This Body
This Is Forever
Short Documentary United States, 2021, 14 min.
Short Documentary United Kingdom, 2020, 15 min.
Philadelphia Premiere
U.S. Premiere
This Body explores the fraught relationship between African Americans and the medical industry. As Sydney Hall participates in an experimental coronavirus vaccine trial, she and her loved ones confront the history of medical abuse and experimentation upon Black bodies.
NOMINATED FOR BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Dir. Zac Manuel THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, AT 2:00 PM EDT Program: Denouements
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With dreams of being the best ancestor she can be for her teenage son, an Indigenous Bolivian single mother applies for a visa to remain in the U.K. while embarking on a journey of healing the wounds of her past. Dir. Susy Peña SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, AT 2:00 PM EDT Program: Concomitance
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