Statism (Shorts)
Going head to head with repressive state apparatus, and who we become in the process of doing so. Creative, embodied, stubborn, and emergent.
Content warning: Depictions of state-sanctioned medical abuse (Boat People), Flashing lights (The Battle of Empty Stomachs)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Films in this Program
Boat People
Inspired by true events, a Haitian refugee fights to survive the inhuman conditions at Guantánamo Bay.
Expanding Sanctuary
An immigrant mother emerges as a community leader during the historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia…
Criminal
Featuring the music and lyrics of Tony Award winners Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald (“Passing Strange”) the animation…
The Battle of Empty Stomachs
Based on research and interviews with both Palestinian hunger strikers and asylum seekers, this absurdist yet realist…