Portraits of six women and their drag king alter-egos.
In 1995, Adina Howard made waves in the world of music with her hit song “Freak Like Me.” Never before had a solo R&B female artist made such a bold and controlling stance sexually through song. Along with becoming one of the highest selling singles and most played music videos on MTV and BET in 1995, Adina Howard’s performance allowed young women of color and future recording artist to express their sexuality without shame.
“Adina Howard 20: A Story of Sexual Liberation” shares Adina’s story through her own words as well as the impact that she made during the 1990s and thereafter.
Adina speaks on her relationship with Tupac Shakur, the banning of her music video from BET, landing a cameo role in the movie “Waiting to Exhale,” her encounter with legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson, working with Hollywood giants Jackie Chan and Jamie Foxx and the sudden halt to her stardom due to her comments about record exec Sylvia Rhone.
At the wheel of a lorry, Manju travels the roads of India carrying goods to Delhi. As head of the company Manju is respectable, well dressed and regularly visits the barber. However, Manju is a woman. It is not only because of her job, traditionally reserved for men, that she is breaking taboos. A beautiful and rare documentary on the position of women India, and those who break the barriers.
Sara grew up in Yemen to a Yemeni father and a Scottish mother, and at age 17, finally decided to move to Scotland.
Ten years later – 2011 – Sara returns to Yemen as a different person, geared up to face the home of her past and reconnect with her long-severed roots. But against all personal expectations, she returns to find her family and country teetering on the brink of a revolution.
What happens when you bring gender training to an elementary school? In Creating Gender Inclusive Schools the Peralta Elementary School in Oakland, CA demonstrates the power of an open and honest conversation about gender.
When a young woman realises she is going to die soon, she calls up her two old friends to helper her make the most of the time left, while giving them the wake up call they need all at once.
Vancouver s two leading authorities on sexism in the school system, Linfa Shuto and Reua Dexter, relate their opinions on the problem and some solutions that they are working on. The tape also includes a short historical look at women s position in education and a critical discussion on sex stereotype roles by Grade 6 students.
A cellar. A forgotten amphora. The ashes of a woman. Her granddaughter, daughter-in-law and son characterise her, entwining their memories and experiences. They reflect about filial love, gender and isolation through her overbearing nature.
How to ride a mechanical bull and not care that everyone is picturing you naked.
Seven women and one non binary person share their personal experiences with masturbation through short anecdotes and a revolutionary washing machine.
My Shadow is Pink is about a young boy, born with a pink shadow that loves princesses, dresses & "things not for boys".
Although Nuni has been selected to play the lead (King David) in his Jerusalem grade school play, he'd secretly rather play the princess role instead.
A birdwatching trip inspires Max to ask questions about the different expectations we have for boys and girls. His friend Moira helps him challenge what we think it means to be a boy by teaching him a few ballet moves.
An Irish Traveler father struggles to raise his son, who has darker secrets than most.
A compelling feature length documentary about five young people who neither feel male nor female, but rather somewhere in between.
'Mod' is an attempt by the filmmaker at communicating with the young men who hang out at the ‘notorious’ water tank in her neighbourhood in Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad. The water tank is a space that is frequented by the so-called ‘no-gooders’ of the locality, a place where they play cricket, play cards, drink and smoke up. When she enters the space with her camera, the boys are curious and at the same time wary of it and her. They sometimes resist, sometimes protest, and at times, open up. As the film unfolds we get a hint of the lives the boys lead and the fragile world they create for themselves at the water tank.
Drag Queens and their cabaret shows are well-known in France, but Drag Kings still remain very much on the sidelines. Chriss Lag traveled all over France and met 22 Kings to bring them front and center.
A five-minute satirical rock opera about the rise of populist bro-culture.
Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.