Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

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Free Screening: PIECE BY PIECE

October 18, 2025

PIECE BY PIECE (Director: Morgan Neville, 2024) Presented by Freewater Presentations and the Full Frame Documentary Film FestivaL Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself ...

Free Screening: PIECE BY PIECE

October 17, 2025

PIECE BY PIECE (Director: Morgan Neville, 2024) Presented by Freewater Presentations and the Full Frame Documentary Film FestivaL Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself ...

Free Screening: PIECE BY PIECE

October 17, 2025

PIECE BY PIECE (Director: Morgan Neville, 2024) Presented by Freewater Presentations and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams has made a distinct name for himself ...

Sally Ride wears a flight suit. She is trying on a helmet.

FREE SCREENING: SALLY

April 6, 2025

FREE, ticket required Sunday, April 6, 5:30 p.m., Carolina Theatre: Fletcher Hall Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was ...

Fred Rogers looks toward camera, resting his chin in his hand

FREE SCREENING: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

April 5, 2025

FREE, no ticket required. Saturday, April 5, 8:30 p.m., Durham Central Park Fred Rogers transformed children’s television with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister who believed that ...

Astronaut in suit looks toward camera

FREE SCREENING: APOLLO 11

April 4, 2025

FREE, no ticket required. Friday, April 4, 8:30 p.m., Durham Central Park. From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly ...

The Apollo marquee lit at night

FREE SCREENING: THE APOLLO

April 3, 2025

FREE, ticket required. Thu, April 3, 10:30 a.m., Carolina Theatre: Fletcher Hall THE APOLLO (Dir. Roger Ross Williams) chronicles the legacy of New York City’s landmark Apollo Theater, covering the ...

Crowded theater during the 2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

April 3, 2025

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of nonfiction cinema. Each spring, Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around ...

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Full Frame Winter Road Show: HOLLYWOODGATE

February 6, 2025

Full Frame partners with The Cary Theater in Cary, N.C. to host a screening of the Oscar®-shortlisted documentary HOLLYWOODGATE. This screening is free and open to the public, though attendees ...

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Full Frame Winter Road Show: UNION

January 30, 2025

Full Frame partners with The Cary Theater in Cary, N.C. to host a screening of the Oscar®-shortlisted documentary UNION. Winter Road Show screenings are free and open to the public, ...

A father and daughter embrace. They are at a dance wearing formal clothing.

Full Frame Winter Road Show: DAUGHTERS

January 23, 2025

Full Frame partners with The Cary Theater in Cary, N.C. to host a screening of the Oscar®-shortlisted documentary DAUGHTERS. All Winter Road Show screenings are free and open to the ...

A crowd of people gatehr in front of a large screen in Durham Central Park

Full Frame Road Show Presents: APOLLO 11

July 12, 2024

This July, embark on an interstellar adventure with a free outdoor screening of APOLLO 11 in Durham Central Park. Bring your friends and family to experience this extraordinary space mission ...