In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
Filmmaker Ella Glendining embarks on a quest to connect with others sharing her rare disability. Not only does this journey lead Ella to those who live like her, but to the realization of how she views herself in the world.
In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
Filmmaker Ella Glendining embarks on a quest to connect with others sharing her rare disability. Not only does this journey lead Ella to those who live like her, but to the realization of how she views herself in the world.
In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
Filmmaker Ella Glendining embarks on a quest to connect with others sharing her rare disability. Not only does this journey lead Ella to those who live like her, but to the realization of how she views herself in the world.
In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter.
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from director Reid Davenport's physical perspective - mounted to his wheelchair or handheld - "I Didn't See You There" serves as a clear rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard. Also included is the short film "The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile" about a painter transcending his disability and communicating his dreams to others.
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from director Reid Davenport's physical perspective - mounted to his wheelchair or handheld - "I Didn't See You There" serves as a clear rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard. Also included is the short film "The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile" about a painter transcending his disability and communicating his dreams to others.
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from director Reid Davenport's physical perspective - mounted to his wheelchair or handheld - "I Didn't See You There" serves as a clear rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard. Also included is the short film "The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile" about a painter transcending his disability and communicating his dreams to others.
Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of disability and in-home caretaking. disability and in-home caretaking.
Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Inaccessible housing. Degrading ableist encounters. "No one tells you how to be an adult," he says, "let alone an adult with a disability." Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of disability and in-home caretaking. disability and in-home caretaking.
Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Inaccessible housing. Degrading ableist encounters. "No one tells you how to be an adult," he says, "let alone an adult with a disability." Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she Paralyzed by late-stage ALS, Kathryn clings to a mordant wit as she yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point yearns to witness her daughter's wedding. Shot from her fixed point of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of of view, watch a family grappling with the daily demands of disability and in-home caretaking. disability and in-home caretaking.
Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Inaccessible housing. Degrading ableist encounters. "No one tells you how to be an adult," he says, "let alone an adult with a disability." Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Inaccessible housing. Degrading ableist encounters. "No one tells you how to be an adult," he says, "let alone an adult with a disability." Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from director Reid Davenport's physical perspective - mounted to his wheelchair or handheld - "I Didn't See You There" serves as a clear rebuke to the norm of disabled people being seen and not heard. Also included is the short film "The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile" about a painter transcending his disability and communicating his dreams to others.
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles?
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles?
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles?
Aaju Peter is a renowned Inuit lawyer and activist who defends the Aaju Peter is a renowned Inuit lawyer and activist who defends the human rights of Indigenous peoples. She's a fierce protector of her human rights of Indigenous peoples. She's a fierce protector of her ancestral lands in the Arctic and works to bring her colonizers to ancestral lands in the Arctic and works to bring her colonizers to justice. As Aaju launches an inspiring effort to establish an justice. As Aaju launches an inspiring effort to establish an Indigenous forum, she also embarks upon a deeply personal journey to Indigenous forum, she also embarks upon a deeply personal journey to mend her own wounds, including the unexpected passing of her son. mend her own wounds, including the unexpected passing of her son.
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles?
When a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul, deep cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface. With tenderness, humor, and determination, both navigate the heart-wrenching legacy of international adoption.
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