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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It's Very Common

New York Premiere


Set in a queer collective house in Brooklyn, NY we spend a day or so with Amanda as she lives through the miscarriage of what would have been her second child. Led by her need to keep things light around her daughter we witness as she manages heavy feelings with help from her wife, roommates, and her signature dry wit.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    10:24
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States of America
  • Note
    Narrative
  • Director
    Megan Hess
  • Screenwriter
    Megan Hess
  • Producer
    Megan Hess
  • Executive Producer
    Megan Hess
  • Cast
    Nessa Norich, Drae Campbell, Scotty Salame, Frankie Hessenville
  • Cinematographer
    Jeanette Bears
  • Editor
    Jeanette Bears
  • Composer
    Chanell Chrichlow
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