In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial violence has shaped her life.
Social Justice
Explore stories about marginalized groups and the pursuit of a more fair society.
Sundance Review: San Francisco students stress over college applications in Try Harder!
Debbie Lum’s documentary Try Harder! follows students at Lowell, a high-achieving SF high school with a predominantly Asian student body.
Education Review: Small Axe ends on a note of bittersweet hope
Education, the final film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, explores systemic racism in the British schooling system and the West Indian women who organised to combat it.
Indie Memphis 2020: From Cane Fire to Smooth Talk
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 showcased genre films (I Blame Society, Freeland), documentaries (Cane Fire), and restorations (Smooth Talk).
Survival Skills, The Dilemma of Desire, and more at Raindance 2020
Discover four highlights from Raindance 2020, all of which are available to watch online for free in the UK.
Raindance Review: Young climate activists provide a rallying call in Now
Jim Rakete’s documentary Now is both a celebration of inspirational young climate activists and an informative rallying call for change.