Top Cast
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Carmen Aguirre
Self
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Timocka Berhane
Self
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Simun Ismail
Self
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Diane Philips
Self
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Claudia Morgado Escanilla
Self
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Ximena Kavanagh
Self
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Tania Gleave
Self
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Christine Taylor
Self
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Dega Omar
Self
Overview
Fifteen women from diverse communities subvert archetypes as they move from formal representation to personal positions, exploring their feelings and relationships to their own bodies.
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The feature documentary follows women of all walks of life, all ages and ethnic backgrounds, as they shed trauma, body image shame, sexual abuse and other issues locked in their bodies, and embark on a journey to reclaim themselves. The film also gives a rare window into the world of Pole artistry and expression.
Strip Down, Rise Up
Embrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.
Embrace
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Hard to Die
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
The Girl in the Book
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
A teenage girl gets diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex and propels her into exploring unusual methods to have a sex life, challenging her relationships with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself.
Fitting In
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
Flow
Agent Peggy Carter is relegated to a desk job and frustrated at her male boss and comrades' sexist dismissal of her place in the SSR. Ordered to work late one night, Carter gets an alert that the villain Zodiac has been spotted and decides to take care of it herself.
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Iron Jawed Angels
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.