Groundbreaking Non-Fiction
Sir! No Sir! on 35mm
- Today, May 18
Director: David Zeiger Run Time: 85 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2005
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Ed Asner, Jane Fonda, Troy Garity
Vidiots is overwhelmed to welcome actor, activist, and eternal icon Jane Fonda for a special 20th Anniversary screening of the documentary Sir! No Sir! followed by a conversation with Fonda, director David Zeiger, and Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer).
River of Grass
- Tue, May 19
Director: Sasha Wortzel Run Time: 83 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Betty Osceola
Artist and Filmmaker Sasha Wortzel joins us in the microcinema for a screening of her dreamy and poetic documentary River of Grass.
Steal This Story, Please!
- Sat, May 23
- Sun, May 24
- Wed, May 27
Director: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
Starring: Amy Goodman
Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from war zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. In Steal This Story, Please!, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth.
More Screenings added by Popular Demand!
The Python Hunt
- Fri, May 29
- Sat, May 30
- Sun, May 31
Director: Xander Robin Run Time: 91 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
Starring: Jimbo McCartney, Madison Oliveira, Richard Perenyi, Shannon McCartney, Toby Benoit
Join us in the microcinema for one wild serpentine ride with Xander Robin's The Python Hunt, a documentary as entertaining as it is rich in societal and environmental questions and revelations.
The Times of Harvey Milk
- Sat, Jun 6
Director: Rob Epstein Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Anne Kronenberg, Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Tom Ammiano, Tory Hartmann
He was powerful, charismatic, compassionate and gay. After eleven months in office he was assassinated.
Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World
- Sat, Jun 20
Director: Drew Denny Run Time: 81 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Amy Parish, Elliot Page, Joan Roughgarden, Joseph Graves, Patricia Brennan
Elliot Page narrates this hilarious and heartening romp through the animal world, led by brave scientists fighting censorship as they reveal the truth about our nature. Second Nature — everything you didn’t learn in high school biology!
With producer/director Drew Denny in conversation after the screening!
We Are Pat
- Sun, Jun 28
Director: Ro Haber Run Time: 92 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Abby McEnany, Esther Fallick, Julia Sweeney, Kevin Nealon, Molly Kearney
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome filmmaker Ro Haber along with comedy icons Julia Sweeney and Harper Steele for an extra special screening of the massively entertaining and thought-provoking documentary We Are Pat! With the laugh, cry, cheer trifecta, this magnificent documentary will give you all the feels!