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Runtime: 2 hr 4 min

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Genre: Documentary

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Catch all three Documentary Nominees for the 2025 IMPA Awards

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The Negro Artist

Director: Nik Heftan

If you’ve met Caleb Rainey, you understand why his poetry is nothing less than essential. This documentary follows Rainey's story as a spoken word poet with artistic roots in eastern Iowa. His poetry and community service efforts are bolstering the arts across the state of Iowa and the greater Midwest—a Black voice that demands to be heard amidst often-overlooked spaces. As we dive into Rainey's world, we see a profound exploration of race, identity, and the lived realities of systemic inequality. His work challenges us to confront uncomfortable truths and inspires us to envision a more equitable future. By sharing Rainey’s story, we hope to provide a window into the transformative potential of poetry and to affirm the significance of every voice in the ongoing quest for justice and understanding.

Seeds of Sovereignty

Director: Stuart J. Tanner

Seeds of Sovereignty is a thought-provoking documentary that explores Mexico’s growing struggle with the United States to protect its biodiversity and food sovereignty. At the center of the conflict is U.S. pressure on Mexico to adopt GMO corn and industrial farming practices, posing a serious threat to the country’s traditional agriculture and environmental health.

In response, the Mexican government and advocacy groups have mobilized to resist these efforts, sparking a powerful movement to safeguard food sovereignty, biodiversity, and sustainability.

Through striking visuals and compelling narratives, Seeds of Sovereignty exposes the harmful effects of industrial farming in both nations and challenges viewers to reflect on a country's right to provide its people with safe, nutritious food while preserving its environment and cultural heritage.

The Zastava Brothers

Director: Pep Stojanovic

Zastava Brothers is a documentary about the cars of former Yugoslavia and a group of immigrants now living in America who transcend their different backgrounds to form a bond over their love for those cars. As night falls on their first-ever Sunday drive, they must spring to action when one of the cars begins to smoke.

Fun, jaunty film about Yugoslav ex-pats in the USA who bond over their love of their Yugoslav cars.

Van by a River - The Abby Holcombe Story

Directors: Mark Nevils & Joe Sir

Ten years ago, Peter and Kathy Holcombe bought a Winnebago RV and set out for a lifetime of adventure on the road with their nine-year-old daughter, Abby. They raised and educated Abby as they pursued their travel photography business and inspired her to embrace a love of the outdoors and kayaking – a passion that would lead her to chase a Freestyle Kayak World Championship and embark on her own journey as a Winnebago + Adventure Wagon ambassador. Growing up in an RV isn’t what most people would think is normal. But to Abby Holcombe, living your life in one place and only traveling once or twice a year for vacation doesn’t seem normal at all. Raised on the road since she was nine years old, Abby’s life experience is built around adventures rather than routines and possessions. The more she travels, the more she realizes that “home isn’t a place—it’s a feeling you get when you discover something new with the people you love.”

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