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Athena Film Festival

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March 2 - 5, 2023

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2013

55 Socks

Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, 55 Socks, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history — the winter of hunger in 1944-45.

A Hollywood Conversation with Tom Rothman

A Hollywood Conversation with Tom Rothman.

ABC

All 17-year old Vele wants is to learn how to read and write – to keep up with her seven-year-old daughter. After endless years of the Liberian civil war, her ability to sign her own name is her next big step towards independence.

Band of Sisters

The work of two nuns outside a Chicago-area deportation center introduces us to the tumultuous and engaged world of U.S. Catholic nuns in the fifty years following Vatican II.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl is in balance with the universe, until a fierce storm changes her reality.

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune.

Brave

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Brave Miss World

BRAVE MISS WORLD is the inspiring story of a former Miss World, who after experiencing a violent abduction and rape, battles for justice and devotes her life to helping other survivors.

Devout

DEVOUT follows the lives of women in New York and New Jersey who are trying to reconcile their lesbian sexuality with their commitment to Orthodox Judaism, which condemns homosexuality in the harshest terms.

Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

A portrait of Nicole Sherry, Head Groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards and one of the only two women in that profession in Major League Baseball.

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

The legendary Diana Vreeland was the arbiter of the fashion world for four decades. Vreeland’s larger-than-life personality and flair for the slightly outrageous gave her the final word in pushing fashion-forward.

Fast Girls

When a sassy streetwise runner meets an ambitious, wealthy competitor, their two worlds collide with explosive results. As the fast girls strive to qualify for the World Championships, they battle adversity and rivalry on a dramatic, heartwarming and inspirational journey.

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