VOICES ON THE ROAD | Best of the 2020 BendFilm Festival Women's Shorts

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This program represents some of the best 2020 BendFilm Festival Shorts that were also all women-directed.

VOICES ON THE ROAD

Deep in the remote Peruvian Amazon a road is quietly destroying a protected rainforest, causing conflict and fear. But for some indigenous communities, desperate for change, it is also bringing hope.

The road is cutting through a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Manu Biosphere Reserve, and opening it up to the outside world.

Many indigenous communities are struggling to live in this 'paradise' and the road brings the promise of a better life. But at what cost?

Directors' Bio:

A conservation filmmaker, Eilidh Munro has been working in the Amazon for the last few years, capturing rare animal behavior and species new to science. In 2018, she became an Explorer with the Scientific Exploration Society and received the Neville Shulman Explorer Award for Expedition Filmmaking. A freelance multimedia journalist, Bethan John specializes in biodiversity conservation and social justice. She's passionate about leading adventurous expeditions to unearth stories on the complex social, economic and environmental issues facing marginalized communities living in some of the most biodiverse places on Earth.

Runtime
23 minutes
Language
English, Spanish
Country
Peru
Rating
PG-13

Director
Eilidh Munro, Bethan John
Producer
Eilidh Munro, Bethan John
Executive Producer
Evie Wright, Neville Shulman
Cinematographer
Eilidh Munro, Bethan John
Editor
Erika Lesse
Animator
Andrei Staruiala
Sound Design
John Vick
Music
Chris Bradley

6 films in package

BLOOM

Joan Thorndike has been growing organic flowers in Oregon for 28 seasons, bringing abundant fragrant joy to the region.

KAMA’ĀINA (CHILD OF THE LAND)

A queer sixteen-year-old girl resides in the predominantly Native Hawaiʻian neighborhood of Wai’anae, Oahu. After suffering abuse from her stepfather, she must navigate life on the streets, until she eventually finds refuge at Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.

VOICES ON THE ROAD

No road. No voice. No future. A documentary about what it means to live off-road in the remote Peruvian Amazon.

A WOMAN

A young, modern mother struggles to find her place in Baku, Azerbaijan, a culture simultaneously Muslim and secular, progressive as it is traditional, and like her at a crossroads of seeming contradictions.

The Missfits

An all-girls robotics team competes to smash stereotypes and prove themselves in a male-dominated field, while also trying to get through high school.

ADELINE, THE GREAT

A woke boarding school student questions her commitment to activism.