Prizefighter

Director: Angela Wong
Run Time: 34 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: The 2012 Olympics was the premier of women’s boxing. Women were finally able to fight and represent their countries on international television. But even before the Olympics legitimized women’s boxing, amateur fighters like Heather “the Heat” Hardy were steadily paving their own roads towards boxing gold. This is Heather’s story.

She, Who Excels in Solitude

Director: Mako Kamitsuna
Run Time: 20 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: A film portrait of photographer Sylvia Plachy, perhaps best known for her weekly pictures in the Village Voice, explores her celebrated work that spans more than four decades and includes publication in numerous magazines and books. Plachy’s son, actor Adrien Brody, contributes a delightful score.

Our Rhineland

Director: Faren Humes
Run Time: 16 minutes
Language: German with English subtitles
Synopsis: During the Third Reich, many Germans of mixed race were located, identified and forcibly sterilized. Our Rhineland follows two sisters as they fight back and confront what it means to be a part of the resistance.

Hilary's Straws

Director: Phil Cox
Run Time: 3 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: Record-breaking English sailor Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic since age 15, and her friends smash up and cannibalize a wheel chair, some metal pipes and a few electric circuit boards. The result is a unique, technical invention that leads her to conquer the oceans of the world and set her spirit free.

Georgena Terry

Director: Amanda Zackem
Run time: 5 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: Georgena Terry, founder of Terry Bicycles, revolutionized the women's biking industry by creating a frame specifically for a woman's body. This is the story of how she got her start and the challenges she faced within the women's biking movement.

Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy

Director: Rebecca Dreyfus
Run Time: 10 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: A film portrait of photographer Sylvia Plachy.

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