The Secret Language of Youth

Diverse voices tell of the challenging life decisions young people face: in And You Are…? (13 mins), J. Orchid Lan Pusey searches for a sense of historical identity among the names of five generations of women in her family. Moccasin Flats (Randy Redroad, Produced by Laura Milliken, Jennifer Podemski, Canada, 2002, 24 mins) depicts a winding path of love, loss, and split-second decisions on an urban Indian reservation. While the animation of Ravishing Raspberry (Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs, 10 mins) is a tasty treat for the eyes, it depicts a teenage girl's bitter struggle with popular standards of beauty, a struggle also explored in White Like the Moon (Marina Gonzalez Palmier, 2002, 22.5 mins, 35mm). Something Between Her Hands (Sonya Shah, 16 mins) peers into the painful stories of six Cambodian girls sold into prostitution, while in A Secret Language (Arti Jain, 5 mins), a ten-year-old reveals her insight into growing up in an immigrant family. A young basketball player's loyalties are challenged and the concept of sisterhood put to the test in Shooter (J. J. Goldberger, 24 mins).

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