2002

Hey there, Georgie Girl, walking down the street so fancy free . . . How would you like to hold one of the highest offices of power in New Zealand? You say you are a cabaret entertainer, a Maorian and you didn’t start out as a girl? No matter . . . we want you! …

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A dramatic and surprising story of a 22 year old Amerasian girl who returns to Vietnam to meet her mother. The film shows the joys and complexities of a cross-cultural encounter.

Popcorn for dinner, tap-dancing, skinny-dipping?

Without any dialogue, volumes are spoken by this short but poignant film featuring the music of John Lennon. We are proud to present this film by Annette Solakoglu and her timely message of universal concern.

In an urban park, two preteen girls play patty cake and sing the song about the baker’s men. They observe two boys playing with mock swords. These divisions of play into gender roles cause the girls to start talking as if they were sociologists and psychologists discussing learned behaviors. Given their jaded and precocious sophistication, is there anything the girls can look forward to?

At the beginning of the last century nine out of ten people killed in war were soldiers. At the beginning of this century nine out of ten killed are civilians, and most of them are children. Around the world and through the generations, war has affected more and more children. What they have lived through defies imagination. Told only in their voices, this powerful film centers on three modern yet ancient conflicts: the Chechen Wars, Martyr Street in Hebron and Sierra Leone.