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Athena Film Festival

February 29 - March 3, 2024

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2022

Rebyrth

A Black doula fights to save the lives of Black moms as they journey through childbirth into parenthood.

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.

Strong Female Lead

Using only archival footage from Julia Gillard’s three-year term as prime minister, this film is an honest portrait of Australia’s response when a woman took the top job.

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.

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.

The Conductor

Leonard Bernstein’s protege, Marin Alsop, reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become an internationally renowned conductor, becoming the first woman to serve as music director of a multitude of renowned orchestras.

The Hairdresser

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

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.

The Justice of Bunny King

Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads her to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against her and Tonyah, Bunny’s battle has just begun.

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.

To the Future, with Love

Meet 19-year-old Hunter Pixel Jimenez, a nonbinary trans boy caught between the expectations of his Guatemalan immigrant family and his dreams of living “happy and gay” with his long-distance boyfriend.

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