Salem Film Fest 2023 at Peabody Essex Museum

Salem Film Fest is the largest documentary film festival in Massachusetts with films from around the world, running March 23- April 2, 2023. Screenings will take place at four locations:  Peabody Essex Museum, Cinema Salem, National Park Service Visitor Center in Salem, MA and The Cabot in Beverly, MA. For more information, visit www.SalemFilmFest.com.

Here is the Program Schedule for the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM)

Friday March 24 — 11am at PEM
FINDING HER BEAT
with live taiko drumming performance
For over 2,000 years, the Japanese drumming art of Taiko, has been reserved solely for men. Meet the bold women whose talent, determination and sisterhood aim to change that. Tickets include a live drumming performance!
Tickets https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3abcb9ce639009acb9dce

Friday March 24 — 2:45pm at PEM
SHORTS BLOCK 1
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/schedule/6403a0647cadd700e1de7601

Friday March 24 — 5:30pm at PEM
TOWN DESTROYER
Controversy erupts over images of African American slaves and Native Americans in New Deal-era murals at George Washington High School in San Francisco, leading to a passionate outpouring of activism and opinions about art, history, and racial reckoning in America.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3e81859267600c57b3e22

Saturday March 25 — 10:30am at PEM
American Experience presents RUTHLESS: Monopoly’s Secret History
Part detective story, part sharp social commentary and part pop-culture celebration, RUTHLESS: Monopoly’s Secret History presents the fascinating true story behind America’s favorite game.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3a82cf2bba1006ebef0b9

Saturday March 25 — 12:30pm at PEM
PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: The Corky Lee Story
For decades, Chinese American photographer Corky Lee documented the Asian American experience. An unprecedented look at the triumphs and tragedies of the man behind the camera.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3d980f2bba1006ebf26e9

Saturday March 25 — 2:45pm at PEM
CABIN MUSIC
Walking away from Boston’s New England Conservatory, a pianist backpacks overland from Spain to Japan, then builds a remote cabin in Canada to create a new form of music.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3a96cf2bba1006ebef1f8

Saturday March 25 — 5:05pm at PEM
LAGUNARIA
A voice from a distant future tells of a vanished city that was once among the most famous in the world – Venice, Italy.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3be860c1b9700bc7f5633

Sunday March 26 — 10am at PEM
The Doc-a-chusetts Pitch
Join us for a spirited discussion with local filmmakers as they pitch their upcoming documentary films to a panel of industry and media members in a competition before a live audience, in which you have a vote!

Sunday March 26 — 12noon at PEM
UKRAINISTAN ARTISTS WAR — World Premiere
By demonstrating how art can succeed where war fails, UKRAINISTAN ARTIST WAR offers creative optimism in the face of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Taliban’s oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3e844225ade0085afb290

Sunday March 26 — 2:40pm at PEM
PLEISTOCENE PARK
A renown Russian geophysicist and his son stave off a global environmental catastrophe by restoring the Ice Age “mammoth steppe” ecosystem in their remote corner of Siberia.
https://salemfilmfest2023.eventive.org/films/63f3dc3ec84964004b015565

See the entire Film Line Up https://www.salemfilmfest.com/films
See all the Events https://www.salemfilmfest.com/events