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60 Minutes, The New Burma
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Rachael Kun Morehouse, fl. 2013-2015 and Henry Schuster, fl. 1988-2007, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2015), 13 mins
A report on the democratic movement in Burma (also known as Myanmar) before the country’s elections November 8th and the woman most responsible for it, Nobel Prize-winning activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party lead by Suu Kyi is poised to win control of parliament after the ele...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Rachael Kun Morehouse, fl. 2013-2015 and Henry Schuster, fl. 1988-2007, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2015), 13 mins
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A report on the democratic movement in Burma (also known as Myanmar) before the country’s elections November 8th and the woman most responsible for it, Nobel Prize-winning activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party lead by Suu Kyi is poised to win control of parliament after the election, and Burma President Thein Sein believes this year’s election will be free and fair, unlike 1990. Another issue in the pursuit...
A report on the democratic movement in Burma (also known as Myanmar) before the country’s elections November 8th and the woman most responsible for it, Nobel Prize-winning activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The National League for Democracy (NLD) party lead by Suu Kyi is poised to win control of parliament after the election, and Burma President Thein Sein believes this year’s election will be free and fair, unlike 1990. Another issue in the pursuit for democracy is the violent conflict between Buddhists and a Muslim minority called the Rohingya. Includes interviews with: Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist, former political prisoner and current chairperson of the NLD; Ashin Wirathu (through translator), Burmese monk and militant Buddhist; and President Thein Sein (through translator), Burma’s president. Also includes comments by Abdusalem (through translator), Muslim in a refugee camp.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Rachael Kun Morehouse, fl. 2013-2015, Henry Schuster, fl. 1988-2007, Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Thein Sein, 1944-, Aung San Suu Kyi, 1945-
Topic / Theme
Democracy, Social activism and activists, Religious differences, Social movements, Buddhist, Muslim
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation
written by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, 1939- (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 273 page(s)
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written by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, 1939- (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 273 page(s)
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, 1939-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Beacon Press
Topic / Theme
Christian, Women, Social & Religious Role of, Theology, Bible, Interpretation of
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 by Beacon Press
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Covered Up
directed by Rachel Elitzur, fl. 2018; produced by Avigail Sperber, 1973-, Pardes TV & Film Productions (Film Platform, 2018), 53 mins
Rachel, an ultra-orthodox young woman, entered an 'arranged' marriage ready to be a "kosher" woman doing the will of her husband. After her marriage fails and she gets divorced, she asks permission to remove her wig – an unusual move in the ultra-Orthodox society. Facing the opposition from her parents and socie...
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directed by Rachel Elitzur, fl. 2018; produced by Avigail Sperber, 1973-, Pardes TV & Film Productions (Film Platform, 2018), 53 mins
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Rachel, an ultra-orthodox young woman, entered an 'arranged' marriage ready to be a "kosher" woman doing the will of her husband. After her marriage fails and she gets divorced, she asks permission to remove her wig – an unusual move in the ultra-Orthodox society. Facing the opposition from her parents and society, she starts to question the religion’s attitude to woman and her own body and mind. General Audience
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Avigail Sperber, 1973-, Pardes TV & Film Productions
Author / Creator
Rachel Elitzur, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Film Platform
Topic / Theme
Hairstyles, Religion, Modesty, Jewish Orthodox
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Daughters of Eve
directed by Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016; produced by Maiya Sinclair, fl. 2016 and Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016 (Chicago, IL: Zanah Thirus Films, 2021), 1 hour
Daughter of Eve is a mixed media documentary film that analyzes and aims to dismantle misogyny and gender hierarchy within the Christian faith
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directed by Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016; produced by Maiya Sinclair, fl. 2016 and Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016 (Chicago, IL: Zanah Thirus Films, 2021), 1 hour
Description
Daughter of Eve is a mixed media documentary film that analyzes and aims to dismantle misogyny and gender hierarchy within the Christian faith
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Maiya Sinclair, fl. 2016, Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016
Author / Creator
Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Zanah Thirus Films
Speaker / Narrator
Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016
Person Discussed
Zanah Thirus, fl. 2016
Topic / Theme
Sexism, Christian
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2021 Zanah Thirus Films
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Divine Women, Episode 1, When God Was a Girl
presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 55 mins
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, fr...
