TICKETS July 28-Aug 3 In collaboration with Creative Nations Arts Collective at the Dairy, we bring this powerful documentary to The Boedecker Theater. It chronicles the Lakota Indians’ quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways […]
TICKETS Join Crested Butte Film Festival for a fun, inspiring and creative program of short films at the Dairy. Then come to the mountains, at the height of the aspen color season, Sept 27 - Oct 1, to see the absolute best in Narrative, Documentary, Short and Outdoor Adventure films.
TICKETS **WARNING: This event contains flashing lights and sounds and may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised. Lumonics, co-founded by Dorothy Tanner and Mel Tanner, is one of the pioneering light art projects in the United States. Their unique art form combines elements of light, music, and sculptures […]
TICKETS Directed by two-time Oscar® nominated filmmaker Steve James (HOOP DREAMS, LIFE ITSELF), A COMPASSIONATE SPY is a gripping real-life spy thriller about controversial Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who infamously provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his loving wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Recruited in […]
TICKETS Michele Castro hails originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As vocalist and guitarist, she began to play internationally when invited to perform two tours of Germany with a Choro/Samba band as lead singer. Michele is proud to say she grew up in the Rocinha favela where she draws much of her musical inspiration and […]
TICKETS Journey into the mind of a psychedelic astronaut with a consciousness-expanding comedy show that will leave you mesmerized. At the intersection of science and psychedelics comes "A Better Trip," the latest work from Shane Mauss. Originally conceived for his springtime residency at AREA15 in Las Vegas–this hilariously heady event highlights Shane’s personal psychedelic experiences […]
TICKETS Visão do Paraíso (Vision of Paradise) by Leonardo Pirondi (2022, BR/US/UK, 16’) The film follows a voyage of the Brazilian Military in search of an imaginary island with the same name as their country. Amidst the fine threshold of the real, simulated, and imagined, the film analyzes the contemporary ideas of virtual reality and […]
TICKETS A conversation with 2023 Mimesis artists. The body-with-camera, or the documenting body, is a resisting body, an often-targeted body, because of its extended capacity to witness. It is also a social body — its configuration becomes an exponentially extended nexus for connections with other bodies. When we say ‘the personal is political’ we […]
TICKETS Connective Tissue Documentary Block Centering internal reality rather than visible evidence, these documentaries look intently at illusions of health, disability, self-advocacy, and knowing the pain of others. From invisible worlds of illness and recovery come raw demonstrations – both gentle and devastating – of how we might nurture ourselves and each other. Program: Invisible […]
TICKETS Documentary Block A window opens out over planetary-scale computational systems, a viewshed compromised by the hegemonic regimes of data dissemination taking shape. Alternative perspectives interweave to examine the extraction and distribution of information by ambivalent technologies. Program: SOME DAY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM (2021, US, 5’) Matt Whitman A Human Year is Seven […]
TICKETS Parkland of Decay and Fantasy by Chenliang Zhu (2022, CN, 104’) Thursday 17 August 10 AM Boedecker Cinema Technology and spirituality are parallel paranormal forces in an abandoned Chinese amusement park once taken over by a community of outsider artists. More Info
TICKETS Photographic Memory Documentary Block Thursday 17 August 1 PM Boedecker Cinema Sometimes responses to old questions emerge between the cracks. What does the “untutored eye” see? What story does a defying look tell? What is an inheritance of space exploration memorabilia worth? A puzzle to solve, a mystery to unravel, a relationship to reconsider. […]
The inaugural exhibition in our Locals Only gallery showcases Boulder-based digital artist Allyson McDuffie. With selections from her recent solo exhibition Tomboy & Old Salty hosted at The Gallery @ Bus Stop Apartments, McDuffie explores personal identity, placemaking, and deploys an iconographical visual language full of layered texture, rendered roosters and red cardinals, and mundane […]
