Top Cast
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Sai Dhanshika
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Bidita Bag
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Livingston
Overview
She was forced into prostitution. She is considered less than human. She is full of anger. Now she recounts her brutal life story to a documentary filmmaker.
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The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
The Girl in the Book
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
What Maisie Knew
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
Nothing Personal
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Skin
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
Starving in Suburbia
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Come Sunday
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Tigertail
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
The Visit
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.