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presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 55 mins
Description
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this...
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this way – in the past women were often powerful players in the act of worship. From powerful Greek priestesses to rampaging Hindu goddesses; from machievellian Christian matriarchs to the women who shaped the early history of Islam, this series brings stories of the most inspiring female figures in the major world religions vividly to life.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Open University, BBC Manchester
Author / Creator
Bettany Hughes, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Divine Women
Topic / Theme
Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, Christian, Hindu, Prehistory to Early Civilizations (Up to 1000 BCE), Post-Classical Period (500–1450), Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Divine Women, Episode 2, Handmaids of the Gods
directed by Emily Davis, fl. 2004; presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Emily Davis, fl. 2004, Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 51 mins
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, fr...
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directed by Emily Davis, fl. 2004; presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Emily Davis, fl. 2004, Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 51 mins
Description
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this...
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this way – in the past women were often powerful players in the act of worship. From powerful Greek priestesses to rampaging Hindu goddesses; from machievellian Christian matriarchs to the women who shaped the early history of Islam, this series brings stories of the most inspiring female figures in the major world religions vividly to life.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Emily Davis, fl. 2004, Open University, BBC Manchester
Author / Creator
Emily Davis, fl. 2004, Bettany Hughes, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Divine Women
Person Discussed
Augustine of Hippo, 0354-0430, Paul, the Apostle, Saint, 0005-0067, Sappho, 0612-0570
Topic / Theme
Intersex people, Race and Gender, Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, Christian, Classical Hellenist, Greeks, Post-Classical Period (500–1450), Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Divine Women, Episode 3, The War of the Word
directed by Ruairi Fallon, fl. 2005; presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 52 mins
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, fr...
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directed by Ruairi Fallon, fl. 2005; presented by Bettany Hughes, 1968-; produced by Open University and BBC Manchester, in Divine Women, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 52 mins
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Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this...
Award winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes explores the complex attitudes towards women and religion, from 10,000 BC to the present day. If there was a golden age for women in religion, it certainly isn’t the 21st century. The status of women in religion is currently a contentious subject, from the furore in the Anglican Church over women bishops to heated debates about the role of women in Islam. But it wasn’t always this way – in the past women were often powerful players in the act of worship. From powerful Greek priestesses to rampaging Hindu goddesses; from machievellian Christian matriarchs to the women who shaped the early history of Islam, this series brings stories of the most inspiring female figures in the major world religions vividly to life.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Open University, BBC Manchester
Author / Creator
Ruairi Fallon, fl. 2005, Bettany Hughes, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Divine Women
Person Discussed
Zetian Wu, 0624-0705, Hilda of Whitby, 0614-0680, Theodora, 0500-0548
Topic / Theme
Monasticism, Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, Race and Gender, Buddhist, Christian, Turkish, Chinese, British, Post-Classical Period (500–1450), Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Flowers for Guadalupe / Flores Para Guadalupe
produced by Judith Gleason and Elisa Mereghetti, Colectivo Feminists de Xalapa (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 7 mins
Flowers for Guadalupe/Flores para Guadalupe explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today. In the course of this richly textured treatment of an evolving symbol, twenty-three women speak out, in traditional testimonio format. This unusual "contata" of women's voi...
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produced by Judith Gleason and Elisa Mereghetti, Colectivo Feminists de Xalapa (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 7 mins
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Flowers for Guadalupe/Flores para Guadalupe explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today. In the course of this richly textured treatment of an evolving symbol, twenty-three women speak out, in traditional testimonio format. This unusual "contata" of women's voices representing urban, small-town, and rural communities, is intercut with scenes of daily women's work and celebration of the Virgin...
