2024 Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival

BLOCK D

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4 films in package
Lego Oma
German Grandma Rita Ebel – Lego Oma – is a thrice-married water skier who never stepped away from an athletic challenge. At least, until she experienced a car accident which broke her spine and paralyzed her from the waist down. Rita has had to find new ways to participate in sports and the other activities she loves from her wheelchair. She does that, and more; her humor, upbeat demeanor, and honesty are infectious.
EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE
EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE retells the modern-day human cost of the custom of “berdel:” when a man marries the girl he loves without the consent of her family, his sister is obliged to marry a man from the girl’s family. Told though the stories of four vivacious young women, friends in a rural village, who are all affected by berdel in very unexpected ways.
m OTHER: The Misunderstood Other Mother
Half of all women in the United States today will marry a spouse with children – and millions more all over the world were raised by stepmothers. Yet the most enduring stereotype of stepfamilies in popular imagination remains the “Wicked Stepmother.” Is this helping us? Stepmothers report depression at nearly double the rate of biological mothers and are at far higher risk of psychological strain than stepfathers. What can we do? Six women channel their art into their fight to be seen, heard, and ultimately understood.
Where We Belong
Inspired by the Japanese Buddhist ritual of offering food for the dead, a British-Japanese woman tries to reconnect with her origins and in this process, discovers the presence of her dead grandfather closer than ever.

German Grandma Rita Ebel – Lego Oma – is a thrice-married water skier who never stepped away from an athletic challenge. At least, until she experienced a car accident which broke her spine and paralyzed her from the waist down. Rita has had to find new ways to participate in sports and the other activities she loves from her wheelchair. She does that, and more; her humor, upbeat demeanor, and honesty are infectious.


What our screening reviewers said: "Turning a seemingly negative experience into a positive action."

"Inspirational!"

"Too funny."

"I feel better after just watching this!"


This film is a part of BLOCK D:

LEGO OMA

EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE

M OTHER: THE MISUNDERSTOOD OTHER MOTHER

WHERE WE BELONG


This film can be viewed:

Virtually (Virtual Admission) OR

In-person (March 9, 1:15 PM, Sarasota Art Museum, SHS Alumni Auditorium)

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English, German
  • Country
    Germany
  • Premiere
    Florida
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  • Director
    Karina Sturm
  • Screenwriter
    Same as director
  • Producer
    Same as director
  • Cast
    Rita Ebel aka The Lego Oma
  • Cinematographer
    Karina Sturm
  • Editor
    Karina Sturm
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