Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. 94 minutes. Rated PG.

At nearly 80, renown filmmaker Agnès Varda explores her memory using photographs, film clips, home movies, contemporary interviews, and set pieces she designs to capture a feeling, a time, or a frame. Shining through each scene are her impish charm, inventiveness, and natural empathy. French with subtitles. 110 minutes.

June 21 at 7:00 PM

The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers. 80 minutes.

June 28 at 7:00 PM

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism is the first documentary to dramatize the rich saga of American movie reviewing. Directed by The Boston Phoenix critic, Gerald Peary, this film offers an insider's view of the critics' profession, with commentary from America's best-regarded reviewers, Roger Ebert, A.O. Scott, Kenneth Turan and more. 80 minutes.

July 5 at 7:00 PM

A documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974 which featured performances by James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, B.B. King, The Spinners, Bill Withers, and Manu Dibango and accompanied the now famous Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Directed by Jeff Levy-Hinte. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13.

July 12 at 7:00 PM

A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist author Colin Beavan could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself, he leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food, no more material consumption...no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are dragged into the fray. 93 minutes.

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July 19 at 7:00 PM

Ondi Timoner's documentary chronicles a decade in the life of Internet pioneer Josh Harris, who instigated an "artificial society" experiment in which more than 100 artists lived under 24-hour surveillance in an underground compound in New York City. After FEMA broke up the project, Harris turned the cameras on himself and his girlfriend. Timoner's provocative film (winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance) includes clips from Harris's projects as well as her own original footage. 90 Minutes. Not Rated - May not be suitable for children.

July 26 at 7:00 PM

With live appearance by director Gabriel Noble and film editor Dave Abelson! At age 9, Priscilla, an adorable yet precocious little girl, tells her single-father: "I am going to become a rapper and fulfill your dreams of succeeding in the music business."  But in the efforts to make her dad proud, Priscilla struggles to remain a child and finds herself trapped in a world of people twice her size and four times her age and doesn't know who to trust. 86 Minutes.

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August 2 at 7:00 PM

Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival. A gritty and intimate portrait of one of boxing's most polarizing figures. Director James Toback's recounts Mike Tyson's rise to superstardom and subsequent fall from grace through the eyes of the man himself. Toback manages to crack Tyson's brooding exterior to expose both the best and worst of the most explosive and controversial enigma in the history of the sport. 90 minutes. Rated R.

August 9 at 7:00 PM

Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Film. Daring animal activists arrive with surveillance equipment at a scenic cove in Taijii, Japan, to capture footage of a secretive and heavily guarded operation run by the world's largest supplier of dolphins. As the group sets out to expose the horrifying truths behind the capture of dolphins for the lucrative tourist industry, they also uncover an environmental catastrophe. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13.

August 16 at 7:00 PM

Filmmaker Anders Østergaard's Oscar-nominated documentary profiles the courageous efforts of a renegade band of Burmese reporters who - in the face of a repressive regime and media censorship - refuse to be silenced. Calling themselves the Democratic Voice of Burma (aka the Burma VJs), these fierce "video warriors" place themselves in peril as they smuggle footage documenting their government's abuses across the border - and to the world at large. 84 minutes. Not Rated.

August 23 at 7:00 PM

Sundance Film Festival Winner! Actor and stand-up comic Chris Rock hops around the world going from beauty salons to science labs to comb through the mystery of African American hair in director Jeff Stilson's astute, hilarious documentary. Rock contemplates the purpose and application of a weave as well as women's self-esteem and their locks. He also gains varying insights from Ice-T, Nia Long, Rev. Al Sharpton, Raven-Symoné, Maya Angelou and other celebrities. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13.

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August 30 at 7:00 PM

At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal,” influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, despite never hitting the big time. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams. 80 Minutes.