Essay Film Festival

A staggering new film tells the story of faith in America

By Matt Turner

Deborah Stratman’s hour-long documentary The Illinois Parables explores the connection between religion and national identity.

Discover this lost Filipino classic at the 2016 Essay Film Festival

By David Jenkins

Perfumed Nightmare is the hilarious and shocking story of extreme culture clash in the late 1970s.

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