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07/16/2026

Next 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟮𝟰 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦

Join us for a special screening and conversation with filmmaker 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 [ Carl Elsaesser ], kicking off the upcoming workshop 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗗.

The evening brings together two recent films: 𝘏𝘖𝘔𝘌 𝘞𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘙𝘌𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘕 (2022) and 𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘛𝘖 𝘙𝘜𝘕 𝘈 𝘛𝘙𝘖𝘛𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌 (2024)—alongside 𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘛𝘖 𝘙𝘜𝘕 𝘈 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘚𝘛 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌 𝘈𝘙𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘚 #4: 𝘑𝘜𝘓𝘐𝘌 (2026), presented in three parts throughout the program.

Moving between domestic spaces, vanished histories, amateur cinema, and fleeting encounters, these works invite us into a cinema where metaphor, ritual, and transformation become ways of approaching documentary. Rather than treating images as fixed records of reality, Elsaesser’s films open them up as living, unstable forms through which memory and meaning continue to shift. Following the screening, he’ll be joined in conversation by filmmaker 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗱𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗮. 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗫 at the 🔗 in bio!

Plus 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟! A few spots remain for next weekend’s workshop, July 24–26: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗗.

Join 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 for a three-day workshop exploring how special effects can function not as spectacle, but as a documentary method. Through screenings, discussions, and hands-on exercises, participants will experiment with cinematic illusion, metaphor, and transformation as ways of engaging reality.

Carl will be joined by incredib

07/15/2026

TOMORROW! 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦, 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟭𝟲 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠

𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦

We’re delighted to welcome filmmaker 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 [ Curtis Miller ] to UnionDocs for a screening of his remarkable feature A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS, followed by a conversation with writer, editor, and arts worker 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 [ julia gunnison ].

The film presents a history of the tornado as both a destructive weather event and an American icon. Local monuments to past tornadoes intertwine with mythologies of settlement and displacement. An amateur storm chaser questions his own agency and fate. The CEO of a Wizard of Oz-themed storm shelter company describes a growing market in a world of increasing weather uncertainty. Unfolding episodically, questions of memory, inequality, colonization, climate change, and disaster capitalism arise as the film examines legacies of weather within the region colloquially known as “tornado alley.”

Come through!

𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢 🎟️

07/14/2026

Early Bird Deadline is TOMORROW, JUL 15 for this upcoming workshop! Only a few spots left!

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗗

𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟲, join artist and educator 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 [ Carl Elsaesser ] for a three-day workshop exploring special effects not as spectacle or illusion, but as documentary method shaping how reality is perceived and disguised.

What happens when we slow down and work with effects that reveal the hand, the labor, and the ethics of representation itself? Through both in-camera and post-produced techniques like rear projection, masking, blur and redaction, compositing, reenactment, and visible seams, participants will explore how documentary images can shape memory, portraiture, protection, and political critique.

Across the weekend, we’ll experiment with effects as nonfiction methods, asking what manipulated images make possible, how they reshape our relationship to truth, and what they reveal about the tensions between visibility and concealment, evidence and speculation, memory and reconstruction.

Elsaesser will be joined by an incredible lineup of guest artists — 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 [ Courtney Stephens ], 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 [ Sharon Lockhart Studio ], 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗡. 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 and award-winning magician ADAM CARDONE Wizard!

Early Bird Registration ends TOMORROW on 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟭𝟱 — register to get $55 off! 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

07/09/2026

Early Bird Deadline coming up on JUL 15 for this amazing workshop! 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗗

𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟲, join artist and educator 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 [ Carl Elsaesser ] for a three-day workshop exploring special effects not as spectacle or illusion, but as documentary method shaping how reality is perceived and disguised.

What happens when we slow down and work with effects that reveal the hand, the labor, and the ethics of representation itself? Through both in-camera and post-produced techniques like rear projection, masking, blur and redaction, compositing, reenactment, and visible seams, participants will explore how documentary images can shape memory, portraiture, protection, and political critique.

Across the weekend, we’ll experiment with effects as nonfiction methods, asking what manipulated images make possible, how they reshape our relationship to truth, and what they reveal about the tensions between visibility and concealment, evidence and speculation, memory and reconstruction.

Elsaesser will be joined by an incredible lineup of guest artists — 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 [ Courtney Stephens ], 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 [ Sharon Lockhart Studio ], 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗡. 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 and award-winning magician ADAM CARDONE Wizard!

