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Raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank while her mother was in prison, Walaa dreams of being a policewoman, wearing a uniform, avoiding marriage, and earning a salary. Despite discouragement from h...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent What Walaa WantsSomewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the re...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent War WitchIn the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was d...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent TransformerSedated, Keely awakens to find herself captive in a cabin in northern Ontario. Alone with Du, who has been assigned to be her guard and caregiver, she will be forced to bring her pregnancy to term by...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Catch and ReleaseA remarkable group of young Afghan women A group of young Afghan women train to represent their country as boxers in the 2012 Olympics. This documentary follows them as they embark on a journey of bot...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Boxing Girls of KabulDown River is the emotionally stirring story of three young women teetering on the edge between creative breakthroughs and personal breakdowns, and their connection with the older woman they rely on f...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Down RiverHow does a nation survive being swallowed by the sea? Kiribati, on a low-lying Pacific atoll, will disappear within decades due to rising sea levels, population growth, and climate change. This explor...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Anote's ArkAfter being dumped at the alter on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Christmas with HollySophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent AntigoneThis is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a prepp...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Blackbird