The 8 Best Films We Saw at SXSW
The 8 Best Films We Saw at SXSW
TransMilitary
Summary: At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four of the thousands of transgender troops risking discharge fight to attain the freedom they so fiercely protect.
Fast Color
Summary: A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
First Match
Summary: Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
¡Las Sandinistas!
Summary: ¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the disappearing stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, and who continue to lead Nicaragua’s current struggle for democracy and equality.
The Director and the Jedi
Summary: An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.
Unfriended: Dark Web
Summary: When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.
A Quiet Place
Summary: A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Blockers
Summary: When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
