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| . Sunday, September 6, 2009 at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center - 922 San Pedro Tickets: $3-$5 Sliding Scale | 210.228.0201 . |
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Free admission for children to the Sunday afternoon program ~ donations are always accepted ~ |
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3:00 PM
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Tomboy Alex (short for Alejandra) is a mischievous 9 yr old who loves to play soccer and finds science fascinating. Her Mom is a single businesswoman who has immigrated to Canada from Latin America. Based on the book Are You A Boy or a Girl? by Karleen Pendleton Jimenez and geared to 5-9 yr old children, Tomboy looks at an incident in a girl’s life where she is bullied for her tomboy ways. In the end, her Mom helps her realize she is great just the way she is. This story is original in its direct comment on teasing around gender stereotypes. |
dir. Barb Taylor 2008, Canada, 13:10 min English |
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Hey Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Esther Blueburger has thick glasses, parents who don’t understand her, a pet duck, and no friends at her hoity-toity school where her classmates are mostly blond and look identical. She and her twin brother are approaching their bar/bat mitzvah, a rite of passage that coincides with Esther’s inner turmoil. When befriended by Sunni, who goes to the local public school, Esther begins to blossom under the affirmation of friendship. Hilariously, she goes undercover and pretends to be a Swedish exchange student at Sunni’s school, hanging out with Sunni and her posse of “bad” girls and spending time with Sunni’s super-hip mom. On the road to greater self-awareness, Esther encounters kissing, sex, class differences, questions of loyalty and an indestructible urge to be herself. |
dir. Cathy Randall 2008, Australia/USA, 103 min English website |
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