Festival In-School

Subjects: Language | Geography |English | Gender Studies | Equity | World Issues | Sociology
 
Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where we witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dare to dream of escape from the threat of early childhood marriage. The documentary captures the raw emotions, the family dynamics, and the complex pressures of poverty. Balancing the freedom of the waves with the restrictive realities of their circumstances, we experience the thrill and struggle of coming-of-age in a developing country.

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Subjects: English | Law | Equity | Politics | Health | World Issues | Sociology | Gender Studies
 
Trans athletes have to work harder than their cisgender peers in order to thrive in their field while also having the courage and resilience to face daily harassment and discrimination. The kids in this film have found sports as a way to channel the negativity around them into a positive, to gain a sense of self-worth and validation. This film is their urgent, articulate plea for acceptance.  Lucy Mukerjee, Tribeca Film Festival

Subjects: Drama | Language | English | Equity | Sociology | History | ASL | Civics | Politics
 
Welcome to the world of ASL slam poetry. Like spoken word slam poetry, ASL slam uses language to express deep truths, tell stories, and foster connection between people. Aneta is a student at an all-deaf high school in Queens, New York. Having used ASL her whole life, Aneta is introduced to ASL slam and discovers her inner poet. Following a local performance, she meets Tahani, another slam poet who performs in spoken word. Aneta and Tahani begin collaborating to create a performance that breaks barriers of language and culture, proving that, despite our differences, we have more in common than we think.

Subjects: Language | Science | Geography | Health | English | Biology | Environmental Science | World Issues
 
What if there was a viable solution to the climate crisis right beneath our feet? Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Scientists, farmers, and climate activists come together to share what could be the simplest solution to climate change we didn’t know about.

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Subjects: Language | English | Science | Gender Studies | Equity | Sociology | Challenge and Change
 
Chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins and chemist Raychelle Burks lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all. 

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Subjects: English | Language | Gender Studies | Human Development | Sociology | Psychology
 
Thorvin and Tilde are the only second graders at their small seaside school. Their days are beatific, and everyone knows each other, plays together and helps one another—until the school shuts down. School by the Sea catches the rainbow of sadness and excitement, resistance and resilience, loss and growth, of a child adapting to change. 

Subjects: Language | English | Civics | Human Development | Equity | Gender Studies | Politics | World Cultures
 
Small Town Pride offers an intimate look at the joys and challenges of being queer in a small town. Filmed in Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, the film follows LGBTQ2S+ people and allies as they prepare for their local Pride celebrations. Organizing in church basements, classrooms and around kitchen tables, they take on a conservative town council that won’t fly a rainbow flag and bend some rules to create a safe space for youth to come out. Despite experiences of isolation and discrimination, they love their communities and strive to make them places where everyone, no matter who and how they love, can live and thrive.

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Subjects: Language | English | Dance | Gender Studies | Sociology | Human Development | History
 
For decades, Twyla Tharp has astounded the world with her trademark, unprecedented ingenuity. Now 79 years old, Twyla is entering a new phase of her life – but she hasn’t stopped moving. With Coronavirus imposing a worldwide lockdown, Twyla will be leaning into her creativity more than ever to create a dance that is doable within the post-pandemic parameters as well as a reflection of this unprecedented period in history. Including never-before-seen archival footage from the works of her past, audiences will also get to know Twyla from her earliest avant-garde performance art to her renowned musical collaborations with the likes of the Beach Boys, David Byrne, and Billy Joel.