Baristas vs. Billionaires tells the powerful and timely story of a new generation of workers taking on Starbucks—an iconic brand that publicly champions progressive values while secretly waging an aggressive, illegal campaign to crush union efforts. Leaked videos from whistleblowers reveal the company’s playbook: deploying a "SWAT team" of out-of-town managers to intimidate and dismantle organizing efforts, retaliating against pro-union workers through harassment, surveillance, and termination. Through exclusive interviews with front-line baristas like Michelle Eisen and Gianna Reeve, and veteran labor organizer Richard Bensinger, the film exposes a stark contradiction between Starbucks’ public image and its behind-the-scenes union busting. Bensinger, with five decades of experience, calls Starbucks one of the most ruthless companies he’s ever faced. This fight has captured national attention, with congressional hearings and a Senate subpoena forcing CEO Howard Schultz to testify under oath. Even the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on a related case, underscoring the movement’s far-reaching implications for American labor. Baristas vs. Billionaires is more than a documentary—it’s a call to action. At its heart is a deeply American struggle: the fight for dignity, fair treatment, and a voice on the job.

Silverhaired ex-gangster Bob Montagné (Roger Duchesne) moves from poker to craps to the track and back before one last heist.Auguste Le Breton

“Come See Me in the Good Light” is a poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience.

Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director’s own nighttime visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master’s imagination, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic apparitions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of creation, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (who is played by Martin Scorsese), Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker’s artistry at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes.

In FREE LEONARD PELTIER, acclaimed directors Jesse Short Bull and David France revisit one of the most discredited convictions in modern America—the double life sentences handed down to Indian rights activist Leonard Peltier for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. FREE LEONARD PELTIER vividly captures the climate of fear and apprehension that pervaded Pine Ridge at the time—and once Peltier is accused of murdering two FBI agents, it tracks the legal machinations and dirty pool tactics that saw him arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned, all on the basis of evidence long since shown to be inconclusive at best and falsified at worst. On the fiftieth anniversary of the shootout on Pine Ridge, with Peltier still in prison, Short Bull’s and France’s documentary arrives to revisit his case in a new era and to advocate for just what its title suggests: FREE LEONARD PELTIER.

Professional climber Emily Harrington has summited Everest, 8000-meter peaks, and dominated the competition circuit but, her greatest challenge extends beyond the physical. To cement her legacy in the male dominated world of elite rock climbing, she sets her sights on a career-defining 24-hour ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Caught between the pursuit of personal ambition and the ticking biological clock of life, a near-fatal fall forces Emily to reckon with what she’s willing to risk. Equal parts gripping survival story and intimate portrait, Girl Climber isn’t just about breaking records, it’s about breaking barriers. Amongst Yosemite’s legendary boy’s club, Emily isn’t proving she is the best *Girl Climber-- she's proving she is one of the best. Period.

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.

An unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings’ increasing dependence on technology Koyaanisqatsi’s heterodox methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) make it a look at our world from a truly unique angle.

Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband's affair. With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle.

Godfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the final chapter of his Qatsi Trilogy. Through a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, computer- generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated. From this (virtual) reality, Reggio sculpts a frenetic yet ruminative portrait of an era in which the cacophony of “communication” has rendered humankind effectively postlanguage.

Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York's vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist's life.

Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he again joined forces with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern Hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry. This is the most intensely spiritual segment of Reggio’s philosophical and visually remarkable Qatsi Trilogy.

Ku Stevens wants to be an elite runner, but when the remains of Native children are found, Ku must face his family's past while attempting to run towards his future.

A Life in Conversation with Art Renesan Course Information: "Hear first-hand about the life and times of Linda Durham, a leading gallerist of contemporary art in New Mexico. From the 1970s through early 2011, she represented and championed the work of New Mexico-based painters, sculptors, and photographers. Durham will talk about some of the work in her personal collection: the Art, the Artists, the stories…and why she loves what she loves. (Photo by Alex Traube; painting by Jerry West.)" About The Instructor: Linda Durham is a long-time gallery owner and art consultant in Santa Fe. In addition to being a lifelong journal writer, she is an author (Still Moving, The Trans-Siberian Railway Journey), founder of the Wonder Institute (a visual- and performing-arts think tank and salon), lecturer, and workshop presenter who collects experiences and cultural encounters the way others collect souvenirs.

