Monthly nonfiction cinema club

Frame by Frame Documentary Club

Watch urgent, strange, beautiful nonfiction films together, then stay for a guided conversation that goes past hot takes.

Next gathering Thu, July 16
Location North Loop Microcinema
Format Film + moderated discussion

Coming up

A night for questions that linger

Vintage cinema seats facing a glowing screen

Featured screening

Collective

A newsroom follows a public-health scandal with the patience of a thriller and the conscience of a civic alarm bell.

How nights work

Built for curious people, not film snobs

Arrive

Grab a drink, pick up a one-page context sheet, and settle in without homework panic.

Watch

We screen one feature-length documentary with strong point of view and room for disagreement.

Discuss

A moderator opens with three prompts, then the room follows the questions that catch fire.

Club shelf

Recent picks and future contenders

Stack of newspapers
Justice

13th

A sharp, historical argument about incarceration, power, and American mythology.

Person looking toward a landscape at sunset
Art

Faces Places

A road movie about attention, friendship, murals, and the grace of noticing strangers.

Mountain valley at dusk
Nature

Honeyland

An intimate portrait of stewardship, scarcity, and a beekeeper's fragile balance.

Join the room

Save a seat or nominate the next film

Membership is free. Bring a friend, bring an argument, bring a notebook with exactly one sentence written in it.

  • Monthly screening reminders
  • Member voting on shortlists
  • Post-film reading notes