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East Palo Alto in northern California is the city with the highest concentration of Pacific Islanders outside of Hawaii. Amidst the enormous wealth of Silicon Valley, the city also has a reputation as a pocket of crime and poverty. Lady Razorbacks follows a diverse group of Fijian, Tongan and Samoan women in East Palo Alto – each of them fighting their own personal battles at home – who’ve banded together and found powerful connections and redemption on the rugby field.
Director: Laura Green
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Gender
A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry
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Human rights and justice
Surreal, dazzling visuals form an Iranian expat’s tribute to defiance back home
10 minutes
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History
Hags, seductresses, feminist icons – how gender dynamics manifest in witches
13 minutes
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Wellbeing
Children of the Rwandan genocide face a unique stigma 30 years later
20 minutes
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Love and friendship
Never marry a man you love too much, and other views on romance in Sierra Leone
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Anthropology
For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business
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Gender
A filmmaker responds to Lars von Trier’s call for a new muse with a unique application
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Sports and games
Havana’s streets become racetracks in this exhilarating portrait of children at play
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Family life
The migrants missing in Mexico, and the mothers who won’t stop searching for them
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