Neel Menon’s Girls Should Stay At Home Talks About the Important and Critical Subject of Gender Equality.
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Neel Menon’s Girls Should Stay At Home Talks About the Important and Critical Subject of Gender Equality.

By Ishana Sen Das Girls Should Stay at Home, directed by Neel Menon, documents the stories of three young women living in Mumbai; each of these women have pushed at traditional gender norms in their own way. We hear from Geeta, who plays international wheelchair basketball, Rajani, Mumbai’s first female detective, and Anita, who is a public officer. We learn about their experiences in each of their respective fields as well as the...

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School-Shooting Survivors Talk About the Aftermath One Year After the Fatal Shooting
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School-Shooting Survivors Talk About the Aftermath One Year After the Fatal Shooting

By Ishana Sen Das Directed by Lucca Vieira, Parkland: Stories from the Survivors, is a short documentary centering around a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day 2018.  One year after the fatal shooting at their high school, the film shares the perspectives of  five Stoneman Douglas High School students who witnessed or were affected by the shooting. They talk about the experience itself, as well as...

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Student Learns The Power of Empathy Through a Happiness Class
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Student Learns The Power of Empathy Through a Happiness Class

By Berenice Manzano Teaching kids gratitude and thankfulness to their parents in a materialistic culture needs more attention. In the film, Bada Aadmi (Great Man), directed by Christopher Scott Carpenter, we follow a young girl named Anshu through her day at school, specifically, attending a happiness program taking place in her classroom. Anshu is learning all about the importance of empathy and sharing kindness with everyone around...

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