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FARMING IN PERU (FORMERLY LEARNING FROM PERU: WHERE HAS ALL OUR BIODIVERSITY GONE?)
A film by Sharon Genasci
A 60 minute documentary that looks at Peruvian farming and biodiversity and at the small organic farming movement in the U.S., whose approaches follow practices from Peruvian culture over 10,000 year old. Filmed at 12,000 feet in the Altiplano and jungle areas, and working with Frederique Apffel-Marglin, a Smith College anthropologist, the film addresses food and how it is grown in today's world of undernourished and hungry people.
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FAST AND LOOSE
A film by Carrie Miller
Fast and Loose is a 1-hour documentary about America’s first women’s world champion. Tillie Anderson rode her bike in 6-day races during the Victorian Age.
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FATE OF THE UNLEARNED
A film by Cristina Kotz Cornejo
In this social thriller, a violent encounter on the streets of Mexico City destabilizes 19-year-old, prostitute, Luz Molina’s life, triggering an obsession with the American missionary who makes the ultimate sacrifice in her defense. In Spanish and English.
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FIGHTING IT (FORMERLY WE ALL FALL DOWN)
A film by Jill Morley
As filmmaker Jill Morley trains for the New York Golden Gloves, the biggest amateur boxing tournament in the world, she discovers the real fight is inside: confronting the emotional scars of her abusive childhood.
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THE FIRE THIS TIME
A film by Blair Doroshwalther
On a summer evening in the West Village of New York City, seven young women from New Jersey were verbally threatened and physically attacked by a twenty-nine-year-old man. In a not uncommon travesty of justice, the NJ7 were sent to prison for defending themselves. The Fire This Time gives voice to the NJ7, while also revealing in devastating detail how the media, homophobia, and racism all work together in American culture to stigmatize and victimize gay people of color.
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FIRST MATCH
A film by Olivia Newman
The only girl on what has been an all boys team, fourteen year-old Monique “Mo” Morris trains hard to prove her strength and secure her starting position. But no amount of practice on the mat will prepare her for the kind of challenge she faces at her first high school match. Produced by Kenneth Murphy.
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FLAT DADDY
A film by Nara Garber, Betsy Nagler & Peggy Sutton
As military families across America endure the repeated deployment of loved ones to Iraq and Afghanistan, many have attempted to fill the void with "Flat Daddies," life-sized cardboard cutouts of their husbands, wives, sons, and daughters serving overseas. Using these two-dimensional surrogates as a connecting thread, the documentary film Flat Daddy follows five such families over the course of a year to reveal the lasting impact of the war on those left behind.
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FLESH (FORMERLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING: OUR PROBLEM)
A film by Kristin Ross Lauterbach and Christina Lee Storm
Slavery. In the past. Human trafficking. Over there. FLESH a shocking documentary, calls into question our definitions of slavery, human trafficking, and prostitution in the United States. This is a story told by girls who have escaped and by those still enslaved. It is told by former and current pimps. It is told by the abolitionists of today, including numerous directors of non-profit organizations, a former U.S. Ambassador, LAPD vice and the L.A. City Task Force on Human Trafficking.
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FORGET ME NOTS
A film by Dempsey Rice
The short documentary FORGET ME NOTS is a rumination on one of the most primary functions of the human mind: memory. The act of remembering is so intrinsic to our experience that we usually don’t even notice it at work but on a more profound level, memory connects us to the past and enables us to identify and tell the stories of our lives. Memory allows us to leave a legacy for the future.
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FROM BAGHDAD TO BROOKLYN
A film by Jennifer Utz
At the height of the Iraq war, Shiite Leader Ayatollah ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa against homosexuals. Mohamed, a 24-year-old gay man from Baghdad, was forced to flee his home. American journalist Jennifer Utz crosses paths with the eccentric former model and gradually becomes drawn into the whimsical world he creates to escape his harsh reality. From his life in exile to his new start in New York City, Utz chronicles Mohamed’s journey and the unlikely friendship that emerges.
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FUNNY BUSINESS
A film by Lyda Ely
What compels a person to cartoon? And what does it take to publish in The New Yorker magazine? Celebrated artists open their studio doors in this poignant exploration of a rarely examined art -- fueled by the filmmaker’s personal relationship with cartooning legend Charles Addams, and her late mother’s life-long quest to follow in Addams’ footsteps.
