SCHEDULE
Neighborhood House at Christ Church
20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
6:00 PM Screening
Fighting for Home and Heart
Long Shorts Program
Jinwar (Women’s Village)
Directed & Written by Nadia Derwish
Feature Doc | 41 min | Kurdish | Syrian Arab Republic
I’ve met many warrior women who have decided that ”this is not fate” and have forged a new identity within the patriarchal system of the world: the women’s village, known as JİNWAR.
They have declared, ”We can build a better world’’. ~Director, NADİA DERWİSH
Heart Cracked Open
Directed & Produced by Emily Gibson Rhyne
Short Documentary | 17 min | English | USA
Occaneechi-Saponi activist Crystal Cavalier and her family fight to protect sacred places in their ancestral homeland from fossil fuel development. This intimate portrait of family, resilience, and defiance chronicles their fight to protect Mother Earth and reclaim an identity all but erased by centuries of discrimination.
Kanenon:we – Original Seeds
Directed, Written & Produced by Katsitsionni D. Fox
Short Documentary | 27 min | English | USA
Original Seeds carries viewers into the grassroots Indigenous seed sovereignty movement led by Haudenosaunee women. Prior to European contact there was a rich and vibrant diversity of foods, with women primarily responsible for caretaking of the seeds. Genocidal practices including, boarding schools, land theft, forced relocation, imposed religion and even food warfare contributed to a disconnection from our traditional foods and seeds. As these Haudenosaunee women step back into their sacred responsibility as seed keepers they offer a powerful view of what is possible in Indigenous communities working towards food sovereignty.
What I Am
Directed & Written by Jackie Oudney
26 min | English | United Kingdom
A woman suffers amnesia after an accident at home, embarking on a journey of self-discovery that leads to the reclamation of her agency.
“If you obey all the rules,
you miss all the fun.”
Katherine Hepburn
Actor
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