The Complex Tale of Mexico’s 16th Century Indigenous Story Map, a Lienzo Renesan Course Information: When Cortez and his small army conquered Tenochtitlán in 1521, he knew he needed more intel about the people and terrain he was taking. He dispatched Pedro de Alvarado to make alliance with the native Nahuatl people and explore the lands as far south as Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Nahuatl artists later painted an epic map of that journey, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan. Learn the history of the map and how pre-contact indigenous pictorial maps influenced Mexican history, legal system, and land law. About The Instructor: Tom Johnson is a retired journalist and professor emeritus with a long career zig-zagging from the classroom to the newsroom and back. A specialist in analytic journalism and GIS, he seeks opportunities to understand cultures and their history and evolution. He has traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America.

Conflict and Acculturation in New Mexico History Renesan Course Information: "Thomas Chávez gives us an overview of New Mexico’s history with an emphasis on the encounter of cultures that has defined New Mexico today: From pre-European contact through Spanish exploration and settlement, Church and state, the Pueblo Revolt and resettlement, sedentary and nomadic conflict, Mexican Independence, and the Mexican War, the Civil War, technology and its impact, to the Black Legend and the clash of cultures." About The Instructor: "Thomas E. Chávez, Ph.D., is a researcher, consultant, and historian. He has served as Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque and Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. He has published eleven books with three more forthcoming."

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz I: Bird and the Origins of Modern Music Renesan Course Information: When he died in 1955 at age thirty-four, Charlie (“Bird”) Parker was arguably the most influential—and imitated—jazz musician in the country. His recording career spanned a short 15 years. Yet, no other jazz musician before or after Bird captured the imagination of fellow artists and the public as much as he did. Parker’s story, at its core, is about the triumph of music as a dominant obsession amid a perplexing array of competing compulsions. About The Instructor: After 50 years of teaching on college campuses, Bruce Johnson retired to Santa Fe and joined the Renesan family in 2016. Introduced to the saxophone at age eight, he played in a regional swing band during high school and spent summers studying jazz composition and orchestration while exploring the Southern California jazz scene.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz II: Miles Davis Renesan Course Information: "Duke Ellington called Miles Davis the Picasso of Jazz. Like the painter, Davis kept changing and experimenting with new styles and forms of expression. To study Davis means to learn about bebop, hard bop, cool jazz and jazz/rock fusion. This presentation addresses the artistry of Davis during the years 1945 to 1970 and his association with jazz greats of that period, including Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter." About The Instructor: "Mark Davis has taught more than twenty courses for Renesan, half of which deal with jazz. Other presentations have been on French cultural history, including film; the Spanish Civil War; Weimar Germany; the Betrayal of Poland; Vichy France; the Red Scare; and U.S. Elections of 1940 and 1960. "

Laura Gilpin: Great Photographer of the Southwest Renesan Course Information: "One of the foremost women photographers of the twentieth century, Laura Gilpin spent more than half a century photographing and writing books about Southwest cultures, landscapes, and Indigenous people. Gilpin ventured into remote lands during a time when most photographers doing such work were male. The presentation will explore her fascinating life, her photo books on Mesa Verde, the Pueblos, and the Rio Grande, concluding with her masterwork, The Enduring Navajo." About The Instructor: "Gregory Jay was a professor of English and American Studies for some four decades, retiring in 2020 to Santa Fe. He has published widely on a variety of topics in the study of American art and culture. His most recent Renesan presentation was on Ansel Adams."

The Whole Ox and Other Stories of Oaxacan Pottery THIS RENESAN COURSE TAKES PLACE AT LIVING THREADS STUDIO, 1610 LENA STREET Renesan Course Information: "Like introducing old friends, Eric Mindling will speak about earthen pots from the old villages of Oaxaca, Mexico, revealing the deeper, quieter stories of where these pieces come from, how they were created, what they are for, and the people who carry the old, old knowledge of how to turn earth from the edge of the cornfield into a pot to boil that corn for supper. Join Mindling for a deep dive into pottery, people, and another land, richly illustrated with photos and storytelling." About The Instructor: Eric Mindling spent 25 years immersed in the pottery villages of Oaxaca. He wrote the book Fire and Clay, The Art of Oaxacan Pottery and co-curated a traveling exhibition of the same name. He is co-owner of Living Threads Studio in Santa Fe, runs a cultural travel company, and is on the board of the International Folk Art Market.

