Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.

A magical and moving archive trip through the universal theme of love, from the very first kisses ever caught on film, through the disruption of war to the birth of youth culture, gay liberation and free love, we follow courting couples flirting at tea dances, kissing in the back of the movies, shacking up and fighting for the right to love.

Harrowing at one moment and heartwarming the next, HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO is set at England's Mulberry Bush School, founded by Barbara Dockar-Drysdale who developed unique methods for working with children suffering through severe emotional trauma.

Sampat Pal Devi, founder of India’s Gulabi (“Pink”) Gang and fearless defender of the rights of untouchable women, challenges husbands, fathers-in-law and policemen in this immersive study by acclaimed documentarian Kim Longinotto. More than a profile of an everyday heroine, the film captures the courage and sacrifice necessary for social progress.

When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian village, was 13 years old, her family locked her up for 25 years, forbidding her to study and forcing her into marriage. During that time, words were Salma’s salvation. She began covertly composing poems on scraps of paper and, through an intricate system, was able to sneak them out of the house, eventually getting them into the hands of a publisher. Against the odds, Salma became the most famous Tamil poet: the first step to discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions and code of conduct in her village.

This fascinating documentary is based around the Japanese wrestling organisation Gaea's rural training camp, and traces, in the main, the careers of four hopefuls. In charge are two magnificent specimens, the butch champion Chigusa Nagayo, still venting her hurt at the hands of her army father as she tries to whip her surrogate daughters through the pain and commitment barriers; and her sophisticated and slightly menacing Chairman. It's a gruelling, physical film, as you would expect, but the makers don't make heavy weather of it. And it certainly disposes of any idea that the game is faked.

「撕裂妳的和服，再用力吃下它。」日本傳統舞蹈家花柳幻舟（Hanayagi Genshu）提出這樣驚世駭俗的論調。同時是知名前衛女權運動者的花柳，原本因家族傳統學習日本舞蹈，但無論在舞蹈表演或個人主張上，都致力解放；她曾公開指責裕仁天皇為戰爭罪魁禍首，在明仁即位時丟擲鞭炮表示反對，被捕入獄；更成立前衛舞蹈劇場，以創作表達對日本社會的反動。「吃掉妳的和服」正是她反傳統束縛的最佳論點。

RUNAWAY follows the stories of five young girls who arrive at a refuge in Iran’s capital city Tehran, having run away from abusive or neglectful families. Some are in despair, others are simply mischievous; but somehow they must all learn to face the future.

雖然律法已明文禁止，但在肯亞的部分傳統村落裡，仍存在著一項駭人的習俗，那就是女性必須接受割禮！在本片中，導演拍攝了幾名曾經接受過割禮的年輕女性，見證割禮所造成的精神上及生理上的傷害；十五位年輕女孩試圖以法律途徑，禁止父母強迫她們接受割禮，這群勇敢的女人不畏社會的壓力，為她們的未來打拼！

本片帶領觀眾進入日本「寶塚歌劇團」的世界。紀錄女子學校招生以及培養女學生成為日本人心目中「完美的女性」的訓練過程。訪談與精彩紀錄片互相辯證，暴露傳統教育裡養成「女性特質」的荒謬與刻板印象。

1995 film by Kim Longinotto