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Visible Silence: Thai Tomboys and the Women Who Love Them
Ruth Gumnit, Marguerite Salmon, Dr. Karun
Visible Silence: Thai Tomboys and the Women who Love Them is a documentary about love, sexuality, and gender outside societal norms. Thailand is a country with significant consequences for women who deviate from traditional roles.  Tomboys and Ladies inquires into the implications—personal and sociopolitical—of living outside the rules. Expressive filmmaking reveals both what is being said directly as well as the richness and complexity of the unspoken.
Voices for Freedom: The Hyers Sisters' Dream, Change, and Legacy
Susheel Bibbs
Anna and Emma Hyers were African-American operatic prodigies of the 1880s and 90s who used their art and sterling reputations actively to foster interracial harmony and social justice for their people. During a time of peril for African Americans -- lynchings, the rise of the KKK, forced migrations, and ridicule -- the Hyers presented unique musicals that countered propaganda and changed the American theatre. Their model of activism and art will inspire today's artists and viewers young and old. This sixty-minute documentary by EMMY award-winning producer-director Susheel Bibbs will provide colorful reenactments, contemporary performance, and new perspectives on these valuable but forgotten Americans.
Voices of Internment: 7 Decades Later
Claudia Katayanagi
Breaking through personal and cultural barriers, Voices of Internment: Seven Decades Later accompanies Japanese American internment survivors and their families on pilgrimages to their former World War II Relocation Camps as they share stories and experiences of life before, during and after their incarceration. Their stories of struggle, pain and silent endurance will raise awareness and deepen our understanding of forced imprisonment and the long-­-term effects upon the individual and collective society.
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