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The 8th
Available until June 6
The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive laws on abortion in the world. After a 35-year struggle the pro-choice side have to radically shift tactics to try and bring this historically conservative electorate over the line.
| | Runtime: | 94 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Persister | | | Director(s): | Aideen Kane | | Maeve O'Boyle | | Lucy Kennedy | | Producer(s): | Aideen Kane | | Maeve O'Boyle | | Lucy Kennedy | | Alan Maher | | Executive Producer(s): | Lesley McKimm | | Gini Reticker | | Amy Nauiokas | | Abigail Disney | | Jess Kwan | | Editor(s): | Jordan Montminy | | Maeve O'Boyle | | Composer: | Sarah Lynch |
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Breaking the Silence
Available until June 24
An Indigenous woman leaves her Emberá Chamí community for Bogotá as she grapples with her experience of female genital mutilation. Joining forces with a new friend, they return to engage with other Indigenous women about the tradition and enact change.
| | Runtime: | 83 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Colombia | | Bolivia | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Embera | | Spanish | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Indigenous Cultures & Issues | | Latin America | | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Priscila Padilla | | Producer(s): | Laura Coronado Delgado | | Executive Producer(s): | Gustavo Pazmin | | Priscila Padilla | | Editor(s): | Ximena Franco | | Priscila Padilla | | Writer(s): | Priscila Padilla | | Cinematography: | Viviana Gomez | | Yvette Paz | | Composer: | Sol Okarina | | Sound: | Vladimir Diaz |
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The Dilemma of Desire
Available until June 24
The scientific establishment has often left women’s pleasure off the priority list, relegating it to be mystery, myth or altogether missing. Meet an inspiring collection of women who take matters into their own hands, demanding pleasure for all.
| | Runtime: | 107 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Heath & Medicine | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | https://dilemmaofdesiredoc.com/ | | | Director(s): | Maria Finitzo | | Producer(s): | Diane Quon | | Cynthia Kane | | Executive Producer(s): | Barbara Kopple | | Gordon Quinn | | Hugh Schulze | | Editor(s): | Liz Kaar | | Mimi Wilcox | | Writer(s): | Maria Finitzo | | Cinematography: | Adam Singer | | Hillary Bachelder | | Keith Walker | | Composer: | Miriam Cutler | | Sound: | Shuling Yong |
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For the Love of Rutland
Available until June 24
A recovering opioid addict and mother, Stacie barely gets by in her hardscrabble, job-scarce Vermont town. When Syrian refugees arrive, racism and xenophobia turn her community into a flashpoint of Trump’s America and Stacie into the unlikeliest of heroes.
| | Runtime: | 92 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Mental Health & Addiction | | America | | Immigration & Refugees | | Labour & Working People | | Race & Multiculturalism | | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Jennifer Maytorena Taylor | | Producer(s): | Jennifer Maytorena Taylor | | Executive Producer(s): | Abigail Disney | | Heather Rae | | Editor(s): | Jen Bradwell | | Cinematography: | Jennifer Maytorena Taylor | | Jim Sabataso | | Sandra Valde-Hansen | | Mustafa Davis | | Composer: | Emily Rice | | Sound: | Alyssa Nevarez |
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Her Mothers
Available until June 24
In this intimate tale of love and freedom, a lesbian couple contends with homophobia in an increasingly radicalized Hungary as they struggle to create a family through adoption and to define their roles in motherhood.
| | Runtime: | 75 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Hungary | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Hungarian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Eastern Europe | | Families & Family Relationships | | LGBTQ Cultures & Issues | | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Asia Dér | | Sári Haragonics | | Producer(s): | Sára László | | Marcell Gero | | Noemi Veronika Szakonyi | | Editor(s): | Flóra Erdélyi | | Cinematography: | Asia Dér | | Sound: | Sári Haragonics |
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Persister Shorts Program
Available until June 24
A collection of short films by women, about women speaking up and being heard including Radia, They're Just Fish, and Villa Villekulla.
| | Runtime: | 61 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Women & Women's Stories |
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The School of Housewives
Available until June 24
The Reykjavík School of Housewives has taught cooking, cleaning and home economics since 1942. But ushering the domestic crafts of the past into the future—along with values of efficiency and conservation—requires a re-evaluation of gender roles and respect.
| | Runtime: | 75 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Iceland | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Icelandic | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Education | | Families & Family Relationships | | Northern Europe | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | https://www.theschoolofhousewives.com/ | | | Director(s): | Stefanía Thors | | Producer(s): | Helgi Svavar Helgason | | Editor(s): | Stefanía Thors | | Cinematography: | Stefanía Thors | | Composer: | Davíð Þór Jónsson | | Helgi Svavar Helgason | | Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjónsson | | Sound: | Friðjón Jónsson |
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Shut Up Sona
Available until June 10
Singer, performer and self-styled “troublemaker” Sona Mohapatra channels the goddess energy of Chandi as she fights for equal rights as an empowered, modern Indian woman in a society and music industry denying her value.
| | Runtime: | 85 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | India | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Hindi | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Website: | http://www.shutupsona.com | | | Director(s): | Deepti Gupta | | Producer(s): | Sona Mohapatra | | Co-Producer(s): | Deepti Gupta | | Ram Sampath | | Editor(s): | Arjun Gourisaria | | Cinematography: | Deepti Gupta | | Composer: | Ram Sampath | | Sona Mohapatra | | Sound: | Niraj Gera |
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