Maryll Botula's short film BUTTBALL skillfully juxtaposes a complex story of gender politics on the playground to the gender politics of the Reagan era - specifically that of the Challenger disaster in 1986. Through the eyes of a fifth grade girl who wants to play with the boys, BUTTBALL unpacks the complicated balance women (young and old) are forced to maintain to "exist" in a man's world. In a brilliant way, writer and director Maryll Botula is able to extrapolate these ideas into space as Erin (Angelina Andrews), the young tomboy, comes to realize how this power dynamic might be holding her back just as tragedy strikes the Challenger - a spaceship carrying two of the first female astronauts... An AMAZING film and a MUST WATCH for all!
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