The Belcourt was able to procure a one-week engagement of one of the year’s buzziest documentaries, The Encampments. The film, directed by Michael T. Workman, details the 2024 pro-Palestinian campus protests, with a focus on the occupation protests that took place at Columbia University almost exactly one year ago. The documentary’s release was urgently pushed ahead to an earlier date because one of the film’s interview subjects, Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March. The film also features interviews with other student activist leaders, professors, journalists, rabbis and more in what is an in-depth and intimate look at the pro-Palestinian campus protest movement. LOGAN BUTTS