The Beyond Boundaries Screening & Discussion Series is an annual, six-part film series organized around categories of diversity including, but not limited to race, gender, class, sexuality, and abilities, with an emphasis on intersectionality.
Screenings create an opportunity for open dialogue on social justice issues among students, staff, faculty, and members of the greater Western New York community.
All screenings are held in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Tower Auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Spring 2025 Schedule
Daughters, 2024
Thursday, February 20
Directors: Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
Four girls prepare to reunite with their fathers through a special dance at a DC jail in this moving documentary about the healing power of love.
Power of the Dream, 2024
Thursday, March 6
with Director Dawn Porter
The WNBA's journey from underestimation to activism, fighting for equal rights, fair compensation, and social justice, ultimately impacting US politics.
Every Body, 2023
Thursday, April 17
Director: Julie Cohen
Every Body tells the stories of three intersex individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods.
Previously Screened
2024
- The Disappearance of Shere Hite
- Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed
- Girls State 2024
- Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
- Esther Newton Made Me Gay
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
- The Neutral Ground: A Film about Sore Losers
- No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
- Not Going Quietly
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Spring 2018
- I am Not Your Negro
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
- This is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights & The War in Ukraine
Fall 2017
Spring 2017
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
Fall 2015
Spring 2015
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
- Far From Home
- It Happened Here
- Anita
Fall 2014
- The Homestretch
- BiPolarized
- 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story