2022 Athena Film Festival

Virtual Event: Shorts Program III with Q&A

Expired March 21, 2022 3:59 AM
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8 films in package
Change The Name
Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.
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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.
Black Goat
Pasang gets her first period.
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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It's Very Common
The feel good miscarriage movie you didn’t know you needed.
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Black Birth
Three expectant mothers, including the director, navigate the joys, fears, and complexity of Black motherhood in America.
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Shorts III Q&A
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Black Goat

New York Premiere


This film has English subtitles.

Pasang, a new girl at a nunnery, has her first period after hearing a late-night ghost story. She keeps it secret until she bleeds at a prayer session. She believes that she has been cursed and needs to sacrifice a black goat to avoid further misfortune.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    11:45
  • Language
    Nepali, English
  • Country
    United States of America
  • Note
    Narrative
  • Director
    Tang Yi
  • Screenwriter
    Tang Yi
  • Producer
    Prabin Kumar Rawat, K Sab Pandey
  • Executive Producer
    Tang Yi, Junyi Wu
  • Cast
    Pasang Dolma
  • Cinematographer
    Dominica Eriksen
  • Editor
    Tang Yi, Nimesh Shresta
  • Composer
    Bibin Sthapit, Lemon Guo
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