The Piano Lesson
Malcolm Washington
Malcolm Washington’s career has included “Benny Got Shot,” “Summer of 17,” and “The Dispute.”
MtE 2024-11 Panel Series: Film Directors (hosted by Christopher Rosen)
Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh was an Oscar nominee for “Secrets & Lies,” “Topsy-Turvy,” ‘Vera Drake,” “Happy-Go-Lucky,” and “Another Year.”
MtE 2024-11 Panel Series: Film Directors (hosted by Christopher Rosen)
Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross
RaMell Ross was an Oscar and Emmy nominee for “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
MtE 2024-11 Panel Series: Film Directors (hosted by Christopher Rosen)
The film chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Nightbitch
Marielle Heller
Marielle Heller’s career has included “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”
MtE 2024-11 Panel Series: Film Directors (hosted by Christopher Rosen)
A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.
