Code Academy

The Equal Futures Academy addresses gender disparity by keeping boys and girls separate until 18. But at what price to these teenagers’ identities?

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Series
FUTURESTATES
Premiere Date
May 14, 2014
Length
16 minutes
Funding Initiative
Short-Form Series and Special Projects
Director

Nisha Ganatra

Nisha Ganatra’s acclaimed debut feature, Chutney Popcorn, won audience awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Newport Film Festival, Paris International Film Festival, and Madrid International Film Festival, and Best Feature Film Awards at the Los Angeles Outfest and San Francisco Frameline film festivals. Her sophomore film, Cosmopolitan,… Show more premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was selected by INPUT as one of the top 10 films shown on public television. Ganatra also directed Cake with Heather Graham, Sandra Oh, and Taye Diggs. Her work for television includes The Real World New York and The Real World/Road Rules Challenge for MTV and the movie Fast Food High. Show less

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Lena Bubenechik

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The Film

The Equal Futures Academy addresses the gender disparity with a radical idea: keep boys and girls separate until the age of eighteen. But at what price to these teenagers’ identities?

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