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A GIRL AND A GUN
A film by Cathryne Czubek
A riveting documentary investigating the realities of female gun ownership and the wide-ranging effects of guns on women's lives in a rapidly shifting gun climate in America. The film unravels the stories of four women who each share a unique relationship with guns; their motivations shedding light on rarely discussed contemporary women's issues. Penetrating well beyond the Hollywood image of the armed female, this documentary illuminates the clash between societal ideas of womanhood and gun ownership in the US.
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GRACE PALEY: COLLECTED SHORTS
A film by Lilly Rivlin
Grace Paley—literary giant, national treasure, activist, teacher, mother and wife. Her short stories have been translated into 92 languages. This documentary will trace the life of this ordinary New York woman with extraordinary talent for poetry and prose through her own voice via her stories and the stories of her family, friends, colleagues and critics.
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THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO
A film by Lisa F. Jackson
The tragic plight of women who have been systematically kidnapped, raped and tortured in DRCongo's intractable conflict is documented by a filmmaker, herself a survivor of gang rape, who goes to remote villages to meet survivors and talks with activists, peacekeepers and physicians to try and understand why.
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GREEN BANANAS
A film by Purcell Carson
What happens when the meanest company in agribusiness decides to turn over a new leaf? Chiquita Banana lived most of the 20th century as a despised giant. But the last decade has brought new ideas to its fields and boardrooms. A compelling cast of labor activists, environmentalists and farm managers have formed a fragile alliance and together learned to grow better bananas. Their work-and the film that documents it-shows new potential for corporate social responsibility.
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GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK
A film by Christina Eliopoulos
Angie, 91, lived through three decades of rust, riot and ruin in Asbury Park, the one-time postcard paradise. Now the tiny bungalow that she has called home, for half her life, will be seized by eminent domain.
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THE GRIEF PROJECT: SPEED GRIEVING
A film by Jessica Daniels; Produced by Alysia Reiner & Katie Rosin
“Grieving people don’t lack courage or willingness, they lack proper information about how to deal with loss. This brilliant short film helps dispel some of the major myths that keeps grievers stuck." – Russell Friedman, Grief Recovery Institute
“A tender and humorous look at anticipatory grief and society's unrealistic expectations." – Fredda Wasserman, OUR HOUSE
A driven corporate climber struggles to balance her work schedule with her father's terminal illness; only to learn that certain things in life can't be done efficiently.
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GRINGO TRAILS
A film by Pegi Vail and Melvin Estrella. Directed by Pegi Vail.
This documentary explores the tourism industry's pioneers--backpackers, and their long term impact on the economies and cultures of the developing world through their most important souvenirs... their stories. It investigates the relationships that arise when different cultures collide yet need one another: host countries looking for economic opportunities and travelers seeking authentic experiences. Filmed in Mali, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, and Thailand.
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HABIBI RASAK KHARBAN
A film by Susan Youssef
Habibi Rasak Kharban (My Darling, Something's Wrong With Your Head) is a feature film project that is a modern retelling of the classical Arabo-Islamic tragic romance Majnun Layla. The Habibi Project serves as a bridge for understanding contemporary conflict, and as an illumination of the multi-textured character of Islamic civilization.
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THE HAND OF FATIMA
A film by Augusta Palmer
In 1971, NY Times music critic Robert Palmer was adopted by a Moroccan Sufi brotherhood, the Master Musicians of Jajouka. 35 years later, his daughter visits the Master Musicians in their remote village to find out who her father really was and how the music of Jajouka changed his life. Filmmaker Augusta Palmer examines her father's musical, mystical and personal legacy in this extended road trip from the American South to Morrocco's Rif Mountains.
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HECATE AND TRINLAY
A film by Melissa Hacker
Award winning filmmaker Melissa Hacker explores Tibetan Buddhism in her new film. This is a film about choice, destiny and rise of Tibetan Buddhism in the west as lived by one American woman and her son, who, when he was thirteen months old, was recognized as the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist lama.
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HER SIDE OF PARADISE
A film by Kathleen Lingo & Diana Odasso
We follow three young female artists from Villa - 20, a shantytown outside of Buenos Aires: an eleven year-old filmmaker, a twenty year-old singer and a twenty-four year-old architect. By interweaving their personal tales with their abstract creations, we gain an intimate perspective on life and the history of the neighborhood. For the girls, a singular wish emerges: to create a better life for themselves. But what agency does an individual possess to pursue happiness in the face of abject poverty?
