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Whether it's a documentary, feature film or series - we would like to invite you to join us in filling this watchlist on the topic of diversity. We started the watchlist with some film and series recommendations and look forward to your recommendations.

The Respekt! Team

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Pose  is an American drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene in the 1980s, early 1990s in the second season, and the mid-to-late 1990s in the third season. Featured characters are dancers and models, who compete for trophies and recognition in this underground culture and who support one another in a network of chosen families known as Houses.

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The documentary series explores the lives of several deaf and hard of hearing students at Gallaudet University in Washington, a university for deaf students. The series aims at exploring the difficulties of being deaf, but also gives insight into deaf culture with its own language.

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Unorthodox is a German-American drama television miniseries. Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman, is living unhappily in an arranged marriage among the Satmar sect of the ultra-Orthodox community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. She runs away to Berlin, where her estranged mother lives, and tries to navigate a secular life, discovering life outside her community and rejecting all of the beliefs she grew up with. Her husband, who learns that she is pregnant, travels to Berlin with his cousin, by order of their rabbi, to try to find her.

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The film narrates the story of Simon, a gay high-school student who tries to navigate life in high-school, the relationship with his parents, friends and secretly being gay and finding love. One of Simon’s schoolmates outs himself anonymously on the internet and they begin to write each other without knowing who the other person is – falling in love with each other.

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The sitcom shows the life of an upper-class African-American family as they deal with personal, but also sociopolitical issues. The main struggle is about raising Black kids in a mostly white neighborhood and still embracing their own culture and sense of identity.

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The series follows the lives of the students, staff and parents of the fictitious Moordale Secondary School as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy. Sex Education has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its ensemble cast, writing, directing, production values, and mature treatment of its themes.

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Like the 1985 Filmation series She-Ra: Princess of Power, of which it is a reboot, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power tells the tale of Adora, a teenager who can transform into the heroine She-Ra and leads a group of other magical princesses in a rebellion against the evil Lord Hordak and his Horde.

It features a diverse cast and many queer relationships without pointing these out.

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Special is an American comedy-drama television series. Ryan Hayes suffers from a mild form of Infantile Cerebral Palsy. He still lives with his mother, Karen, but gradually wants to lead an independent life. He takes an unpaid internship at Eggwoke, a website. There he has to put up with the whims of his supervisor, Olivia, who is bossy and extremely strict. While working, he befriends Kim, who has Indian roots.

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Atypical is an American comedy-drama television series. Sam Gardner is an 18-year-old from Connecticut with autism spectrum disorder. With the help of his therapist, his friend Zahid and his family, he tries to find his way to an independent life and become more independent. He also expresses a desire to have a girlfriend, with everyone offering advice and support. His great passion is penguins.

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Gemeinsam mit Trauernden übersetzt der Steinmetz Michael Spengler Lebensgeschichten in Stein. Schritt für Schritt nehmen die Grabsteine Form an. Und in den Menschen wächst eine neue Verbindung zu ihren Toten - und zum Leben.

Ein Zirkuswagen und ein Frachtcontainer dienen dem Steinmetz Michael Spengler als Werkstatt. Hier empfängt er Menschen in Trauer. Gemeinsam gestalten sie Grabsteine, die von den Toten erzählen. Die Eltern Neustadt haben ihren 2-jährigen Sohn verloren. Im Dialog mit Michael finden sie Worte, die ihren Gefühlen Ausdruck verleihen. Aus Worten werden Material und Form. Der rauschende Atem des Kindes soll sich in einem fragilen Kalkstein widerspiegeln. Hardburg Stolle ist keine Frau der vielen Worte. Unter Michaels Anleitung schwingt sie beherzt den Hammer, um einen Findling zu spalten und spürt eine Kraft, die lange vergraben war. Familie Jacob ringt um die Essenz aus dem langen Leben des Großvaters. Der Naturverbundene, Lebemann, Patriarch. Wie sieht ein Objekt aus, dass ihn im Kern trifft? Michael hilft ihnen über die Grenzen ihrer Vorstellungskraft hinaus. Sensibel begegnet er dem Material und den Menschen und begleitet jede Familie auf eigene Art auf dem oft monatelangen Weg. Schritt für Schritt, Entscheidung für Entscheidung. Der Film erzählt von diesem mühevollen und intimen Prozess und zeigt wie die Arbeit am Stein den Tod im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes be-greifbarer macht. Die Steine nehmen Form an. Und in den Angehörigen reift ein neues Verhältnis zu ihren Toten - und zum Leben.

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DER STEIN ZUM LEBEN - Ein Film von Katinka Zeuner