In Beverly Hills, whoever has the “dirt" holds the power. In some of the city's wealthiest families, that power belongs to a close-knit group of maids who have ambitions and dreams of their own. Their jobs, life struggles and the upstairs-downstairs universe of their employers brings them together. Rosie, Carmen, Marisol and Zoila are the women who turn to one another for support when times get tough.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Panelists:

Sabrina Wind
Executive producer

Class Divide highlights the recent effects of hypergentrification in New York City’s West Chelsea neighborhood, focusing on an intersection where an elite private school sits directly across the street from public housing projects. The final film in a trilogy about economic forces affecting ordinary people from director Marc Levin and producing partner Daphne Pinkerson (HBO’s Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags and Hard Times: Lost on Long Island), the movie bears witness to the effects of rising inequality and stagnant class mobility.

The Mindy Project follows Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) as she tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky coworkers in a small medical practice in New York City.

The Mindy Project is produced by 3 Arts Entertainment in association with Universal Television. The series is created and written by Kaling. Executive producers are Kaling, Howard Klein, Matt Warburton and Michael Spiller.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Mavis! chronicles the ascension of gospel and soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers. An intimate look at a tight-knit family, the film reveals their struggles and success, featuring dynamic live performances and rarely seen archival footage, as well as interviews with Bob Dylan, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Tweedy and Chuck D.

At 76, she's making the most vital music of her career, winning Grammy awards and reaching a new generation of fans with her message of love and equality.

In this drama series inspired by the classic “Grimms’ Fairy Tales,” Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as Grimms. His responsibilities as a detective are often at odds with his responsibilities as a Grimm.

An origin story of the great DC Comics super villains and vigilantes, Gotham reveals an entirely new chapter about the caped crusader, his allies and foes. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome), Gotham follows young Jim Gordon's rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the brink of evil, his relationship with young Bruce Wayne, and the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Ellen DeGeneres puts six furniture designers to the test when they come to Los Angeles to compete in various challenges. With a workshop, a lead carpenter and all the tools they need, the contestants will be tasked with building an amazing piece of furniture in each episode. A panel of expert judges, along with Ellen, will eliminate them one by one until a single designer is left standing at the end of the season to take home the cash prize.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

After the death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel in the picturesque coastal town of White Pine Bay, giving herself and teenage son Norman a chance to begin anew. Shy Norman is reluctant at first, but with the help of his mother, with whom he shares an intensely close relationship, the boy begins to open up to others and make new friends. Some locals, however, aren't as friendly and welcoming to the Bates, who discover that White Pine Bay isn't as peaceful as it appears, and they are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

From the creator of True Blood, Banshee features Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania. There, he continues his criminal activities even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Panelists:

Adam Targum
Executive producer, writer

Antony Starr
Actor

Based on a popular Scandinavian book series by renowned criminologist and novelist Leif G.W. Persson, this crime drama centers on Everett Backstrom, a brilliant but troubled detective who heads up the Special Crimes Unit in Portland, Oregon. As Backstrom and his team handle the city's most sensitive cases, the detective tries — and fails — to modify his self-destructive tendencies. Three-time Emmy Award nominee Rainn Wilson plays the titular role in this series created by executive producer Hart Hanson.