An intimate profile of Gloria Allen, Chicago’s trailblazing Black transgender elder icon who started a charm school for homeless trans youth and is now aging with joy and grace.
2021
Meu Nome e Bagda (My Name is Baghdad)
17-year-old Baghdad lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo in a house with strong-willed, emancipated women, and spends her days at the skate park. When she meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.
My Name is Ada Hegerberg
During the height of her career, at the same time she was named best player in the world, Ada Hegerberg made the remarkable decision to step away from the Norwegian national team due to the unequal treatment of the men and women’s teams.
Picture A Scientist
Picture A Scientist chronicles the groundswell of researchers writing a new chapter for women scientists.
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Shorts Program: A Look at Health
Physical health, mental health, community health, public health, socioeconomic health – we’ve thought about it constantly for the past 12 months. What does holistic wellness look like? Who has access to health?
Shorts Program: Come As You Are
Women, femmes, and trans and non-binary folks are constantly being told how they should look, how they should act and how they should live. In this section we throw all of that out the window. Come as you are.
Shorts Program: Discovery – First Time Filmmaker
Fall in love with new voices. Celebrate the inspiring new works of first time and student filmmakers as they discover and unlock their creativity.
Shorts Program: Discovery – Student Filmmakers
Fall in love with new voices. Celebrate the inspiring new works of first time and student filmmakers as they discover and unlock their creativity.
Shorts Program: Imagining a New Future
While so much of this rapid change has been difficult and even traumatizing, it has shown us things that things don’t have to be the way they were. The future is wide open. What will it look like?
Shorts Program: Making it Happen – Women in STEM
We’re excited to once again partner with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to tell the stories of fierce and fearless women working in STEM.
Shorts Program: Nothing About Us Without Us
This rallying cry, which began in the disability rights movements in South Africa in 1993, has since been applied to multiple movements and causes. In this program, we dive into representation. Who is at the center of the story? Who is telling the story?