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HERE ONE DAY
A film by Kathy Leichter
HERE ONE DAY (Formerly MOTHERLAND) s a one-hour documentary that follows my quest to understand how my mother’s bipolar disorder and suicide have influenced me as a mother. An intimate portrait of a family struggling with mental illness, MOTHERLAND is also an adult-daughter’s coming of age story. In this story of discovery I explore how mother-loss reverberates across generations, learn that history does not necessarily repeat itself, and shed the fear that bad things will happen to me and my children.
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THE HERETICS
A film by Joan Braderman
"The Heretics" is a feature-length experimental documentary film about the Women's Art Movement of the 70's in the USA, specifically, at the center of the art world at that time, New York City. Joan Braderman tells the story of the Heresies Collective which published HERESIES: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics from 1977-1992.
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HIGHWAY 101
A film by Monica Winter Vigil
HIGHWAY 101 is not your typical teenage angst story... In this coming of age narrative feature film two girls hell-bent on leaving home embark on a road trip where they meet a bizarre array of strangers. Taking time to laugh and ponder love, life and sexuality, the girls struggle to unearth their individual identities. Set with the backdrop of the majestic mountains of New Mexico, writer/director/producer Monica Winter Vigil's humorous and heartbreaking feature debut explores growing up, letting go and facing your fears.
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HOONAH'S HEROES
A film by Samantha Farinella
During the Vietnam War, thirty-nine Tlingit men from the tiny village of Hoonah, Alaska saw combat. Thirty-eight came back alive, making Hoonah the American town with the highest per capita enlistment rate as well as the highest survival rate. While the soldiers were away, a new law prohibited village fishermen from acquiring greater catches than the year before – robbing retuning veterans of their livelihoods. This feature-length documentary traces the tension between the soldiers' prideful service and the racism they encountered at home.
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THE HOOPING LIFE
A film by Amy Goldstein
For perhaps the first time in recorded history, a kid’s toy, the hula-hoop, is spearheading an explosive subculture. Crossing cultural borders from South Central to South Africa, THE HOOPING LIFE chronicles the lives of a dozen “hoopers”, who overcome difficult circumstances to invigorate their communities. Hooping emerges as a vibrant affirmation of art, stirring hope for the disenfranchised.
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HOW TO LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY
A film by Therese Shechter
When a bridal consultant effusively tells filmmaker Therese Shechter, a 40-something sex-savvy feminist planning her first wedding, that she looks ‘virginal’ in a white wedding dress, it sets her on a journey to uncover why virginity still holds such importance in our otherwise hypersexualized American society. She engage a cast of abstinence ideologues, hymen repair specialists, sex educators, porn producers and teenage girls to help uncover the unexplored—and damaging—impact idealized, fetishized virginity has on young women.
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IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHERS, THE STORY OF IRENA SENDLER
A film by Mary Skinner
Through the memories of 94-year-old Irena Sendler, 'In the Name of Their Mothers' tells the unknown story of a secret network of Poles who fought to aid the Jews during World War II. Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, led an underground operation to rescue 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The film recounts her youth as a Polish socialist, wartime conspiracy work, Gestapo arrest and imprisonment, and her ongoing efforts to heal the childhood wounds of war.
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IN THE NAME OF YESHUA
A film by Emma Mankey Hidem
In the Name of Yeshua explores the question, "Is it really possible to believe in Yeshua (Jesus) and remain Jewish?" Messianic Jews have endured persecution including physical assault, deportation from Israel, and being defined as a cult by the Jewish community. Yet some Messianic Jews invite the controversy, particularly the tendentiously named “Jews for Jesus,” who consistently anger the Jewish community with their confrontational proselytizing. Through the stories of individuals on both sides of this spiritual battle, the history, beliefs, controversy and future of Messianic Judaism will be revealed.
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IN THE SHADOW OF LITTLE ROCK: THE LIFE OF DAISY BATES
A film by Sharon LaCruise
In The Shadow of Little Rock: The Life of Daisy Bates is a 90-minute documentary film about the cost of standing up to the status quo and what happens to a leader after the fight is finished, the victory won, and the people have moved on. This film will chronicle the life of civil rights activist and newspaper publisher Daisy Bates, a pioneer feminist in the school desegregation movement. In Little Rock in 1957, Bates challenged a governor, a president and a divided nation to live up to its promise. Unconventional, revolutionary and egotistical, Bates reaped the rewards of instant fame but paid dearly for it.
