How do systems of power seek to control the body? These films explore the rules and obstacles that are put on the body from the state and other cultural forces.
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Runtime:
103
mins
Rizoo
Iran
2023
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Drama
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16
mins
Language:
Farsi
An eight-year-old Iranian girl is faced with a challenging dilemma.
Listed
Canada
2023
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Documentary
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14
mins
Language:
English
Faizal Karim’s personal account of racial profiling and detainment due to being falsely flagged on the Canadian No Fly List.
In the Garden of Tulips
United States
2023
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Drama
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14
mins
Language:
Farsi
At the height of the Iran-Iraq war, Cari takes a car ride with her father to the Iranian countryside of Birjand.
Ikinji’s Stories
Egypt
2023
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Documentary
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15
mins
Language:
Arabic
Old songs with cheerful meanings and tattoos of a static nature symbolize the last generation of Bedouins belonging to this form of a simple life free of any manifestations of this fast-paced world.
An Armenian Triptych: Retracing Our Steps
Canada
United States
2021
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Animation
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11
mins
Language:
English
An animated short film highlighting the power of artistic collaboration as a meaning-making tool in response to intergenerational trauma and the refusal of a people to be erased from history.
250km
Armenia
2022
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Drama
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23
mins
Language:
Armenian
Kids should not have to be heroes, they should just be kids. They should play, learn, and be happy—not spend their days scared or struggling.