Flowers for Guadalupe/Flores para Guadalupe explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today. In the course of this richly textured treatment of an evolving symbol, twenty-three women speak out, in traditional testimonio format. This unusual "contata" of women's voices representing urban, small-town, and rural communities, is intercut with scenes of daily women's work and celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe in various contexts, including festivities organized by the Comite Guadalupano in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N. Y. Women have been silenced for centuries in Mexico. By focussing on various feminine forms of devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe as Mexican women's "role model," an entire world of consciousness unfolds. It is a resilient, hard-working, often painful, violent world, encompassing women of all ages and from various walks of life. They belong to a wider world of popular devotion, historically both exploited and dismissed as unimportant by ecclesiastical authorities who would keep women in a place where they no longer want to be. The documentary follows an all-women pilgrimage from Queretaro state through several arduous but joyful days as it weaves its way through difficult terrain, harsh weather and congested streets to the Virgin's shrine in Mexico City. The songs of Rosa Martha Zarate, Mexico's "singing nun," sustains this and every woman's pilgrimage. College Adult
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Judith Gleason, Elisa Mereghetti, Colectivo Feminists de Xalapa
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Full Circle
directed by Paul Rothman; produced by Paul Rothman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 1 mins
Full Circle is the first and only film to have ever been made on the most revolutionary social experiment of the century - the attempt to create sexual equality between women and men on the Israeli kibbutz. Through archival footage and interviews with several generations of kibbutz members, the film follows the ev...
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directed by Paul Rothman; produced by Paul Rothman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 1 mins
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Full Circle is the first and only film to have ever been made on the most revolutionary social experiment of the century - the attempt to create sexual equality between women and men on the Israeli kibbutz. Through archival footage and interviews with several generations of kibbutz members, the film follows the evolution of family life and work roles from pioneering days to the present. The original utopian goal was total gender equality. Childre...
Full Circle is the first and only film to have ever been made on the most revolutionary social experiment of the century - the attempt to create sexual equality between women and men on the Israeli kibbutz. Through archival footage and interviews with several generations of kibbutz members, the film follows the evolution of family life and work roles from pioneering days to the present. The original utopian goal was total gender equality. Children lived apart from their parents in a special children's community. Freed from daily child care, women participated fully in all economic sectors of the community by working alongside men as equal partners. In the 1960's, when the rest of the Western world began to embrace feminism, the new generation of kibbutz women began to return to more traditional gender roles. Rejecting the achievements of their grandparents, the women returned to their traditional role: cooking, cleaning and taking care of children. Today, with women no longer participating in the productive economic sectors of the community, the original egalitarian ideology has been compromised. Full Circle raises many questions about the permanence of social reform, the adaptability of human nature and the goals of sexual equality. This is a groundbreaking film for use in sociology, women's studies, Jewish studies, Middle East studies, anthropology and gender studies. Note that it has recently been revised with new material inserted. College Adult
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul Rothman
Author / Creator
Paul Rothman
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Sociology, Women's issues, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Her Story: The Female Revolution, Episode 3, Religion
produced by J. Walter Thompson (Company) and Films of Record, in Her Story: The Female Revolution, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2016), 48 mins
Over the past few decades, life for many women across the globe has changed beyond all recognition. This fascinating series explores how, from the highest echelons of society, to the lowest rungs of the global ladder, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Women today have the power of self-determination; the a...
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produced by J. Walter Thompson (Company) and Films of Record, in Her Story: The Female Revolution, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2016), 48 mins
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Over the past few decades, life for many women across the globe has changed beyond all recognition. This fascinating series explores how, from the highest echelons of society, to the lowest rungs of the global ladder, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Women today have the power of self-determination; the autonomy to choose their own life paths and identities, rather than those enforced on them. And while there is still oppression and repr...
Over the past few decades, life for many women across the globe has changed beyond all recognition. This fascinating series explores how, from the highest echelons of society, to the lowest rungs of the global ladder, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Women today have the power of self-determination; the autonomy to choose their own life paths and identities, rather than those enforced on them. And while there is still oppression and repression from West to East, females the world over are grasping opportunities denied to those who went before them.
There has never been a better time to be born a woman thanks to recent progress on equal rights. But are the world's great religions keeping up with society? In the third episode of Her Story: The Female Revolution - we meet the women fighting for more equality within their own religious faiths.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
J. Walter Thompson (Company), Films of Record, Mishal Husain, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Her Story: The Female Revolution
Speaker / Narrator
Mishal Husain, 1973-
Person Discussed
Inna Shevchenko, 1990-, Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, 1956-, Asra Nomani, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Buddhist
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 BBC Worldwide
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