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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Susana


In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest raids in modern history at slaughterhouses, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. 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.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    04:00
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States of America
  • Note
    Documentary
  • Director
    Laura Gamse
  • Screenwriter
    Susana
  • Producer
    Laura Gamse
  • Executive Producer
    Stanford University
  • Cast
    Susana
  • Cinematographer
    Laura Gamse, Natan Fridman Rojas
  • Editor
    Laura Gamse
  • Composer
    Moby, Esmerine
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