Trans (2012) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Trans is an extraordinary documentary feature about men and women, and all the variations in between. It provides an up close and personal vision of the transgender community, with all...

Bessie (2015) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Bessie Smith, played by Queen Latifah, was known as the Empress of the Blues. She was the first singer to popularize early jazz songs. Her death at the age of...

The Swimmers (2022) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

The film focuses on two sisters training for Syria’s Olympic swimming team as their country is descending into war. But, in 2015, they are forced to flee as refugees. While...

The Wedding Banquet (1993) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

This “funny and poignant comedy of manners” directed and co-written by Oscar nominee, Ang Lee, is an absolutely delicious feast! Wedding plans go awry for a gay couple when conservative...

Nyad (2023) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Starring Annette Benning and Jodie Foster, NYAD is the remarkable true story of 60-year-old athlete Diana Nyad, who, with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving...

Barbie (2023) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Stereotypical Barbie suffers an existential crisis and ventures into the real world. Along the way she learns life lessons about self-esteem, the dangers of traditional gender roles, and the value...

The Color Purple (2023) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

An enduring tale of one woman’s journey from an abusive relationship to the extraordinary strength and hope found in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. This rendition is based on the...

Rustin (2023)

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington. (1 hr. 48 min., PG-13)

Songs from Hidden

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

"Hidden" a musical by David and Jenny Heitler-Klevans, is based on the true story of Ruth Kapp Hartz, who was a "hidden child" in France during World War II. David...

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2018)

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code was produced by award winning filmmaker, Judith Hefand. The film follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave which resulted in the deaths of 739 people, primarily...

On the Basis of Sex (2018) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

An American biographical film that chronicles the early career and pivotal cases of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme...

Saint Judy (2018) – Multicultural Film Festival

Community Center, Auditorium 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, Pennsylvania

Attorney Judith Wood is deeply passionate about social justice and is renowned for her professional excellence in advocating for the rights of refugees around the world. This film tells the...