Discovering Girlhood: Shorts Program

ME 3.769
Director: Elaine Del Valle
Narrative Short, 2018 [USA] English, Spanish, 9 minutes
A preteen Latina looks forward to her maturing body but must soon cope with the sexual misconduct of someone she trusts.

Nefertiti
Director and Writer: Valerie Schenkman
Narrative Short, 2018 [USA] English, 12 minutes
Despite being blind and uniquely vulnerable, Nefertiti is determined to follow her desires and live her life on her own terms, with or without the help of her sister.

Fuck You
Director and Writer: Anette Sidor
Narrative Short, 2018 [Sweden] Swedish, 14 minutes
On a night out with friends, Alice steals a strap-on and challenges her boyfriend’s views about girls. Together they discover something new about themselves.

PICK
Directed and Writer: Alicia K. Harris
Narrative Short, 2019 [Canada] English, 11 minutes
A young girl wears her Afro to school and must deal with the unexpected consequences.

War Mothers: Unbreakable
Director: Stefan Bugryn
Documentary Short 2019 [Australia, Ukraine] Ukrainian, 15 minutes
As her country goes to war, 18-year-old Yana puts aside her dreams of becoming a doctor and creates a national movement, but she must find her deepest strength when she is in a life-threatening car accident.

A Line Birds Cannot See
Director: Amy Bench
Documentary Short, 2019 [USA] English, 10 minutes
Separated from her mother by smugglers at the US/Mexico border, a determined 12-year-old sets out across the desert to find her mother and a place where they both can be safe.

A Normal Girl {New York Premiere}
Director: Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Documentary Short, 2019 [USA] English, 14 minutes
1.5% of people are born with anatomy that doesn’t fit typical definitions of female or male. It is common practice for doctors to perform genital surgeries on intersex infants–often with disastrous results. A Normal Girl brings the widely unknown struggles of intersex people to light, through the story of intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis.

Q&A to follow screening.