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INGRATAS (INGRATES)
A film by Florencia Davidzon
"Ingrates" examines the life and struggle of Marcelina Bautista, a young Oaxacan Mexican who, at the age of 12, was forced by her parents to work as a live-in maid in a home in Mexico City. Unable to speak Spanish initially and after overcoming many abuses at work, she became the President of household workers first in Mexico, and recently Latin American and the Caribbean. Today, she organizes maids, trains them in understanding their human rights in order to build their awareness, strengthen their voices, energize a movement that advocates for their justice and dignity and change labor laws.
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THE IPO PROJECT
A film by Nicole Opper
The Ipo Boys will follow a year in the life of several resilient, funny, and tough former street kids growing up in an innovative group home in Mexico. Abandoned to the streets for various reasons, they have all found their way to Ipo, a self-sufficient and environmentally sustainable home to 72 boys that is challenging the very idea of what a family can be.
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ISABEL ROSADO: NATIONALIST (FORMERLY OUR WOMEN, OUR STRUGGLE)
A film by Melissa Montero
At 102 years old, Isabel Rosado has become a revered symbol of colonial resistance in Puerto Rico and her life is a testament to the island’s unresolved struggle with political status, economic development, and century long struggle for independence. Isabel Rosado: Nationalist is an hour long documentary that chronicles the life of a humble woman who was ready to risk it all by dedicating her life to the Puerto Rican independence movement and as a result spent many years in prison.
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JESSICA GONZALES VS. THE U.S.A.
A film by April Hayes and Katia Maguire
In 1999, Jessica Gonzales' estranged husband abducted their three daughters in violation of a domestic violence restraining order. Jessica's repeated calls and visits to the police that night went unheeded. Nearly twelve hours after she first called the police, Jessica's estranged husband arrived at the police station and opened fire, and he was immediately shot and killed by the police. The bodies of the three girls were found in his bullet-ridden truck. Jessica's quest for answers and justice led her on a 10 year journey through the American legal system and beyond, and have turned her into an outspoken and charismatic advocate for victimized women and children everywhere. Jessica Gonzales vs. The United States of America is a feature-length documentary that follows the story of one woman, who in the wake of unspeakable tragedy and hardship embarks upon a journey to reclaim her voice and discover her own power to heal herself and others.
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JUSTICE FOR MY SISTER
A film by Kimberly Bautista
Adela left home for work one day and never returned. She was beaten to death by an ex-boyfriend. Her story is hauntingly familiar in Guatemala, where over 4000 women have been brutally murdered since 2001. Her sister Rebeca is determined to see that the killer is held accountable. Rebeca braves Guatemala’s corrupt, victim-blaming justice system for two years. Transformed by her struggle, Rebeca emerges as a feminist leader in her rural community with a message for others: justice is possible.
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KINGS PARK
A film by Lucy Winer, Co-produced by Lucy Winer & Karen Eaton
Kings Park brings to life our nation's current crisis in public mental health care by focusing on the story of a single abandoned institution, Kings Park State Hospital. Accounts are shared by the people who were there -- former patients, staff, family members - including the director's own story of commitment as a teenager. Kings Park reveals the lessons of the past as a means of generating dialogue about the problems of the present and where we can go from here.
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THE KIVALINA PROJECT
A film by Gina Abatemarco
The Kivalina Project is a character driven documentary film that takes us to the island of Kivalina, Alaska where climate change isn’t about going ‘’green’’ but about survival, The film intimately follows the struggles of our characters for whom climate change is a matter of survival, as they desperately look for ways to preserve their home and their culture.
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LADIES' ROOMS AROUND THE WORLD
A film by Maxi Cohen
Since 1980, I have been photographing and videotaping ladies rooms. From the Aboriginal Outback to Tel Aviv, Bombay to Rio, the lens captures vulnerable moments where a plethora of the Secrets of Women is disclosed. This year I filmed shorts at Burning Man and a Sexuality Conference. Each short film is very different, ranging from social outcry to celebration. The project includes photography, film, a book, museum exhibitions, and an interactive website designed for exchange and change.
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LEFT BEHIND IN LOUISIANA
A film by Holly Hardman
Left Behind in Louisiana explores Rapture culture against the backdrop of America's hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. The film focuses on Christians who believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. To them the End Times are imminent -- when Jesus returns to "rapture them,” and the rest of humanity remains on earth to suffer the wrath of a vengeful God. With an objective eye, the film scrupulously questions the motives behind and consequences of fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity in today's world.
