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Time for Ilhan

Norah Shapiro | 2018

United States | 89 min | 8+ years | English, Somali with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF18

Ilhan Omar, a hijab-wearing mother of three, was a complete outsider to the political scene. In 2016, she became the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected for state office in America.

Topics: Geo-politics & Democracy, Migration, Race & Ethnicity, Refugees / Asylum, Women's Empowerment

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Toprak

Onur Yağız | 2017

France | 11 min | 8+ years | French, Turkish with English subtitles

Eight-year-old Toprak translates for his parents who can’t speak French. Today, at the hospital, he will be the first one to know if his mother’s twin babies will be his brothers or sisters.

Topics: Race & Ethnicity, Refugees / Asylum

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White Fright

David Felix Sutcliffe | 2018

United Kingdom | 30 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles |

In 2015, the community of Islamberg discovered that a Tennessee minister was plotting the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11 against their village. Why have Americans heard nothing about him, and why has the safety of their community been ignored?

Topics: Human Rights, Race & Ethnicity

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Whose Streets?

Sabaah Folayan | 2017

United States | 103 min | 15+ years | English

Screened as part of TOAFF17

A visceral portrait of the protest movement that rose up in Ferguson, Missouri, after the killing of yet another unarmed black man by a white police officer.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Art & Media in Social Change, Race & Ethnicity