Early Bird Registration ends on 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟭𝟱 — register early to get $55 off! 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

07/01/2026

We’re thrilled to be in Berlin joining friends and collaborators from around the world this week for the third edition of Cinema of Commoning!

Over the next three days, cinemas, festivals, and film practitioners will come together to exchange ideas, share strategies, and imagine new ways of sustaining collective film culture. We’re especially excited to take part in Friday’s conversations alongside partners from La Clef Revival, PxrnFilmFestival Berlin, .festival, and many others, reflecting on how independent cinema spaces can continue to support artists, audiences, and community.

If you’re in Berlin, we’d love to see you there!

📅 July 3–5

06/27/2026

🔵 We’re back with a new PRACTICE THING for UNDO Members!

This time, filmmaker and animator Maggie Brennan [ Maggie Brennan ] shares what she turns to when she finds herself in a creative rut.

Maggie previously led 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟: 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘, a workshop exploring how animation can become a radical tool for expressing our realities, and we’re thrilled to revisit her practice and process. ✨

Maggie is the creator of Agoraphilia, a series for Adult Swim SMALLS, which she animated, directed, co-wrote, and scored. She also wrote, directed, animated, and scored the acclaimed short film Our Bed Is Green, which premiered at SXSW before screening at festivals around the world.

TUNE IN at the 🔗 in bio

06/26/2026

Come through tomorrow to the Lower East Side for NEW YORK NON-FICTION: A 30-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE — a one-night celebration of the people, places, and stories that make NYC unlike anywhere else in the world with !

We’re delighted that LAST STOP FOR LOST PROPERTY by Vicente Cueto [ ] is part of the program tomorrow, a film that was made over the course of the UNDO Collaborative Studio project TAKE THE L that explored peaking frustrations with the aging infrastructure that we rely on everyday in the throes of the threatened L train shutdown.

Tune in and hear more about the film from Vicente and Art Director Rachel Winton [ ]!

Also screening are a host of brilliant shorts exploring New York City —

AZIKIWE MOHAMMED IS A GUY WHO MAKES STUFF by Brian Redondo (2022)

THE COMMONERS by Penny Lane [ ] & Jessica Bardsley [ ] (2009)

GRAND LUNCHEONETTE by Pete Sillen [ ](2005)

HOW TO WALK TO MANHATTAN by John Wilson [ ] (2013)

MESSENGER by Daniel Leeb [ ] (2005)

THE SECOND WINDIEST DAY OF THE YEAR by Mark Elijah Rosenberg [ ] & Joshua Breitbart (1999)

TERMINAL BAR by Stefan Nadelman [ ](2003)

Grab tix on the website!

06/24/2026

New workshop alert! 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗗

𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟲, join artist and educator 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 [ Carl Elsaesser ] for a three-day workshop exploring special effects not as spectacle or illusion, but as documentary method shaping how reality is perceived and disguised.

What happens when we slow down and work with effects that reveal the hand, the labor, and the ethics of representation itself? Through both in-camera and post-produced techniques like rear projection, masking, blur and redaction, compositing, reenactment, and visible seams, participants will explore how documentary images can shape memory, portraiture, protection, and political critique.

Across the weekend, we’ll experiment with effects as nonfiction methods, asking what manipulated images make possible, how they reshape our relationship to truth, and what they reveal about the tensions between visibility and concealment, evidence and speculation, memory and reconstruction.

Elsaesser will be joined by an incredible lineup of guest artists — 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 [ Courtney Stephens ], 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 [ Sharon Lockhart Studio ] and 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗡. 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Early Bird Registration ends on 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟭𝟱 — register early to get $55 off! 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

06/23/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦, 𝗝𝗨𝗟 𝟭𝟲 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠

𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦

We’re delighted to welcome filmmaker 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 [ Curtis Miller ] to UnionDocs for a screening of his remarkable feature *A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS*, followed by a conversation with writer, editor, and arts worker 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 [ julia gunnison ].

The film presents a history of the tornado as both a destructive weather event and an American icon. Local monuments to past tornadoes intertwine with mythologies of settlement and displacement. An amateur storm chaser questions his own agency and fate. The CEO of a Wizard of Oz-themed storm shelter company describes a growing market in a world of increasing weather uncertainty. Unfolding episodically, questions of memory, inequality, colonization, climate change, and disaster capitalism arise as the film examines legacies of weather within the region colloquially known as “tornado alley.”

Come through!

𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢 🎟️

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