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Don’t Take the System for an Answer
On this epic journey around the world, we meet those confronting oppression and control with bravery, humour and passion.
Flores del Otro Patio
In the north of Colombia, queer activists use extravagant performative actions to denounce disastrous exploitation by the country’s largest coal mine.
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Director
Jorge Cadena
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Producers
Yan Decoppet, Gabriela Bussmann
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Screenwriters
Jorge Cadena, Li Aparicio Candama
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Switzerland-Canada 2022 15min
Golden Voice
A group of queer people who survived the horrors of the killing fields reunite to sing, dance and embrace the future.
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Director
Mars Verrone
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Producers
Mars Verrone, Tabitha Payne
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Cambodia-USA 2022 18min
Leila
A portrait of an unforgettable transgender schoolteacher in Herat, Afghanistan, who shines even with the prospect of the Taliban’s return.
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Director
Fariba Haidari
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Producer
Antonio Russo Merenda
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Sweden 2023 25min
Pasture
A trans New Yorker works in solidarity with a grassroots movement successfully resisting private military development near the US-Mexican border.
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Director
Asa Mendelsohn
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USA 2022 36min
Total running time 94min
Jay Bernard
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