Show Times
Filmed entirely on-site and debuting less than a year to the date from when Columbia students pitched their first tents, THE ENCAMPMENTS release comes in response to the escalating situation involving Mahmoud Khalil, as well as Columbia's recent crackdown on student activism due to its federal funding being withheld by the Trump administration - news stories which have drawn huge national and worldwide attention. Mahmoud is a central figure in the film and a Columbia student organizer currently detained by DHS and held in ICE custody without charges, whose trial is imminent and will be a key flashpoint for the continuance of democracy in the US.
Director
Kei Pritsker, Michael T Workman
Cast
Mahmoud Khalil
Rating
Year
2025
Country
United States
Language
English
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "What makes THE ENCAMPMENTS artistically triumphant is its sense of contemporary and historical detail, owed to both footage shot bythe filmmakers, as well as by the protesters themselves. In the process, co-directors Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman craft a work of cinema that’s as rigorously journalistic in its arguments as it is nakedly sentimental."
- IndieWire - "An eye-opening, timely and provocative human rights documentary. A powerful protest for truth, justice and democracy, and a protest against war, hatred and fascism."
- NY Movie Guru - "Rather than employing a bleak view of persistent struggle, directors Michael T. Workman and Kei Pritsker find the unfolding story’s hope and inspiration, crafting a powerful, clarifying portrait of collective action."
- The Film Stage
Festivals
- CPH: DOX