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‘Words From a Bear’ celebrates Native American storytelling

Joel Thompson • April 14, 2019

The fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival concluded with “Words from a Bear,” a documentary about the widely acclaimed and highly influential writer Navarre Scott Momaday. Momaday is a novelist,...

ACT Film Festival panel discusses behind the scenes of documentary filmmaking

Julia Trowbridge • April 10, 2019

The fourth annual ACT film festival, which is happening from April 5 to April 13, presented a panel of individuals involved with this year's documentaries

‘Angels Are Made of Light’ shows the importance of education

Dom Brazeau • April 9, 2019

The fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicked off this past weekend. One of the films played Sunday was “Angels Are Made of Light,” directed by James Longley. Longley has been nominated...

‘¡Las Sandinistas!’ and ‘Western Collections’ balance humor, gravity while delivering advocation of equality

Julia Trowbridge • April 9, 2019

The Lyric Cinema’s theater showed the short film “Western Collections,” followed by a documentary “¡Las Sandinistas!” for the fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival.

‘Gaza,’ ‘Three Boys of Manzanar’ shed old perspectives

Ty Davis • April 8, 2019

One of the ACT Film Festival's mission statements is to highlight a different perspective of subjects that audiences are likely unfamiliar with. The second day of the festival featured two short films:...

‘A Woman Captured’ shares intimate account of modern-day domestic slavery

Lauryn Bolz • April 8, 2019

"A Woman Captured" at first seems to follow the relatively normal life of a woman living in rural Hungary. She goes to work, picks flowers and chatters with the filmmaker about the lovely evening. Then,...

‘The Accountant of Auschwitz’ shows post-Holocaust Germany, holds citizens accountable

Julia Trowbridge • April 7, 2019

"The Accountant of Auschwitz," not only documents the trial of former Auschwitz bookkeeper Oskar Gröning, but the precedent set by the conviction of a 93-year-old former Nazi.

‘Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements’ shows complex situations of deaf people

Maddie Wright • April 7, 2019

ACT Human Rights Film Festival starts with a well produced film about deafness and the complexity that comes with it.

‘CatVideoFest’ brings cat lovers together for a good cause

Elena Waldman • March 11, 2019

The Lyric cinema is upholding its reputation as a haven for alternative movie watchers with this purr-ific showing of “CatVideoFest.” However, this showing serves a greater cause than just fur-filled...

ReFrame Disability Film Festival bolsters the voices of people with disabilities

Dom Brazeau • March 11, 2019

The ReFrame Disability Film Festival returned to Colorado State University March 8 to advocate and promote awareness for individuals with developmental disabilities. The annual event, now on its seventh...

The Lyric Cinema is not ‘kitten’ around with CatVideoFest

Ty Davis • March 7, 2019

The Lyric Cinema is going to have a catacular film showing this weekend. The Fort Collins theater will be hosting the CatVideoFest, a 70-minute feature length compilation of cat videos from across...

Lyric Review: ‘Arctic’ delivers complexity with simplicity

Ty Davis • March 6, 2019

“Arctic” undeniably deserves the praise it has received from press and viewers alike ever since it’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Few could ask for a better feature film debut than...