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Midnight Family(2019)

In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.

Feminismo na Infância(2021)

What is childhood feminism? With this question, 3 girls between 8 and 12 years old, from Coletivo Cinema de Meninas, inspired by the lyrics Brincadeira de Menina, by rapper Mc Soffia, interview family members to say that everyone can play whatever they want.

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Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams(1997)

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Glen E. Friedman's documentary short updating the lives of the legendary Z-Boys skateboard crew 20 years after the release of their award winning and groundbreaking film.

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In 1918, Maria José Rebello from the state of Bahia applied for the national admission exam for the diplomatic career, a fact that left much of society astonished. Setting a precedent as the first woman to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria began a 100-year journey for Brazilian women in diplomacy.

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A documentary about women in the Indonesian DIY hardcore/punk scene, including interviews with musicians, photographers, and zine-makers.

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bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation(1997)

bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.

México, México: Mexique en mouvement(1968)

"Mexico begins where the roads end ”. Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tells us about the history of Mexico: its invasions, its revolutions, its sacred lands, its forgotten legends, its religious rituals and this frightening misery. François Reichenbach and his camera sink into the dust, on this sacred land, where "the land never ends."

Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt(2006)

Documentary about feminism in music and the challenges it has faced through the years from the '70s to present day.

The Thought Of Art(2017)

Research and dissemination documentary-film about contemporary art in which more than 30 staff members of museums and galleries, visual and sound artists, collectors, art critics and curators share their knowledge and give an account of their experiences and anecdotes.

Postales en movimiento: Ciudad de mexico(2012)

It is a collaborative project that was developed from the documentation collected in extensive travel through four Latin American cities: Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina), La Paz (Bolivia) and Lima (Peru). The result is a new journey constructed with sound and animation. This reconstruction was made from the memories of Mexico city , from the interaction with each city and with epistolary communication.

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Gloria's Call(2019)

In 1971, graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington that sparked a lifelong journey into art, ecofeminism and shamanism. This short film uses art, animation and storytelling to celebrate this wild adventure. Now more than 40 years later, award-winning Dr. Gloria Feman Orenstein is a feminist art critic and pioneer scholar of women in Surrealism and ecofeminism in the arts. Her delightful tale brings alive an often unseen history of women in the arts.