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Spotlight: Children's Resilience with Shine Global

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Spotlight: Children's Resilience with Shine Global
Witness the incredible resilience and unwavering spirit of children as they overcome challenges and find strength in unexpected places.
Single Residence Occupancy
A Chinese immigrant living in a single residence occupancy apartment receives news that her family’s application for better housing is denied, and grapples with how to share the news with her children.
Blackmoll
A seven-year-old girl sets out to justify the mysterious world of her dementia-suffering grandmother.
When Big People Lie
Eight-year-old Elvis witnesses a dramatic family shift when his mother arranges a green card marriage.
Les mousses
At elementary school, Ponge, a nine-year-old girl, tries her best to play soccer with the boys who won't pass her the ball. Annoyed, she isolates herself and comes face to face with a group of colorful young girls who are about to upset the established order in the playground. They call themselves: Les mousses!
An Olive Branch
In Amman, a Syrian refugee family faces hardship when the father falls ill. Eighteen-year-old Amal embarks on a desperate search for work, navigating the harsh realities of survival, hope and resilience amidst an uncertain future.
Éiru
When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the Earth to retrieve it.
Rise
A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.
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Witness the incredible resilience and unwavering spirit of children as they overcome challenges and find strength in unexpected places.

Eight-year-old Elvis witnesses a dramatic family shift when his mother arranges a green card marriage.


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  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Midwest Premiere
  • Genre
    Current Events/History, Drama, Family-Friendly, Feel-Good, Latinx/Latin American, Middle Eastern, Muslim, African/African American
  • Content Warning
    Mature Themes
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  • Director
    Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
  • Screenwriter
    Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz, Pablo Cervera Gutierrez
  • Producer
    Gus Murray, Kouxiao Amy Zhang
  • Cast
    Kaden Quinn, Sasha Merci, Faruk Amireh, Diane Sargent, Joseph Kamal
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