The 2019 iteration of OTFF includes documentaries about conflict refugees, the Satanic Temple, the even more infamous Steve Bannon, and Toni Morrison.
One Take Film Festival
Urban Action 4/18
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Film highlights anti-fracking leader The Little Theatre’s One Take Film Festival and Rochester Pachamama Alliance will show “Unfractured,” on Sunday, April 22. The documentary film follows Sandra Steingraber, an Ithaca-area biologist and author […]
Film preview: One Take Film Festival
After a successful first year, the team behind the One Take Film Festival has no intention of falling prey to the sophomore slump. They’ve added new venues and partnerships to turn the celebration of documentary filmmaking into four packed days of great movies, music, cocktails, and conversation. Held this Thursday through Sunday (April 19-22), the […]
Cut and print
How the first year of the One Take Film Festival, a new Rochester festival celebrating the art of the documentary, came together Documentary films are hot right now. While nonfiction filmmaking has been around as long as cinema itself, it’s typically taken a backseat to narrative storytelling when it comes to audience popularity. For many, […]






