Aniksha is a young woman from the Indo-Mauritian diaspora. After her arranged marriage, she finds a job at a call centre, a booming industry in Mauritius. There she encounters her enigmatic supervisor and discovers a world of possibilities. This new world view places Aniksha between the choice of tradition or of a modern lifestyle.

ANIKSHA

Aniksha is a young woman from the Indo-Mauritian diaspora. After her arranged marriage, she finds a job at a call centre, a booming industry in Mauritius. There she encounters her enigmatic supervisor and discovers a world of possibilities.

After his father gets into a fight at a bowling alley, Darious begins to investigate the limitations of his own manhood.

BRUISER

After his father gets into a fight at a bowling alley, Darious begins to investigate the limitations of his own manhood.

On a thriving insect farm in the small town of LaBelle, Florida, four women from distinctly different backgrounds come together to raise and produce hundreds of thousands of roaches, crickets, and superworms. In this warm, relaxed portrait of womanhood and work, the farm serves as the background to women who’ve come to insect farming with disparate motivations--including economic opportunity, reimagining the future of food, and the love and caretaking of the bugs themselves.

BUG FARM

Four distinct women in Central Florida bond over crickets, superworms, and cockroaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle.

Soon to leave her British boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

DỌLÁPỌ̀ IS FINE

Soon to leave her British boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

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Program 05 Q&amp;A with:Vincent Toi of ANIKSHAMiles Warren of BRUISERVincent Tilanus &amp; Loes Komen of MARLON BRANDORenee Zhan of O BLACK HOLE!Lydia Cornett of BUG FARMModerated by Jason Anderson

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