Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Thursday, November 05, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone is the Mother of the African-American Hair Care and Beauty Industry. Against rampant racism and sexism, she built an international enterprise in St. Louis, Missouri, in the early 20th century. By 1920 she was one of the wealthiest women in America. At the height of her success she employed an estimated 75,000 agents, mostly women, including Madam C. J. Walker. Her amazing but largely forgotten story comes to the screen in Annie Turnbo Malone: The Untold Story
Friday, November 06, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
When They’re Gone - After an abrupt encounter at a graveyard, two elderly men form an unexpected bond over the grief and love of their late wives.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 10:00am
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
BELOVED - Directed by Delilah Saul. Delilah is a sex worker and journalist-turned-filmmaker in pursuit of answers to a question that’s the central obsession of her life: What needs to change in society in order for sex workers to more easily find relationships where they are loved and supported, just the way they are.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 11:00am
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
From Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three American doctors— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian— as they enter Gaza to save lives. They find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Alien: American Dream Denied spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 2:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
The story of the 1975 groundbreaking case of Joan Little who was the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault. Joan was a Black incarcerated woman in North Carolina who killed her white prison guard who was trying to rape her. Little’s murder trial became a cause celebre bringing together prominent advocates, black power activists, white feminists and anti-death penalty activists while catalyzing a nationwide discussion on sexual assault. With rare archival footage, contemporary interviews and the folk anthem that carried her cause, Free Joan Little captures the spirit of resistance that made history.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 4:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Executive produced by Dominique Jackson, CALL ME MICKY follows larger-than-life New Jersey native Micky Angelo Petrillo as he barrels into his next act after transitioning at 59. Now 62, he navigates reinvention, unexpected friendships, and the everyday absurdity of finally being seen — with humor, candor, and no intention of doing it quietly.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 4:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Urgent yet deeply joyful, The Lorraine is both a reckoning with the Civil Rights Movement’s unfinished legacy and a celebration of Black excellence and resilience. Acclaimed documentarian Sam Pollard digs into the story of The Lorraine Motel, shedding light on the forgotten history of a Black cultural institution that served as a safe haven for African Americans traveling during segregation and Jim Crow in the United States. With amazing archival footage and interviews, this documentary is an eye-opening experience that finally does justice to the legacy of The Lorraine.
Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 5:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
How does someone go from not communicating for 25 years to narrating her life story? Buried Under Years of Dust traces the remarkable journey of Emily Grodin, a woman silenced by autism, finally finding her voice. Despite Emily’s increasing frustration, physical outbursts, and violent meltdowns, Emily’s parents never abandoned hope that their daughter would one day share her thoughts, feelings, and deep intelligence. Then, using a controversial assisted-typing technique, Emily had an extraordinary breakthrough. One of her first sentences was “I have been buried under years of dust.” In a time when American health officials call into question the value and contributions of people with autism, Emily has the mic, and she’s got a lot to say.
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Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Temple Emeth
1666 Windsor Road
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
BEA ARTHUR: The Documentary - “I’VE DONE EVERYTHING BUT PORN” reveals a more personal Bea Arthur: intensely private yet remarkably compassionate, wickedly funny, fiercely intelligent and deeply committed to causes she believed in. Featuring a never-before-seen interview, the film offers audiences a rare opportunity to hear the Emmy and Tony Award-winning star reflect on her life, work and extraordinary career.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 12:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Amidst the chaos of the Iraq War, the Khachaturian family is trapped in a firefight between U.S. Marines and insurgents, and one Marine’s split-second decision devastates the family. Years later, haunted by his time in Iraq and aided by a New Yorker journalist, the Marine seeks to reconcile with the Khachaturian matriarch. Anchored by unforgettable performances from Boyd Holbrook (A Complete Unknown, Narcos, The Morning Show), Hiam Abbass (Succession), and Kenneth Branagh, Atonement is a powerfully human true story about the immeasurable costs of war, exploring universal questions about guilt, redemption, and the nature of forgiveness.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 12:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Temple Emeth
1666 Windsor Road
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
We Met at Grossinger’s is an immersive journey through the Jewish Catskills—once known as the Borscht Belt—reviving the iconic resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and defined an era of Jewish American life.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot Suit and La Bamba, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 2:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
A group of dads building a movement to support their trans and gender expansive kids are forced to make an impossible choice amid a shifting political landscape: stay and fight or flee the country.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 3:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Temple Emeth
1666 Windsor Road
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Many know Woody Guthrie as the quintessential Oklahoman balladeer who wrote “This Land Is Your Land,” but few are aware that Jewish culture had a hand in shaping his private life and career. From award-winning filmmaker Steven Pressman (The Levys of Monticello), Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls explores Guthrie’s moving relationship with his mother-in-law, prominent Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, and the impact she had on his songwriting.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 4:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
Far Out: Life On & After the Commune traces fifty years in the lives of a group of New England writers, activists and artists. It conveys how the 1960s counterculture, embodied in two rural communes, transformed America. The story begins when a group of radical journalists leave New York for a new life in the country and follows them from the back-to-the-land movement to a new discovery of political commitment.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 5:00pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
A haunting yet life-affirming film about reframing pain and the radical power of choice. It follows grieving mother Iris Haim as she mourns the loss of her son in the aftermath of October 7th and forms an unexpected bond with Dr. Edith Eger—a renowned psychologist, author, and Auschwitz survivor—whose hard-won wisdom guides her toward transformation.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
1972. A landmark trial shakes France as young Marie-Claire is prosecuted for having an illegal abortion with the help of her mother and two other defendants. In a courtroom governed by men, the verdict seems inevitable: prison for the women, while the rapist goes unpunished. Their last hope lies with Gisèle Halimi, a fearless lawyer known for openly challenging patriarchy and confronting the system that condemns victims and lets perpetrators walk free. Alongside the accused, Gisèle will not only change their fate, but, against all odds, transform the condition of women forever.
Sunday, November 08, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Category: film
Teaneck International Film Festival - Temple Emeth
1666 Windsor Road
Teaneck, NJ, 07666
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
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