Women

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The Anderson Monarchs is about an all-girls soccer team competing, living, and thriving in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia.  Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as “Sports Team” of the year, they were also hailed as “the future of American Soccer” in the London newspaper, The Guardian.

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Vamas a Hablar (Let’s Talk) is a bi-lingual video aimed at Latino/a youth and families to help them work together to prevent unwanted pregnancies and work towards reproductive health through open communication. The video is told from the perspective of Latino teen parents, Spanish speaking adults, some of whom were teen parents themselves, and professionals in the fields of education, health and psychology. It address issues such as information, self-esteem, consequences, culture and parenting styles.

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Threads is a documentary film about a Bangladeshi Muslim woman who overcomes physical, social  and economic hardships and liberates herself and other women by creating timeless works of art.

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Rise of the Phoenix is a feature length documentary that examines how the unprecedented transformation of China's economy is changing the roles, rights and status of modern day Chinese women as witnessed by four or five women from very different social and economic backgrounds. These intimate and sometimes heart-breaking stories reflect a remarkable sexual revolution redefining one-fifth of the world's population despite a gender-biased tradition.

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With film and virtual reality, Always in Season takes an integrated transmedia approach to telling the story of the lingering impact of almost a century of lynching African Americans until the mid-1960s.  Our documentary feature highlights the emotional journeys of relatives of the victims, perpetrators and spectators who are turning harm to hope with grassroots efforts towards reconciliation and restorative justice, and our virtual world locale, Always in Season Island, extends the film’s message by giving audiences an experiential look at the social climate that made this form of racial terrorism possible.

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In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, this hour-long radio documentary will portray experiences of volunteers from every decade, in every region, using audio they recorded while serving. The archive recordings from the field will be complemented by contemporary interviews with the returned Peace Corps volunteers and with historians who've written about the Peace Corps.    

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Botball is a national educational robotics competition for middle & high school students. Our documentary, conceptualized in the tradition of the film “Spellbound,” will inspire public interest in science education & its practical applications.

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'Porches' is a documentary that captures the oral histories of five African American women ranging in age from 90 to 105.  These women recalled the effects of the Great Depression, reminisce about world travel in the 30's, the Mississippi flood of 1927 and other universal themes such as education and spirituality.