Documentary Films on The D-Word

Devadasi_NOW (2017)

Directed by Indrani Nayar-Gall

Social justice, Religious servitude, Temple prostitution, Abused women and girls, Marginalized

FRONTLINE: Plot to Overturn the Election (2022)

Swing and Sway (2022)

Produced by Chica Barbosa, Fernanda Pessoa & Jessica Luz

As a counterpoint to a (dis)connected world two girlfriends engage in a filmic provocation.

Hold Me RIght (unreleased)

Directed by Danijela Stajnfeld

Aftermath of sexual assault

Focus on Micronesia (2017)

DocuTunes (2018)

Where music comes to life

One Big Home (2016)

Directed by Thomas Bena

A community determines its own destiny.

A Certain Kind of Beauty (2006)

Keepers of the Light (2020)

The Truth - nothing less, nothing more (2019)

How far would you go to live the life 'you' want?

Sweet Soul in Exile (unreleased)

Produced by Lisette Cevallos

Something is Deeply Wrong is Brooklyn

A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur (unreleased)

Directed by Tyler A. Chase

The Fairy Tale is Over...

Same/Different/Both/Neither (2020)

Directed by Chica Barbosa & Fernanda Pessoa

A video correspondence between Adriana Barbosa and Fernanda Pessoa

Madrigal for a Living Poet (2018)

Produced by Chica Barbosa

"Madrigal for a Living Poet" is a feature documentary about the marginal writer Tico.

Ferroada (Bite) (2017)

Directed by Chica Barbosa

Ferroada (Bite) is a filmic reverie in homage to the writer-gravedigger Tico.

La Flaca (The Bony Lady) (2018)

Directed by Chica Barbosa & Thiago Zanato

A film about a transgender woman and leader of the Santa Muerte religious movement in Queens, NY.

Risking Light (2018)

Directed by Dawn Mikkelson

UNTITLED HISTORY OF HORROR MOVIES DOCUMENTARY (unreleased)

Produced by Brian Hanson

New Roots (2021)

Produced by Mark Locki

Hillbilly (2020)

a look at the reality behind one of the last acceptable negative stereotypes