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Dying to DivorceIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 81 | Copyright: | 2020 | Country Listing: | UK | | Norway | | Germany | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | 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 | | 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 RockIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 92 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | Canada | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | 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 | | 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.
| Runtime: | 89 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | Sweden | | El Salvador | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | 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 | | 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 LaborIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 76 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | USA | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | 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 | | 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 PadillaIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 82 | Copyright: | 2020 | Country Listing: | USA | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | 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 | | 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 BudsIncludes 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?
| Runtime: | 96 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | USA | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | 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 | | 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 UsIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 82 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | USA | | Peru | | Jordan | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | 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 | | 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.
| Runtime: | 86 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | Various | | Festival Year: | 2021 | Language: | Various | Program Category: | Persister | | 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.
| Runtime: | 99 | Copyright: | 2021 | Country Listing: | Various | | Festival Year: | 2021 | Language: | Various | Program Category: | Persister | | Director(s): | Various |
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The SpokeswomanIncludes 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.
| Runtime: | 82 | Copyright: | 2020 | Country Listing: | Mexico | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | 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 | | 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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