LibGuides: AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 31 May to 14 June 2019: New Streaming Videos

Streaming Videos

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Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars (2013)
Directed by: Berit Madsen
Sepideh wants to become an astronaut. She spends her nights exploring the secrets of the universe, while her family will do anything to keep her on the ground. The expectations for a young Iranian woman are very different from Sepideh’s ambitions, and her plans to go to university are in danger. But Sepideh holds on to her dreams, teaming up with the world's first female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, to fight to make them come true.
Suffragette (2015)
Directed by: Sarah Gavron
'Sufragette' is an intense drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. Fighting for the right to vote, these women were not only from the genteel educated classes, there were working women among them who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalised and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. Maud was one such foot soldier. The story of her fight for dignity is both heart-breaking and inspirational.

An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Directed by: Irena Pavláskové
Director Irena Pavlaskova finds humour in the dark depths of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 in this lively black comedy.
The Truth About Racism (2017)
To try and understand the science behind racism, host Yassmin Abdel-Magied and 4 volunteers from different ethnic backgrounds undergo scientific tests to detect racial bias in the brain.

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Dancer (2016)
Directed by: Steven Cantor
Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom, his talent more a burden than a gift. Virtuosity comes with a high price. How can you be free to be yourself when you are ballet's hottest property?
Our Stories: Gutinarra Djalkiri: The Journey Of Gutinarra
Deaf since birth, Gutinarra's first language is Yolnu Sign Language, a language commonly known and widely used among the Yolnu community.

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I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Directed by: Raoul Peck
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material. I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
The Phone Call (2013)
Directed by: Mat Kirkby
This Oscar-award winning short film follows Heather (Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water, Blue Jasmine), a shy lady who works at a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.