Sentences with phrase «documentary about young women»

But with its flat presentation and dearth of any riveting moments, the film plays more like an after - school special about the pitfalls of teen decision - making than it does a documentary about young women struggling to make something more of their lives.

Several recent movies have looked at Iran, including Argo, which was the Academy Award Winner for Best Picture in 2013 and centered on the Iran Hostage Crisis - precipitated by the Iranian Revolution - and For Neda, an HBO documentary about a young woman killed while she was protesting the contested election in 2009.

Not exact matches

2) Here's a brave documentary by one Sophie Peeters about the constant sexual attention and harassment endured by the young women of Brussels, Belgium, and 9 times out of 10 at the instigation of immigrant men, it appears most of them Muslim (or «Muslim - raised,» if you prefer).

Still, the negatives of working in pornography are the real emphasis - which should be apparent to anyone who thinks about the situation - although I strongly doubt this documentary can in any way prevent very young women from going into it anyway... which is worrisome.

«Rememory» star and Sundance juror Peter Dinklage, «Underground» stars Jurnee Smollett - Bell and Aldis Hodge, «Bitch» director Marianna Palka, «XX» director Roxanne Benjamin and the «Lethal Ladies» of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, who star in the buzzed about Sundance documentary «Step,» also joined the march.

Born in Guyana and raised in London, Wright also prepped by watching documentaries about young African women in the STEM fields.

Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.

Paper Heart (PG - 13 for profanity) Romantic comedy revolving around a jaded young woman (Charlene Yi) who meets the guy of her dreams (Michael Cera) while traveling across the country interviewing people for a documentary she's making about the meaning of love.

Not to be confused with the documentary also titled Social Animals, which just premiered at SXSW, this is a quirky rom - com about a young woman who is trying to get her life in order.