A local film whose message is not political, but social. It's about sexual violence and society's vision of rape victims, who are scarred for life, and how they are forever haunted by the personal trauma of these events.
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A woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.
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Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
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A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.
When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.
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A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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