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In the Summer of 1968 in Mexico City, a student strike grew into massive walk-outs and demonstrations of hundreds of thousands. As the city prepares for the Olympic ceremonies in October, the government makes a horrifying decision to save the Games (and themselves).

HISTORY'S WITNESS showcases three of Jocelyne Saab's major films documenting the Lebanese Civil War, as well as her banned TV documentary short, PALESTINIAN WOMEN.

Selma Baccar's FATMA 75 is a sharp, witty, gorgeous feminist history of the country that was banned in its time, and is rarely enjoyed on screen to this day.

VIDEO WITCHES is a curated collection of some of the strangest screen sorcery ever seen, in short works by brilliant artists whose witty, spooky, or borderline psychotic visions challenged the patriarchy and gnawed at the edges of a male-dominated industry.

Taking over 7 years to complete under dangerous shooting conditions, Heny Srour's LEILA & THE WOLVES is part fairy tale feminist masterpiece of revolution, war, trauma and gender throughout Palestine's tragic century.

Eschewing the elegant stylings of Soviet animation of the time, Parn opted for a surreal style that could be ugly and disturbing, but even more varied and meticulous. This program includes his masterpieces HOTEL E and BREAKFAST ON THE GRASS, along with many other rare treats from his career.