TICKETS American Glass Factory by Jason Fox and Aliya Pabani (2023, US, 55’) Live Performance What does the U.S. Democratic Party share with observational documentary? The promise and the problem of transparency. In a live performance from the forthcoming audio series "Trust Issues," Jason Fox explores the sixty-year long relationship between Direct Cinema and Democratic […]
TICKETS A conversation with 2023 Mimesis artists on performance, politics and expanded documentary media. Topics include: embodiment, interactivity, movement, queerness and feminism, audio and music performance, non-actors performing themselves, political performance, re-enactments and trauma, choreography and labor, performance and rituals Suggested Watch List: American Glass Factory My Electric Genealogy Venus in Ferns Remembering Marnie The Fall […]
TICKETS A Place To Be Documentary Block Like an abecedary of former addresses, possessions, and nation states, this alphabet catalogs loss, relocations, and rituals of reconnection. Personal archives of the hardcore mundane meet blurred memories and sacred sites. If home existed, we would be there by now. Program: We are the houses we lived […]
TICKETS To dance with reality A conversation with Jessica Beshir As she traces the threads between her short work – including her directorial debut, Hairat (2017) – and her unforgettable feature, Faya Dayi (2021), Jessica Beshir will illuminate her approach to cinematography and time. Elaborating on the infinite task of forming and sustaining a cohesive […]
TICKETS Thin Strips Documentary Block Springing from the Enlightenment’s world-in-motion, infrastructure excludes and subjugates as much as it connects and liberates. The dyadic implications of infrastructural development are full of desires and fantasies – eminent domain for the fabrication of totalizing truths in the name of progress. These counter-narratives shine light on nebulous land tenure […]
TICKETS Documentary Block Could oysters deliver the planet from climate collapse? Non-human queer heroes help us imagine different ways of living and experiencing the world, breaking the mold of humanity’s self-destructive tendencies. Transformation comes from below and beneath: in deep waters and scars within walls. Shifting our perspectives could take us far – light years […]
TICKETS Caribou TownsiteSoon We Will All Be History Here with Saeed Taji Farouky Soon We Will All Be History Here is a spatial performance lecture that examines absence as a fundamental part of radical cinema. Incorporating elements of music, architecture, and literature, Saeed will walk with participants around the remnants of the town of Caribou; […]
TICKETS Do Not Carry Silence Documentary Block A new generation of youth demands social reform and the American Indian Movement walks across the United States. Colorado sees campaigns for change on a Boulder campus and in North Denver's most polluted zip code. Historical and contemporary documents of rising activist voices and emerging revolutions, united by […]
TICKETS Latencies Documentary Block Framing the intersections of democracy, environmental justice, and scientific advancement, this selection of works offers a way into late capitalism's various crises. The narrative hybridity of trans-disciplinary lenses disrupts the rigid taxonomic systems of modernity. The cosmovision of the West creeps toward collapse. Program: In the Ice, Everything Leaves a Trace […]
Come and be a part of our Community Writing Circle, held on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Led by the talented writer and yoga teacher, Teresa Adele, each writing circle will inspire you with themed writing prompts and provide you with an opportunity to share your writing and discuss aspects of your writing life. […]
TICKETS On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end, and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and […]
SOLD-OUT Join us for "Community Conversations: a night of films and panel discussion about farming and community" - hosted here in BOULDER, CO. We have some amazing local community members joining us from The North Face, a VF Company, Mad Agriculture, Eso Terra Culinary Garden & Meadowlark Farm Dinners Don't miss out, limited tickets are […]
TICKETS Guanglin is a blind boy from a poor single-parent family in China. His prospects would typically be severely limited, but he is also very gifted at the game of GO and gains fame as a prodigy. This captivating documentary follows him as he navigates his way through the pressure of developing his talents, dealing […]
As of today, 3/12/2020, The Dairy Arts Center remains open and operational. Should scheduling changes occur, ticket holders will be directly notified by The Dairy Arts Center.
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