Sunday, May 5, 11:45 a.m. | This program of 10 nonfiction shorts represents a diverse array of acclaimed documentary storytelling, including resonant human portraits, chronicles of social, political, and environmental issues, and animated and experimental memoirs. Program: PIÑATAS OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (dir. Tom Maroney), SANDCASTLES (dir. Carin Jin-Yi Leong), HOLD THE LINE (dir. Daniel Lombroso), HEADSHOT (dir. Dominik Yarabe), WEEKEND VISITS (dir. Pete Quandt), BOX CUTTERS (dir. Naomi van Niekerk), STRONG GRANDMA (dirs. Cecilia Brown, Winslow Crane-Murdoch), TWO SUN (dir. Blair Barnes), and THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE (pictured, dir. Emma Miller).

Doc10, now in its ninth year, is Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival that has firmly set its place in Chicago’s cultural scene. Each year the festival screens the 10 best documentaries culled from Sundance, Tribeca, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, and other top-tier festivals across the nation, giving Chicago audiences the first—and often only—opportunity to see extraordinary films. Synopses provided by Doc10. Post-screening conversations will follow all showtimes. Visit doc10.org for tickets and more information.

RELATED EVENTS: Doc10: SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT (Sunday, May 5, 2:15 p.m.) and Doc10: DAUGHTERS (Sunday, May 5, 5:45 p.m.)

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu