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Dying to Divorce
Includes Q&A

As rates of femicide and domestic abuse soar in Turkey and democratic rights for women are increasingly eroded, a lawyer and her clients bravely risk everything for their freedom by standing up to the government and putting violent men behind bars.
Film Info
Runtime:81
Copyright:2020
Country Listing:UK
Norway
Germany
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Turkish
English
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Crime & the Justice System
Love & Relationships
Middle Eastern Cultures & Issues
Politics & Political Intrigue
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://www.dyingtodivorce.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Chloe Fairweather
Producer(s):Sinead Kirwan
Seda Gokce
Özge Sebzeci
Elisabeth Kleppe
Executive Producer(s):Christina Asquith
Natasha Dack Ojumu
Leslie Finlay
Assistant Producer(s):Mürvet Doganlar
Editor(s):Andrea Cuadrado
Paul Dosaj
Cinematography:Lilia Sellami
Composer:Andy Cowton
Sound:Ali Murray
Animation:Andreas Næs
Graphic Design:Mario Urban Mannsåker
Motion Graphics:Andreas Næs
VFX:Andrew Donaldson
Sjur Pollen
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FANNY: The Right to Rock
Includes Q&A

Ferocious female rockers Fanny shattered glass ceilings in the '70s, collecting fans like David Bowie before being buried in retro record bins. Fifty years later, they reunite with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history.
Film Info
Runtime:92
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:Canada
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:English
Accessibility:Closed Captions
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:American Culture & Issues
Musicians & Performers
Popular Culture
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://www.fannythemovie.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Bobbi Jo Hart
Producer(s):Bobbi Jo Hart
Robbie Hart
Executive Producer(s):Katherine Buck
Bobbi Jo Hart
Anne Pick
Catherine Bainbridge
Ina Fichman
Randy Lennox
Glen Salzman
Writer(s):Bobbi Jo Hart
Editor(s):Catherine Legault
Cinematography:Claire Sanford
Sam Trudelle
Naomi Ture
Composer:Daniel Toussaint
Sound Mix:Daniel Toussaint
Animation:Kara Blake
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Fly So Far

Once accused and imprisoned for aggravated homicide for having a late-term miscarriage, Teodora Vásquez has become the spokesperson for all such victims of El Salvador's cruel anti-abortion laws, and a symbol of empowerment, resistance and solidarity.
Film Info
Runtime:89
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:Sweden
El Salvador
Premiere Status:Canadian Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Spanish
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Crime & the Justice System
Latin American Cultures & Issues
Women & Women's Stories
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Celina Escher
Producer(s):Mónica Hernández Rejón
Maria Åkesson
Saúl Callejas
Impact Producer(s):Lourdes Gil Alvaradejo
Editor(s):Matteo Faccenda
Cinematography:Celina Escher
Guillermo Argueta
Kalle Jansson
Audun Fjeldheim
Christian Rivera
Fabricio Sibrián
Nils Bucher
Maria Åkesson
Camilo Henríquez
Sound:Enrique Pocasangre
Ángel Cortez
Jaime Perla
Animation:Louisa Wallström
Roland Seer
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Fruits of Labor
Includes Q&A

Working in a food processing plant after class and in the fields on weekends, a California high school senior dreams of graduating while bearing the burden of being the family breadwinner and threats of separation as ICE raids increase in her community.
Film Info
Runtime:76
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:English
Spanish
Mixtec
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Closed Captions
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:American Culture & Issues
Children & Youth
Families & Family Stories
Migration & Immigration
Website:http://www.fruitsoflaborfilm.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Emily Cohen Ibañez
Producer(s):Emily Cohen Ibañez
Executive Producer(s):Tracy Rector
Aurora Guerrero
Richard Ray Perez
Writer(s):Emily Cohen Ibañez
Ashley Solis Pavon
Editor(s):Kristina Motwani
Andrea Chignoli
Cinematography:Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Emily Cohen Ibañez
Composer:Yamil Rezc
Music:Denise Guttierez (original song)
Yamil Rezc (original song)
Sound:Dan Olmsted
Animation:Maribel Martinez
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La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla
Includes Q&A

In this powerful story stretching over five decades, the former "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls gang emerges as a healer and matriarch, fiercely leading her South Bronx community through the perils of gentrification and gun violence.
Film Info
Runtime:82
Copyright:2020
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:English
Puerto Rican Spanish
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:American Culture & Issues
Crime & the Justice System
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://lamadrinadoc.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Raquel Cepeda
Producer(s):Raquel Cepeda
Executive Producer(s):Henry Chalfant
Sacha Jenkins
Writer(s):Raquel Cepeda
Editor(s):Sonia González-Martinez
Cinematography:Alejandra Araujo
Ethan Mills
Sound:Judy Karp
Enrique Larreal
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Lady Buds
Includes Q&A

From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California's newly legal cannabis trade. But as aggressive regulations bogart the market, can they each keep their green American dream alight?
Film Info
Runtime:96
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:English
Accessibility:Closed Captions
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:American Culture & Issues
Capitalism & Big Business
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://www.ladybudsmovie.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Chris J. Russo
Producer(s):Michael J. Katz
Christian Bruno
Executive Producer(s):Shauna Harden
Writer(s):Chris J. Russo
Tamara Maloney
Editor(s):Tamara Maloney
J. Davis
Cinematography:Christian Bruno
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Only the Ocean Between Us
Includes Q&A

Four young directors—Indigenous Shipibo filmmakers living in Lima, Peru, and Syrian filmmakers living as refugees in Jordan—share sisterhood, daily survival, displacement and first motherhood through their video letters.
Film Info
Runtime:82
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:USA
Peru
Jordan
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Spanish
Arabic
Shipibo
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Indigenous Cultures & Issues
Latin American Cultures & Issues
Middle Eastern Cultures & Issues
Migration & Immigration
Personal Histories
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://onlytheoceanbetweenus.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Khaldiya Amer Ali
Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb
Karoli Bautista Pizarro
Christy Cauper Silvano
Producer(s):Laura Doggett
EB Landesberg
Lali Madueño Medina
Tasneem Toghoj
Editor(s):Laura Doggett
EB Landesberg
Tasneem Toghoj
Cinematography:Khaldiya Amer Ali
Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb
Karoli Bautista Pizarro
Christy Cauper Silvano
Sound:Daniela López Guerrero
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Persister Shorts Program 1: Workforce

Women’s work has always been ignored, underpaid and taken for granted. Domestic workers, farmers, artists, hairdressers, reindeer herders and strippers remind us that their labour is essential and that as taxpayers, voters and bosses, appreciation of their efforts may come by force.
Film Info
Runtime:86
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:Various
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Various
Program Category:Persister
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Various
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Persister Shorts 2

From our Persister program, this selection of short documentaries features stories of women speaking up and being heard.
Film Info
Runtime:99
Copyright:2021
Country Listing:Various
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Various
Program Category:Persister
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Various
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The Spokeswoman
Includes Q&A

When healer and human rights activist María de Jesús Patricio becomes the first Indigenous woman to run for president in Mexico, her revolutionary platform advocating unity and a new approach to progress becomes mired in structural racism.
Film Info
Runtime:82
Copyright:2020
Country Listing:Mexico
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:Spanish
Maya
Yaqui
Wixárika
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Persister
Film Subjects:Indigenous Cultures & Issues
Latin American Cultures & Issues
Politics & Political Intrigue
Women & Women's Stories
Website:http://en.lavocerafilm.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Luciana Kaplan
Producer(s):Carolina Coppel
Mónica Lozano
Eamon O'Farrill
Editor(s):Valentina Leduc
Luciana Kaplan
Cinematography:Ernesto Pardo
Sound:Lena Esquenazi
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