Resilience Movies

Light Upon Light: A Documentary on Hijab is an intimate and deeply personal exploration of the diverse, raw, and untold stories of hijabi women....

Two high school girl wrestlers fight to make history and earn what they dreamed of for years - a gold medal in Pennsylvania's first official girl's...

In 2014, the University of Florida women's softball team was the best it's ever been - and it's all thanks to one young woman, Heather Braswell....

In seven days, Brianna confronts her chaotic life, battling abuse, workplace politics, and trauma to reclaim her power and rewrite her story.

Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the...

A compelling British documentary following ten amateur athletes as they train for and compete in Ironman 70.3 Swansea. With themes of resilience,...

Follows the defiance of two art institutions in the Caribbean: one closed but squatted by artists, the other fighting to stay open. Against the...

When Roger Lee slips on his front steps, he has no idea the fall will send him spiralling into the darkest chapter of his life. Injured, and drowning...

Taisiya and Fadei are two teenagers who share a dream of becoming ballet dancers. Due to the war, they left their hometown of Kharkiv to pursue...

In a world obsessed with happiness, so many of us are feeling more lost than ever. After a life-altering accident, Tim travels across four countries...

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

A ten-year-old boy lives in a small village in the mountains with his father, who is very sick. They till, ranch the cattle, make cheese. The only...

A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as...

A 1,000-year disaster leads to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity after devastating floods washed away the homes and lives of Eastern Kentuckians....

In a vibrant yet dystopian Dubai, aspiring writer Carol struggles with her perfectionism while stuck in a mundane job. Her carefree boyfriend,...