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Behind the Sexual Assault of a Left-behind Girl
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directed by Ge Jia, fl. 2014; presented by Jiang Nan, fl. 2014; produced by Song Yang, fl. 2014, Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2014), 28 mins

A news report about a left-behind girl being sexually assaulted by 18 elderly men for 2 years in Guangxi shocked the society. Receiving no sympathy, the 11-year-old victim “Xiao Yu” was even being accused of prostitution. To avoid gossip of her neighbour, her family was forced to move out of the village.

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directed by Ge Jia, fl. 2014; presented by Jiang Nan, fl. 2014; produced by Song Yang, fl. 2014, Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2014), 28 mins
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Blowin' Up
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directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal, fl. 2007; produced by Carrie Weprin, fl. 2008, Once in a Blue (New York, NY: Once in a Blue, 2019), 1 hour 38 mins
Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. With intimate camerawork that lingers on details and brings the Queens criminal courtroom to life, BLOWIN’ UP celebrates acts of steadfast defiance, even as it reveals...
directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal, fl. 2007; produced by Carrie Weprin, fl. 2008, Once in a Blue (New York, NY: Once in a Blue, 2019), 1 hour 38 mins
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City of Dreams
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directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 and Bruno Surrentino; produced by Palio Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 46 mins
Juarez is often called "City of Dreams" because hundreds of thousands of young women have been drawn to this frontier town from the most impoverished regions of Mexico. They aspire to a life free from poverty and free from the male-dominated traditional family and village. Since 1993 over two hundred of these youn...
directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 and Bruno Surrentino; produced by Palio Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 46 mins
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CNN Specials, Taking on Taylor Swift
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in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2022), 41 mins
After a lengthy legal battle against pop star Taylor Swift, plaintiff Sean Hall speaks to CNN on how decades of cultural appropriation have shaped the music industry and gives insight on the case that Taylor Swift just couldn't shake off.
in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2022), 41 mins
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Economist Video, Malala: What Ukraine’s Invasion Means For Girls’ Education
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interview by Zanny Minton Beddoes, in Economist Video (London, England: The Economist, 2022), 8 mins
This year’s International Women’s Day is marked by thousands fleeing war in Ukraine. The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, meets Malala Yousafzai to discuss what world leaders can do to protect girls’ education in times of conflict.
interview by Zanny Minton Beddoes, in Economist Video (London, England: The Economist, 2022), 8 mins
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National, Half the Sky
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produced by Lynn Burgess, fl. 1990, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in National (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 25 mins

The Chinese communist revolution of the 1940s promised women equality after thousands of years of subservience to men. But has the revolution reversed the tradition of tyranny towards women? As this film shows, today's Chinese women have little more control over their lives than did their ancestors. Their concerns...

produced by Lynn Burgess, fl. 1990, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in National (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 25 mins
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Overseas
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directed by Sung-a Yoon, fl. 2007; produced by Sung-a Yoon, fl. 2007, IOTA Production and Les Films de l'oeil sauvage (Paris, Ile-de-France: CAT&Docs, 2019), 1 hour 27 mins
In The Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. To do so, they frequently leave their own children behind, before embracing this big unknown. In a learning center dedicated to the domestic work, one among many others in The Philippines , several candidates prepare themselves f...
directed by Sung-a Yoon, fl. 2007; produced by Sung-a Yoon, fl. 2007, IOTA Production and Les Films de l'oeil sauvage (Paris, Ile-de-France: CAT&Docs, 2019), 1 hour 27 mins
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Resilience
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directed by Betty Yu; produced by Betty Yu (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 2001), 18 mins
Garment worker parents fight sweatshop conditions in New York City.
directed by Betty Yu; produced by Betty Yu (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 2001), 18 mins
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Scraps of Life
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directed by Gayla Jamison; produced by Gayla Jamison (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 29 mins
Two thousand people were murdered in Chile during the Pinochet years, according to official government statistics. Although the dictatorship has finally come to an end, it has left a legacy of bereaved mothers, sisters and wives. These surviving women come together to demand truth and justice from the new governme...
directed by Gayla Jamison; produced by Gayla Jamison (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 29 mins
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The Secret to Change
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produced by Millie Jeffrey and Dennis J. Smith (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 43 mins

On August 9, 2000, former President Bill Clinton awarded Mildred McWilliams Jeffrey the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. In this inspiring film, Senator Ted Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, Geraldine Ferraro, John Conyers and others reveal why the diminutive Millie stands tall as a galvanizing activi...

produced by Millie Jeffrey and Dennis J. Smith (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 43 mins
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