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About The Film:
In a dystopian future ravaged by climate change, where rising radiation and skin cancer make melanin the key for survival, a corrupt government conceals the truth by secretly abducting Black citizens, forcing a 17-year-old girl into a fight for bodily autonomy in a world built to exploit her.
BGFC Focus Area: Body Ownership
About The Film:
When pressure from her boyfriend and peers pushes her toward intimacy she isn’t ready for, a 16-year-old Black girl must find the courage to set boundaries and define her own self-worth over fear of judgment.
BGFC Focus Area: Body Ownership
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Eager for independence, an 18-year-old girl attends her first solo doctor’s appointment only to be thrust into a medical nightmare where extreme exams and dismissiveness force her to fight to be seen and expose the terrifying realities Black women face in the healthcare system.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
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When new student Evie, desperate to belong, discovers her maladaptive daydreams may reveal the hidden struggles of others, she must face her bully and learn that everyone is fighting battles you can’t see.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
About The Film:
Engineered as a living, physical weapon and discarded after the war, a young female soldier embarks on a journey of self-discovery to reclaim her identity and challenge a world that insists her purpose was preconstructed and nothing more.
BGFC Focus Area: Body Ownership
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When her close friend Annie relentlessly exposes her deepest fears, a 16-year-old girl confronts her family’s stigma around therapy and learns that healing isn’t about defeating anxiety, but learning how to walk with it.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
About The Film:
When a popular high school girl lands her dream homecoming date, she awakens into a psychological nightmare where a single pimple on her face mutates into a relentless force that strips her confidence, distorts her reality, and leaves scars far deeper than the mirror can show.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
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A high school girl and her overburdened mother wake up having swapped minds, forcing them to survive a day inside each other’s mental worlds and confront their generational gap between stress, anxiety, and understanding.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
About The Film:
A shy and socially anxious high school photographer who moves through life on tiptoes must decide whether to finally find her voice or let a once-in-a-lifetime chance to achieve her dream disappear into silence.
BGFC Focus Area: Mental Health
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FILM #5 - JUST-AS-POETIC
BY KALAHARI LEWIS
FIL M #6 - BLANK
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