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LOVE AND MONSTER TRUCKS
A film by Cristina Ibarra
A feature-length narrative film that follows the return home of a Chicana art student. Sexual tension blossoms between Impala and Letty, old high school friends, as they cruise in a lifted 4x4 truck, the streets of the US-Mexico borderlands, in a story blending animation, drama and fantasy.
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THE LULU SESSIONS
A film by S. Casper Wong
From a small farm in Vermont, LuLu is a chain-smoking, hard-living, beloved professor and cancer researcher who has just discovered a new anti-cancer drug when she finds out she is dying of breast cancer herself at 42. Shot during the last 15 months of LuLu’s life, the film is a raw, intimate, yet surprisingly humorous story about the filmmaker showing up for her best friend, and together, testing the limits of their bond while taking on life’s ultimate adventure: death.
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THE MAD COW INVESTIGATOR
A film by Nancye Good & Charlotte Buchen
The film's story follows Janet Skarbek, a wife, mother and accountant from New Jersey in her new role as a self-proclaimed "Mad Cow Investigator". Janet is independently investigating the deaths in her area that she believes form a disease cluster and uncovering alarming information about meat production and government policy nationwide.
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MADE IN L.A.
A film by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
Made in L.A. is an Emmy-award winning documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman's life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice.
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MEAT HOOKED!
A film by Suzanne Wasserman
Meat Hooked! is a documentary about meat and the rise and fall and rise again of butchers and butchering. As cities become more alike, there is a yearning to go back to a seemingly more authentic time, to a time when a sense of place was concrete, not virtual. Butchers and butcher shops fit into that yearning. It allows the consumer to have more control over what we eat and a face to face experience in an increasingly virtual world.
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MEET BESS
A film by Nicole Franklin
When twenty-one year old Anne Brown walked into George Gerswhin's apartment to audition for his opera about a black man named Porgy, she sang her way into history as the woman known as Bess. Finalist for the IFP Gordon Parks Award for Emerging Directors.
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MERMAIDS: THE DOCUMENTARY
A film by Nicole Cattell
A sea-faring road movie through the changing oceans of the world in search of the original mermaid. This feature length documentary interweaves an exploration of world mermaid mythology with an investigation of the changes occurring throughout the world's oceans affecting the creatures within them - some of which are believed to be the original 'mermaids.' At the same time, we explore how the changing character of the mermaid embodies the changing relationship between humanity and the ocean.
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MISSING IN ACTION: THE WOMEN BEHIND TV'S GOLDEN AGE
A film by Molly Sackler and Jason Wulkowicz
This documentary is the untold story of the unsung women who helped to invent television in post-war New York. They were television's first directors, producers, writers, and PA's; but no one knows who they are today. This documentary turns the spotlight on these behind-the-scenes pioneers, toppling stale ideas of 1950's Woman and of Television's Golden Age.
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MY KASHMIR
A film by Vaishali Sinha and Madhuri Mohindar
'Kashmir' follows two students negotiating freedom, identity and the future of their conflict ridden Kashmir against the scarred memories of their childhood. Javaid and Iqbal are social work students and they're about to graduate. Passionate and idealistic, they represent a generation borne out of the Kashmiri separatist movement against India, as they forge ordinary lives in extraordinary circumstances.
‘Kashmir’ presents notions of identity and self for a young generation that has lost its childhood to conflict but ultimately holds the key to determining Kashmir's future.
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MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER (FORMERLY GACACA: THE TRIALS)
A film by Anne Aghion
The third film of a trilogy on the Gacaca justice and reconstruction process in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. The film returns to the small community featured in "Gacaca, Living together again in Rwanda?" and "In Rwanda we say… The family that does not speak dies" as the Gacaca trials finally get under way. The essential final chapter in this extraordinary story of coexistence after cataclysm.
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MY NOSE: THE BIGGER VERSION
A film by Gayle Kirschenbaum
Looking one's best has its place. But what do you do when you think you look good and your mother is convinced what you need more than anything else is a nose job? 'My Nose' is a funny, personal documentary that will explore the filmmaker's mother's preoccupation with her nose, the intricacies of the mother/daughter relationship and what drives people into the plastic surgeon’s office.
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