SCREENINGS
OFFICIAL selection IN 40 festivals In 31 states and 3 countries.
RELEASED THEATRICALLY
IN 30+ CITIES NATIONWIDE
THEATRICAL SCREENINGS
DC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The First Step plays in the DC International Film Festival on 4/22 and 4/24 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema.
DC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The First Step plays in the DC International Film Festival on 4/22 and 4/24 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema.
PURE NONFICTION AT THE IFC
The First Step plays in Thom Powers’ Pure Nonfiction Screening Series on 4/12 at the IFC Center in NYC.
Cleveland International Film Festival
The First Step plays in the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 6 and 7 at the Connor Palace.
Cleveland International Film Festival
The First Step plays in the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 6 and 7 at the Connor Palace.
Sarasota Film Festival
The First Step plays in the Sarasota Film Festival on Friday, April 2 at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.
Oxford Film Festival
The First Step plays in Mississippi’s Oxford Film Festival on Friday, March 25 at the historic Malco Theater.
PRIOR FESTIVALS & ADVANCED SCREENINGS
Tribeca Film Festival (WORLD PREMIERE) — New York, NY — June 10, 2021
AFI DOCS — Silver Spring, MD — June 26, 2021
Woods Hole Film Festival — Woods Hole, Mass. — August 1, 2021 (Audience Award)
Bentonville Film Festival — Bentonville, Arkansas — August 3, 2021
Bozeman International Film Festival — Bozeman, Montana — September 13, 2021 (closing night spotlight, Audience Award Winner - Best Documentary)
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival — Mammoth, CA — Sept. 26, 2021 (closing night)
Detroit Free Press “FREEP” Film Festival — Detroit, Michigan — September 26, 2021
Big Eddy Film Festival — Narrowsburg, New York — September 30, 2021
Nashville Film Festival — Nashville, Tennessee — October 2, 2021
Berkeley Springs Film Festival — Berkeley Springs, WV — Oct. 2, 2021 (Best Director)
Chesapeake Film Festival — Virtual Only — October 3-10, 2021
Tucson Film & Music Festival — Tucson, Arizona — October 3, 2021
Dallas International Film Festival — Dallas, Texas — October 8, 2021
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival — Hot Springs, Arkansas — October 10, 2021
Heartland Film Festival — Indianapolis, Indiana — October 15, 2021
Boston Globe “GlobeDocs” Film Festival — Boston, MA — October 16, 2021
Tallgrass Film Festival — Wichita, Kansas — October 22, 2021
Philadelphia International Film Festival — Philadelphia, PA — Oct. 21/29, 2021
United Nations Association Film Festival — Palo Alto, California — October 25, 2021
Central Scotland Documentary Film Festival — Stirling, SCOTLAND — Oct. 31, 2021
Virginia Film Festival — Charlottesville, Virginia — October 31, 2021
St. Louis International Film Festival — St. Louis, Missouri — November 7, 2021
Lone Star Film Festival — Fort Worth, Texas — Nov. 11, 2021
River's Edge International Film Festival — Paducah, Kentucky — November 11, 2021
Denver Film Festival — Denver, Colorado — November 13-14, 2021
Shepherd University — Shepherdstown, West Virginia — November 17, 2021
Lake County Film Festival — Grayslake, Illinois — November 15, 2021
Hawaii International Film Festival – Hawaii — November 4-21, 2021
Big Water Film Festival — Ashland, Wisconsin — January 2022
Oxford Film Festival — Oxford, Mississippi — March 25, 2022
Parchman Prison — Mississippi — March 28, 2022
Southeastern Social Work Conference — North Carolina — April 1, 2022
Sarasota Film Festival — Sarasota, Florida — April 2, 2022
Cleveland International Film Festival — Cleveland, Ohio — April 7, 2022
Pure Nonfiction — New York, New York — April 13, 2022
DC International Film Festival — Washington, DC — April 23-24, 2022
Pan African Film Festival — Los Angeles, California — April 29-30, 2022
DOXA — Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA — May 6, 2022
Dismas House — Nashville, Tennessee — May 19, 2022
Dartmouth College — Hanover, New Hampshire — June 18, 2022
Bijou Theater — Bridgeport, Connecticut — June 24, 2022
TMBC at the Lincoln Center — Davenport, Iowa — June 28, 2022
FilmScene — Iowa City, Iowa — June 29, 2022
DMACC Urban Campus — Des Moines, Iowa — June 30, 2022
Pulaski Detention Center — Little Rock, Arkansas — July 7, 2022
Arkansas Cinema Society — Little Rock, Arkansas — July 8, 2022
Film Streams — Omaha, Nebraska — July 26, 2022
Building Bridgers — Virtual — July 27, 2022
Lakefront Film Festival — Washington, DC — August 10, 2022
Lane Doc Fest — Jackson, Tennessee — September 17, 2022
California State University Dominguez Hills — Los Angeles, California — September 27, 2022
Experience Christian Ministries — Los Angeles, California — September 29, 2022
PAM CUT/Portland Art Museum — Portland, Oregon — October 6, 2022
Queen City Film Festival — Cumberland, Maryland — October 8, 2022
National Voter Education Week — Virtual — October 9, 2022
Prison & Justice Initiative at Georgetown University ; D.C. Jail — Washington, D.C. — October 11, 2022
All Rise: A Festival of Film & Law — Cleveland, Ohio — October 28, 2022
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU — Phoenix, Arizona — November 3, 2022
Black Harvest Film Festival — Chicago, Illinois — November 9, 2022
Three Rivers Film Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — November 12, 2022
Calvin University — Grand Rapids, Michigan — December 1, 2022