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Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

March 2 - 5, 2023

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2016

Far From the Madding Crowd

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, this film tells the story of fiercely independent Bathsheba Everdene as she manages her newly inherited estate and chooses among three suitors.

Feminist High

Ileana Jiménez, most notably known as “Feminist Teacher,” has created a course at a progressive New York City school that teaches high school students about feminism.

Freeheld

Based on a true story, this film depicts New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester who has terminal cancer and her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, as they battle to ensure that Stacie can collect Hester’s pension benefits after her death.

Gender & Short Films: Emerging Female Filmmakers and Barriers Surrounding Their Careers

A look at the research on women directors conducted by the Media, Diversity, and Social Change Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications.

Giving Birth in America: New York

An examination into maternal healthcare in NYC through the stories of expecting women and those that care for them, focusing on the final weeks of their pregnancies.

He Named Me Malala

Malala Yousafzai is both an extraordinary leader and an ordinary teen. After the Taliban’s attack on the young Pakistani school girl, she became an outspoken advocate for education and girls’ rights, as well as the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Inside Out

In this animated feature made by Pixar, young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moves to San Francisco. Her emotions—Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness— conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Jordanne

The story of paralympic tennis player Jordanne Whiley who attempts to make history by becoming the first British athlete to win all 4 grand slams in one year.

La Loi

With edge-of-your seat tension, the struggle for reproductive rights unfolds in this story of France in 1975. The film follows groundbreaking health minister Simone Veil during the fight for the legalization of abortion.

Makers: Once and For All

Once and For All takes us behind the scenes of the 1995 Beijing Women’s Conference as representatives from 189 countries including 17,000 participants and 30,000 advocates hammered out the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Marie’s Dictionary

The story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language, who creates a dictionary in order to preserve her Native American tribe’s dying language.

Master Class: Jeanine Tesori

Jeanine Tesori, the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history will discuss her experience composing music for Broadway and film.

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