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Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

February 29 - March 3, 2024

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The Janes

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.

Master

Three women strive to find their place at a prestigious New England university that may disguise something sinister.

Susana

Despite the danger to herself and her family, former slaughterhouse worker Susana returns to the scene at night to care for animals on their way to the kill floor.

Since You Arrived, My Heart Stopped Belonging To Me

Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north towards the United States but disappeared en route.

The Shaman’s Apprentice

A young shaman must face her first test—a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community member has become ill.

Tarcila: Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change from Peru

Quechua elder Tarcila Rivera Zea fights for Indigenous Rights to sovereignty and food security in the face of climate change.

Pure Grit

Chronicling three years in the life of a young Native American woman, Pure Grit is a thrilling and intimate tale of extreme bareback horse racing, young love and hope when all seems lost.

Queen of Glory

Ghanaian-American Sarah is all set to abandon her Ivy League doctoral program to follow her married lover across the country when her mother dies suddenly and makes her the owner of a neighborhood bookshop in the Bronx.

Girlsboysmix

Why is it so important to be a boy or a girl?

The Hairdresser

In this short, poetic documentary Kathleen reflects upon her 31 years as a hairdresser for the terminally ill in paliative care.

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