Under Cooper , Film Forum introduced the early films of New German Cinema filmmakers Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Wim Wenders , and Werner Herzog in the 1970s . The 1980s saw Cooper bringing such documentaries as '' The Atomic Cafe '' and Henry Hampton 's '' Eyes on the Prize '' to the theater 's screens . In the pursuing decades , various films and documentaries have been presented by Cooper to Film Forum and New York audiences at large , by such filmmakers as Allison Anders , Chris Marker , Albert Maysles , Bruce Weber , and Asghar Farhadi . Most recently , Film Forum premiered Maren Ade 's '' Toni Erdmann '' and Raoul Peck 's '' I Am Not Your Negro , '' both of which were nominated at the 89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Karen Cooper