Saving Florence's Art: Renaissance, WWII, Flood 1966 Renesan Course Information: "Step back in time to the Florentine Renaissance when Man became the center of the universe. Discover the role of women in this Florentine society and the one woman who saved Florence’s art. Imagine a time when Florence, the Beautiful City of Art, was in danger of becoming the City Without Art during WWII and the tragic flood of 1966! Relive the consequences of these disasters, not only for Florence, but also for the world." About The Instructor: Linda Sassano Higgins received a B.S. in Anthropology (University of California), an M.Ed. (Tufts), a degree in Art (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) and became a Licensed Italian Tour Guide in 2016. She lives in Santa Fe and works in Florence.

Renesan Course Information: Fred Nathan, Executive Director of the nonpartisan think tank Think New Mexico, will discuss the organization's recommendations for addressing the state's critical shortage of health care workers. He will provide an update on the progress made toward enacting these reforms during the 2025 legislative session and describe plans for future action. About The Instructor: Fred Nathan, Jr. founded Think New Mexico in 1999. A recovering attorney, he served as special counsel to New Mexico Attorney General Tom Udall from 1991-1998, when he spearheaded several successful legislative initiatives and New Mexico’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which resulted in a $1.25 billion settlement for the state.

Ambassador Tom Udall on American Foreign Policy Renesan Course Information: For his Renesan presentation, Ambassador Udall will reflect on his long career in public service, with a special focus on how American foreign policy is developed and why it is important, including an examination of the roles played by its many stakeholders, as well as discussing the joys and challenges involved with his former position as a United States ambassador. About The Instructor: Tom Udall was United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2021-2025. He studied law at the University of Cambridge and the University of New Mexico and served as a New Mexico member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 and as a member of the U.S. Senate from 2009 to 2021.

Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 Renesan Course Information: Albuquerque Museum Director Andrew Connors provides an overview of its current special exhibition, which features powerful works by such major artists as George Grosz, Max Beckmann, and Paul Klee, many of which were condemned by the Nazi Party in its 1937 exhibition Degenerate Art. Other pieces were created in response to that exhibition. They are juxtaposed with work by other experimental artists of the era, including Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Giorgio de Chirico, and Salvador Dalí. About The Instructor: Andrew Connors was appointed director of the Albuquerque Museum in 2018, after serving as its curator for nine years. Originally from Colorado, Connors studied at Yale University and The George Washington University, worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and served as senior curator at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Tony Le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), back from prison after taking a rap for Jo le Suédois (Carl Möhner), is ready to settle a few scores and mastermind a brilliant jewel heist. A worldwide smash hit, Rififi earned director Jules Dassin the Best Director prize at Cannes and set the standard for screen robberies for decades to come.

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader.

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Shooting in Swedish on a set replicating a lovely 18th-century theatre, Bergman begins his wonderfully warm, witty and sensuous movie by focusing on the faces of a rapt audience (momentarily including his own) enjoying the overture. Thereafter, as the (abridged and intriguingly amended) tale of Tamino, Pamina et al proceeds, he highlights the piece’s exuberant theatrical illusionism, at the same time deploying close-ups to enhance the emotions conveyed by an excellent young cast. An admirably light touch is applied throughout, making for a performance of musical excellence, dramatic vitality and enormous, effortless charm.

There Was, There Was Not follows four women living in the Republic of Artsakh, an unrecognized country reckoning with the aftermath of one war while on the precipice of another. In the midst of this uncertainty, four women build a life with the hope of making their home a better place. When war breaks out again, what began as an observational meditation on women's roles, after conflict becomes an urgent and intimate record of their lives interrupted once again by war. From taking up arms on the front lines to fleeing their homes as refugees, we watch each woman's life change irrevocably. The war ends in the unimaginable: the complete ethnic cleansing and erasure of their homeland. Amid these women's struggle for survival in a new reality, this film becomes the myth of a home lost forever, and the power of story to keep it alive.