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Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Hindi
Description
A university student in India writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away. Through these letters, we get a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her. Merging reality with fiction, dreams, memories, fantasies and anxieties, an amorphous narrative unfolds.
3) Dear Mothman
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 Winter Kit Reading List - Middle School
Children's New Books: October 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's New Books: October 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
After the death of his best friend and the only other trans boy at school, Noah starts writing letters expressing his feelings to the humanoid creature Mothman and risks everything when he treks into the woods to prove Mothman's existence.
4) Sexology
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In a post sexual revolution world, where you can purchase a vibrator just as easily as a pair of shoes, roughly one-third of all women have never experienced an orgasm. Armed with shocking sexual data, a bunch of insecurities and a determination to unlock the key to feminine sexual energy, filmmakers Catherine Oxenberg and Gabrielle Anwar seek out sexual experts, tantric masters, researchers and everyday women to unearth the full female potential....
5) Good Ol Girl
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows three Texas cowgirls tasked with carrying on their families’ legacies amidst a volatile landscape and industry. The film journeys with them as they hustle for land, cattle, and respect across Texas.
6) TransBoxing
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Trans Boxing is an art project in the form of a boxing club that was started in New York City in 2017 by Nolan Hansen. The project began as an effort to encourage the participation of transgender, non-conforming, and non-binary people in boxing. Over the years, an amazing community has been built around this sport. Trans Boxing offers training, education, and mentorship through weekly classes. They help others explore their strength both physically...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Italy has the lowest birth rate in Europe. At this rate, Italy’s population could reduce by 16 million over the next 50 years. But despite this, it remains the most romantic country in the world for many. Italy's first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was elected on a platform of a return to traditional family values. Traditionalists fear for the status of the family, and reactionary Catholic campaigners are pushing back on abortion rights....
9) Another Body
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows a college student’s search for answers and justice after she discovers deepfakes of herself circulating online. Through candid video diaries, synthetic media, and 2D and 3D animation, the film takes you into Taylor's online and offline worlds, humanizing a vast social issue in a compelling personal story.
10) Casa Susanna
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves. Told through the memories of those who visited, the film looks back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom and acceptance.
11) She Is
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Isabella, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, discovers a sense of empowerment through dance and sets out on an international journey to help other survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking find healing.
12) Girl Like You
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Over six years, a couple battles to stay together as one of them transitions genders; confronting the effects of new body parts, changing gender roles as well as navigating their own evolving sexual identities.
13) Skate Dreams
Publisher
Film First Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Profiles a diverse group of female skateboarders whose pursuit of self-expression and freedom has created an international movement. In this uplifting and inspiring film, the story spans the trailblazing pioneers of the 1980s and the next generation of Olympic contenders as they defy industry gatekeepers and fight for professional equality. By showcasing the charismatic personalities and indomitable spirits of these amazing talents on and off their...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A short, animated documentary that consists entirely of archival film, hand drawings, clip art, and the voices of children talking about family and parenting outside of the traditional binary. The film premiered at Outfest where it was voted “One of 10 Must-See Films” by Indiewire, played at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Mountainfilm in Telluride, Nantucket, the Hamptons, Mill Valley, and over fifty film festivals around the world....
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"What do you like? How do you feel? Who are you? This brightly illustrated children's book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged 5+. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. An interactive three-layered wheel included in the book is a simple, yet powerful, tool to clearly demonstrate the difference between our body, how...
16) Pink is for boys
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A celebration of how colors are for everyone depicts characters engaging in their favorite activities.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Kurdish
Description
The Yazidi girls were often just teenagers when they were abducted from their villages in the mountains of Kurdistan by fighters of Islamic State. They were converted to Islam by force, were sold as sex slaves for terrorists. Now that the survivors return to their homeland, the question arises if they will manage to start anew. Theatre-maker Hussein tries to help them to find a new life.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
“Forget those demure ladies with fragrant fans and meet the new breed of Japanese women!” - Amanda Casson, London Film Festival. Kazuko Hohki goes back to Tokyo with her band, the ‘Frank Chickens’, after living in England for 15 years. This wry and delightful film records her re-experiencing of Japan after a long absence, examining traditional attitudes to women and those of Kazuko’s friends who are trying to live differently. “This is...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, THE SARI SOLDIERS is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly...
20) The Sun Queen
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun, including designing and building the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence. Along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her male boss and colleagues at MIT, but persevered despite these obstacles, holding more than 20 patents upon her death.
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