It’s been 17 years since Walter was forced to leave his family in Angola. Now he is picking up his wife and daughter from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. This gentle tale of a family’s estrangement and reconnection provides explores an aspect of the immigrant experience rarely examined.
See five stunning short films made by and about women of the middle east, a region that produces some of the world's most vibrant cinema.
BeMiryam is a grief-stricken recluse who lives alone in her Iranian village. It is only after the arrival of a young girl, Sadaf, a newcomer to the village, that the older woman can begin to confront the grief and trauma of losing her daughter to the long history and cultural silence of dowry suicide.
The short films in this segment explore the way we see ourselves, and the ways that the world seeks to define us.
Shot in the DIY style of homemade skate videos and HBO’s Betty, this coming-of-age drama follows a 17-year-old female skateboarder named Baghdad who lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil. When Baghdad meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.
Native American women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault than all other American women; 1 in 3 Native women report having been raped during her lifetime, and 86% of the offenses are committed by non-Native men. Sisters Rising follows six women who refuse to let this pattern of violence continue in the shadows.
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces and the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, AI is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.
This stylish thriller follows a struggling actress who finally gets her big break — a leading role in a spy thriller. As shooting wears on, her grip on reality begins to crack. Nina Wu is a scathing account of systemic abuse in the film industry.
This breathtaking, award-winning drama follows a bright teenager named Antigone Hipponome who has relocated to Quebec with her family to escape unrest in Algeria. When her brother has a violent run-in with Quebecois police, Antigone risks everything to save him.
Illuminating the real and brutal problem of immigrants disappearing en route to the US, this haunting Mexican drama follows a woman named Magdalena as she searches for her teenage son who not been heard from since he left home for the US border, hoping to find work.
