director Rachel Elizabeth Seed + Gallerist Peter Fetterman to follow this screening. Co-presented by Peter Fetterman Gallery.

06/09/2025

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY opens in Los Angeles this week as part of Laemmle Theatres Culture Vulture series.
Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Uncovering the vast archive Turner Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks, and others, Rachel attempts to build a posthumous relationship with her mother through her interviews, photographs, journals, films, and the stories of those who remember her. The result is an unlikely mother-daughter conversation that evades time and space, exploring universal themes of memory, loss, and legacy.

Find out more: https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/a-photographic-memory

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