Stories about women and their work. In Bedside Manner (USA, 18 min., Corinne Botz) a neurologist plays multiple roles to teach medical students. A controversial group of Mormon feminists fights for their rights in Where We Stand (USA, 20 min., Kristine Stolakis). Teriano (Canada, 20 min., Leora Eisen) defies expectations, moving from a remote Kenyan […]
Four letters that make the world go round. Her & Me (USA, 15 min., Shelby Hadden) profiles identical twins, while Oh My Father (USA, 11 min., Robert Machoian) explores a father/daughter bond. Elders (UK, 7 min., Glen Milner) looks at the world’s longest-married couple, and Palisades (USA, 7 min., Marian Mathias) chronicles falling in love. […]
NYC PREMIERE In Bogotá, Colombia, a charismatic eleven year old named Maria Alejandra struggles to maintain a normal childhood despite the limitations imposed by a rare skin disease. Conflict between mother and daughter arises when Maria refuses to attend school early one morning.
NYC PREMIERE Walk Good is an unflinching short documentary about a grieving mother who lost all three of her children to gun violence in three separate and unrelated incidents.
Seeking justice. Grassroots organizations and activists ignored by national news take center stage in From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City (USA, 23 min., Elise Conklin). Andy Goes In (USA, 16 min., Josh Polon) to uncover animal abuse at America’s top farms. Mass Swell (USA, 12 min., Patricia Silva) lends a powerful counterpoint to media […]
NYC PREMIERE Skatekeet is a documentary about Keet, a ten-year-old girl, whose skateboard skills have attracted attention in a skate world dominated by boys. Besides getting respect from her fellow skaters she also encounters lack of understanding from others. Keet rolls through a world of pre-conceived opinions on how girls should be, while carving out […]
US PREMIERE The Alaev Family, a multigenerational family folk-rock group, has been performing for more than 50 years, blending Eastern European, Jewish and Roma influences in unforgettable performances. After the fall of the Soviet Union, their benevolent dictator, Papa Allo, moved his clan from their native Tajikistan to Israel, where he has continued to exert […]
WORLD PREMIERE Grab your backstage pass and take a visceral immersion into the 1990s with one of its seminal grunge punk bands, L7. Pigeonholed as an all-female band despite their every effort, L7’s fierce members struggled against music industry and fan expectations even as they contended with questions of celebrity and success. Assembling a dynamic […]
WORLD PREMIERE The City of Joy is a community for women survivors of violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Opened in 2011, the project was founded by Eve Ensler, Dr. Denis Mukwege, Christine Schuler Deschryver and supported by V-Day. The film chronicles the institution’s first class of resilient women as they process their […]
NYC PREMIERE After a two-year period during which numerous women were reported missing in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, a reported rape leads police to a grisly discovery: a serial killer, operating virtually in plain sight. Why had police failed to investigate the missing-persons cases? Why did neighbors turn a blind eye to the killer’s activities? […]