Film historian Eddie Muller calls those movies “distress flares,” and it’s time to stop overlooking them. Xenophobia 101Zootopia (2016)Available on home video, for rent and streaming on Disney+. Topple the patriarchyFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)Available on home video, to rent and on a variety of streaming services. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)Screens at the International Film Series on April 13. In Sacred Fig, it’s a father who demands the fidelity of his daughters and wife, in body and mind.