Apache 8 tells the story of an all-women firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe who have been fighting wildfires in Arizona and throughout the U.S….

The Lady is based on the true story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who had been…

Oranges and Sunshine is the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, England who uncovers one of the most significant scandals in recent times: the…

This documentary is a personal and intimate look at Chely Wright who, after a lifetime of hiding, becomes the first commercially successful country music singer to come…

This gripping expose of human trafficking tells the story of Kathryn, an American police officer who takes a job as a UN peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. After…

Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of Ingrid Jonker, the woman hailed as South Africa’s Sylvia Plath. In his first speech to the…

THE ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL: A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP FEBRUARY 9 – 12, 2012 ANNOUNCES NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY LINEUP AND SPECIAL CONVERSATIONS 2012 Athena Award Winners: …

Movies about country singer Chely Wright (“Wish Me Away”), Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi (“The Lady”) and former Texas Gov. Ann Richards (“Ann Richards’ Texas”) will…

When Laure arrives at her new neighborhood in the outskirts of Paris, she ventures outside to meet the local kids. Mistaken for a boy by a potential…

Grassroots women in Nigeria’s Niger Delta use the threat of stripping naked in public, a serious cultural taboo, to make their voices heard and hold multinational oil…