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Shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Award® for Documentary Feature Film Winner, Best Feature Documentary, 2025 Gotham Awards Winner, Best Non-fiction Feature, 2025 New York Film Critics Circle Soviet-born American filmmaker Julia Loktev (The Loneliest Planet, Day Night Day Night) came to Moscow in 2021 to make a film about independent journalists being declared “foreign agents” by Putin’s regime — as it turns out, just four months before Russia started a full-scale war in Ukraine. With her friend Anna Nemzer, a talk show host at TV Rain, Russia’s last remaining independent news channel, Loktev brings us into a community of sharp, warm and funny young women speaking truth to power as they face increasing threats. Loktev filmed in Moscow during the first week of the full-scale invasion, as the journalists tried to counter Russian propaganda and report the truth on the war, until all independent media was shut down and they were forced to flee the country. Structured in five chapters, feeling like a cross between a Russian novel and a reality show about frighteningly real reality, Loktev’s film is an extraordinary historic record of a country on the verge of fascism and an immersive and intimate inside view of the opposition in an authoritarian society, which becomes all the more globally relevant every day. “AN IMPORTANT FILM. I greatly admire 'My Undesirable Friends.' The shooting and editing combine to give a remarkable portrait of young journalists fighting to report the truth.”– Frederick Wiseman Language: Russian with English subtitles | Total Running Time: 323 min (with one 15 min intermission) Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts together with Alumni Relations at UC San Diego invite all to an inspiring conversation with renowned alumni shaping the future of design across theatre, film, and immersive storytelling. This event will feature a discussion between alumni Robert Brill '88 and Al-e McWhorter '18 as they discuss their career experiences, share insight and answer questions from the audience. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insight and network with professionals in the field! ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Robert Brill '88 is an internationally acclaimed scenic designer and current UC San Diego Theatre and Dance faculty member. A four-time Tony Award nominee, his work spans Broadway blockbusters, world-premiere operas at the Met, and immersive stage environments seen across the globe—from Hell’s Kitchen and Cabaret to collaborations with Disney and The Flaming Lips. Al-e McWhorter '18 is a production designer and art director whose career bridges film, visual media, and world-building. A UC San Diego Visual Arts alum and AFI-trained production designer, she’s worked with Industrial Light & Magic and major brands like Coca-Cola and Honda. Al-e recently led art direction for "The Musical," featured at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. SCHEDULE: 5:30 pm: Doors Open / 6 pm: Talk / 7 pm: Q&A / 7:30 pm: Event Concludes Event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP!

"The Art of Beer," a curated craft-beer and visual-art showcase, will debut at Ballast Point Little Italy on Saturday, March 14, bringing together 10 hand-selected San Diego breweries for an afternoon focused on beer, craftsmanship and culture. Designed as an intentional alternative to large-scale beer festivals, "The Art of Beer" highlights not only what’s in the glass, but also the design, storytelling and people behind each brew. The event blends limited-release tastings, label-art presentations, and direct access to brewers in a more intimate, art-forward setting. Participating breweries include: 3 Punk Ales Brewing Co., Coronado Brewing Company, Fall Brewing Company, Harland Brewing, Pizza Port, Societe Brewing Company, Stone Brewing and more. Tickets are $30-off for a limited time, which means General Admission tickets are $29 (vs. $59), and VIP tickets are $99 (vs. $129) for early purchasers. BONUS: VIP tickets include a $100 post-event self-guided tasting tour of all 10 participating breweries. Ballast Point on Instagram

2026 Academy Award nominee, Best Documentary Patriarchy reigns in the rural Iranian village where 37 year-old Sara Shahverdi—divorced, childless, and an avid motorcyclist—became the first woman elected to city council. Wife and husband team Khaki and Eyni followed Shahverdi’s journey over eight years, tracking her inspiring, upstream efforts to subvert economic systems and transform local attitudes (of men and women alike) that destine girls to matrimony and dependence. A midwife and one of 9 children, Sara is both deeply connected to the everyday lives of her fellow villagers and a radical lone voice advocating—at great personal cost—for education over marriage, home co-ownership, and girls on bikes. Language: Persian (Farsi) with English subtitles Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.

India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.

In her new book You've Been Pooping All Wrong, Dr. Trisha Pasricha shares habits and practices to make your relationship with your solid waste as smooth as possible

Sudan Archives (Brittney Parks) is a violinist, singer, and producer who blends violin/fiddle traditions with contemporary Black underground music, which she calls Orchestral Black Dance Music. Her third album, "THE BPM," embraces themes of self-will, rhythm as power, technology, romance, mental illness, and self-love. It was Executive Produced by Parks with Ben Dickey, alongside Eric Terhune, James McCall IV, her twin sister, touring band, Detroit cousins, and others. Chicago’s Black chamber collective D-Composed contributed strings. Sudan Archives on Facebook / Instagram

NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening.