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Limited rereleases of Barbara Kopple's American Dream will screen in New York and across additional venues on May Day weekend.
Lucrecia Martel's Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) debuts at Film Forum in NYC as part of a broader international documentary slate.
Hokum marks Neon's first release under a partnership with Spooky Pictures and Image Nation, expanding indie distribution presencia.
Animal Farm and Deep Water headline Neon and Renny Harlin's broader lineup, with wide and midrange screen counts planned.
One Spoon Of Chocolate debuts under RZA's 36 Cinema Distribution with a two-week LA showcase.
Casa Grande from Seismic Releasing and ESX Entertainment opens on 225 screens, with a bilingual Freevee series connection.
Janus Films restores Kopple's American Dream for a coexistence of archival screenings and new audiences.
Our Land and American Agitators expand the documentary slate, emphasizing labor and social justice themes.
Francesco Sossai’s The Last One For The Road and Two Pianos premiere as accompanying titles in New York and LA.
The May Day window blends restorations and new indie titles to maximize festival-season momentum.

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Martel’s Our Land centers on a 2009 land-rights case in Tucumán, using drones to reveal power dynamics in dispute over Indigenous territory.
The documentary argues drone footage offers a God’s-eye view but exposes its limits as an imperfect tool in documenting injustice.
Our Land begins with satellite views and expands into the human stakes of land ownership and displacement.
The film links drone imagery to Argentina’s history of erasing Indigenous populations amid development and extractive projects.
Martel interweaves personal narratives with official documents to challenge what counts as truth in land disputes.
The documentary highlights the paradox of drone footage: authoritative distance that can also reveal intimate human stakes.
The film culminates with a drone-shot sequence that narrates the tension between legality and justice in land claims.
The article situates Our Land as a critical examination of documentary authority and the ethics of observation.

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