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War Pony and Polite Society

Girl (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Adura Onashile; Writer: Adura Onashile; Stars: Déborah Lukumuena, Danny Sapani, Le'Shantey Bonsu, Liana Turner)

Eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create. Ama’s growing up threatens the boundaries of their tenderness and forces Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.

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Polite Society (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Nida Manzoor; Writer: Nida Manzoor; Stars: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Shobu Kapoor, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri, Jeff Mirza, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna)

Aspiring martial artist Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister, Lena, from her impending marriage. With the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

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War Pony (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough; Writer: Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Riley Keough, Gina Gammell; Stars: Jojo Bapteise Whiting, Ladainian Crazy Thunder)

The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether it’s delivering goods or breeding poodles, he is determined to hustle his way to the American Dream. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man.

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