Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund turns the lens on her own mother, art collector and philanthropist Agnes "Aggie" Gund. Through her dogged support of emerging artists - especially women and people of color - Aggie demonstrates the potential for collectors and benefactors to seek social justice, while also advocating vociferously for everyone to have access to the arts regardless of background. Inspiring and intimate, this portrait of a vanguard figure is not to be missed.

At the intersection of Alice and 14th Streets in the heart of downtown Oakland, California, tension is brewing between real estate developers and artists around the best present and future uses of a coveted historic space. Following the proposal, creation, and final result of a mural, this documentary shows how art can work as a tool for grassroots activism and underscores the power of coalition-building to disrupt the displacing forces of privilege.

Known as the "35mm Marquis de Sade," Helmut Newton's reputation as a fashion photographer balances on the edge between exploitation and beauty. Newton's eye transformed the industry, but this documentary focuses more on how those in front of his camera felt, revealing a deeper, nuanced critique of fashion and the male gaze of the camera. Featuring interviews with Grace Jones, Anna Wintour, Isabella Rossellini and more, this is a fresh take on an artistic legend.

This fabulous documentary celebrates the iconic fashion designer Pierre Cardin. Using incredible archival footage of fashion shows and advertisements, *House of Cardin* explores the tireless work ethic of a visionary designer whose work spans from classic cinema to dressing The Beatles. Featuring interviews with Naomi Campbell, Dionne Warwick, and Alice Cooper, *House of Cardin* is a must-see for fans of fashion and pop culture history.

Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden have been married for over 50 years. While Don works in more traditional media, Jackie's materials are the world she inhabits through movement and, most recently, the space inside and out of their large and colorful Rogers Park home. One of Jackie's former students, director Daniel Hymanson, lovingly immerses us in their world as they grapple with aging, revealing the same tenuousness of materiality that Jackie's art interrogates.

Famed socialite author Truman Capote is at the center of this riveting documentary that sheds new light on the final days and works of one of America’s towering literary figures. Based on newly discovered interviews conducted by The Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton, *The Capote Tapes* examines Capote’s unfinished final novel, which caused a scandal when published excerpts exposed the secrets of a Manhattan social aristocracy that had adopted Capote as its own. WISCONSIN ONLY