Events for January 9, 2026

The Q&Agency (FKA Picturehouse 441) and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with director/co-writer/producer Petra Costa and editors David Barker, ACE; Nels Bangerter; Tina Baz, as they discuss their work on the documentary, Apocalypse in the Tropics.

When does a democracy end, and a theocracy begin? In Apocalypse in the Tropics, director Petra Costa takes us on a decade-long journey through the spiritual and political upheaval of Brazil. What begins as a search for signs of life in a fragile democracy transforms into a deeper inquiry into the seductions of power, prophecy and belief. Costa gains extraordinary access to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President Jair Bolsonaro and the nation’s magnetic televangelist Silas Malafaia. More than a chronicle of political change, Apocalypse in the Tropics is a cinematic investigation of the fault lines that emerge when religion fuels political ambition. With the savage clarity that defined her Academy Award–nominated The Edge of Democracy, Costa documents a time of kaleidoscopic confusion and fear with intimate observational filmmaking that braids together the personal, the historic and the mythic. As faith shifts from private refuge to public battleground, Brazil holds a mirror to a world where democracies are being tested by the power of prophecy. (Synopsis by Netflix)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Friday, January 9 at 5:30PM ET/2:30PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Saturday, January 10 at 3PM ET/12PM PT
Encore 2: Saturday, January 10 at 6PM ET/3PM PT

The Q&Agency (FKA Picturehouse 441) and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote media literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with director/co-writer Clint Bentley; editor Parker Laramie; cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP, as they discuss their work on the 2025 period drama, Train Dreams.

Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe-nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the towering forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he helps expand the nation’s railroad empire alongside men as unforgettable as the landscapes they inhabit. After a tender courtship, he marries Gladys (Academy Award-nominee Felicity Jones) and they build a home together, though his work often takes him far from her and their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, Robert finds beauty, brutality and newfound meaning for the forests and trees he has felled.

An ode to a vanishing way of life, an ever-evolving world, and to the extraordinary possibilities that exist within even the most simple of existences, Train Dreamscaptures a time and place that are now long gone, and the people who built a bridge to a future they could only dream of. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Clint Bentley with a screenplay by Bentley and Academy Award-nominee Greg Kwedar, the writing team behind Sing Sing, the film also stars Academy Award-nominees William H. Macy and Kerry Condon. (Synopsis by Netflix)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Friday, January 9 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.

Encore 1: Friday, January 9 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Monday, January 12 at 3PM ET/12PM PT