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Explore depictions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity.

League of Exotique Dancers, Rama Rau

Laura Anne Harris / May 28, 2016

HotDocs Review: League of Exotique Dancers celebrates burlesque stars of the past

Director Rama Rau’s League of Exotique Dancers follows several subjects who have been asked to perform at a special Burlesque Hall of Fame show in Las Vegas. The film screens at the Bloor HotDocs cinema on May 29, May 30, and June 2.

Mustang

Gillie Collins / February 22, 2016

The politics of sisterhood in Mustang

Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s directorial debut, charts five sisters’ resistance, as they both grow into and reject a narrow notion of womanhood. But Ergüven privileges perspectives that a Western audience can understand and approve of, making the story too familiar and incomplete.

3000 Nights

Alex Heeney / October 13, 2015

3000 Nights explores motherhood behind bars

Mais Masri’s 3000 Nights was a highlight of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a film by a female director that flew largely under-the-radar. Check out our coverage of other great films directed by women here. Mai Masri’s 3000 Nights shares some plot points with the TIFF audience-award-winner, Room: an unjustly imprisoned woman finds new hope and […]

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