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Anonymously Yours
directed by Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000; produced by Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000, Aerial Productions (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2003), 58 mins
Every few years a new documentary comes along whose impact is so powerful, so illuminating, and so memorable that it is deemed an instant classic and an essential classroom teaching tool. "Anonymously Yours" is such a film. This extraordinary documentary on sex-trafficking in Southeast Asia interweaves four young...
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directed by Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000; produced by Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000, Aerial Productions (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2003), 58 mins
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Every few years a new documentary comes along whose impact is so powerful, so illuminating, and so memorable that it is deemed an instant classic and an essential classroom teaching tool. "Anonymously Yours" is such a film. This extraordinary documentary on sex-trafficking in Southeast Asia interweaves four young women's stories to reveal an institution that enslaves as many as 40 million women worldwide. Shot clandestinely in Myanmar (formerly B...
Every few years a new documentary comes along whose impact is so powerful, so illuminating, and so memorable that it is deemed an instant classic and an essential classroom teaching tool. "Anonymously Yours" is such a film. This extraordinary documentary on sex-trafficking in Southeast Asia interweaves four young women's stories to reveal an institution that enslaves as many as 40 million women worldwide. Shot clandestinely in Myanmar (formerly Burma), "Anonymously Yours" is often shocking, frequently harrowing, and always compelling. Through the brutal honesty of the four women's stories the film exposes the commonplace bartering and selling of women and the cycles of poverty that enslave them. From the back rooms of teashops and restaurants to the lounges of five-star hotels, the Far East sex trade thrives on the routine merchandising of girls and women for the sexual escape and pleasure of men from all cultures. Through their unforgettable and poignant testimonies, these four sex workers introduce Western audiences to the widespread corruption and staggering poverty that are the status quo in much of the world -- and the primary causes behind one of the fastest-growing and most vicious industries on earth: the sale of human beings. "Anonymously Yours" will engage and challenge students and provoke animated discussion in a wide range of courses in women's studies, cultural anthropology, Asian studies, human rights, economics, and development issues. It was produced by Gayle Ferraro, who also produced the widely acclaimed documentary, "Sixteen Decisions."
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000, Aerial Productions
Author / Creator
Gayle Ferraro, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2002, 2003
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Poverty, Slavery, Prostitution, Human trafficking, Women, Sociology, Asians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2003 Berkeley Media
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The Colour of Beauty
directed by Elizabeth St. Philip, fl. 2001; produced by Alexandra Yanofsky, fl. 2010, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2010), 18 mins
Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in cho...
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directed by Elizabeth St. Philip, fl. 2001; produced by Alexandra Yanofsky, fl. 2010, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2010), 18 mins
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Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in chocolate. ”The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short documentary that examines racism in the fashion industry. Is a black model less att...
Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in chocolate. ”The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short documentary that examines racism in the fashion industry. Is a black model less attractive to designers, casting directors and consumers? What is the colour of beauty?
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Field of Study
Fashion Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alexandra Yanofsky, fl. 2010, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Elizabeth St. Philip, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Topic / Theme
Women, Beauty, Racism, Fashion industry, Fashion models, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by National Film Board of Canada
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Daughters of Ixchel: Maya Thread of Change
directed by John McKay, 1965- and Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa, fl. 1993-1997; produced by Dakota Productions (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1993), 30 mins
Guatemalan Maya women are highly skilled weavers. Their textiles, created using the backstrap loom, are known worldwide for their excellent workmanship and design. Their weaving skills have been passed down from mother to daughter since ancient times. Not only are the designs and colors of the Maya textiles attrac...
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directed by John McKay, 1965- and Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa, fl. 1993-1997; produced by Dakota Productions (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1993), 30 mins
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Guatemalan Maya women are highly skilled weavers. Their textiles, created using the backstrap loom, are known worldwide for their excellent workmanship and design. Their weaving skills have been passed down from mother to daughter since ancient times. Not only are the designs and colors of the Maya textiles attractive and unique, they also carry the history and traditions of their communities. This illuminating documentary explores the lives of M...
Guatemalan Maya women are highly skilled weavers. Their textiles, created using the backstrap loom, are known worldwide for their excellent workmanship and design. Their weaving skills have been passed down from mother to daughter since ancient times. Not only are the designs and colors of the Maya textiles attractive and unique, they also carry the history and traditions of their communities. This illuminating documentary explores the lives of Maya women today, portrays their ancient weaving processes, and examines the economic, political, and cultural forces that are profoundly affecting the women and their weaving. "Daughters of Ixchel" will generate discussion in a wide variety of courses in cultural anthropology, Latin American studies, women's studies, and the arts and humanities. It was produced by Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa and John McKay.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dakota Productions
Author / Creator
John McKay, 1965-, Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa, fl. 1993-1997
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Cloth, Cooperatives, Women, Weavers, Weaving, Mayan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 Berkeley Media
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The Dreamers
directed by François Cardona, fl. 2016; produced by Stanislas Gazelle, fl. 2017, Orlando Ribiero, fl. 2016, Victoria Logan, fl. 2014 and Thomas Ellis, fl. 2008, Babel Press (France: Java Films, 2016), 56 mins
They’re nicknamed ‘The Dreamers’. Teenagers from Honduras and El Salvador, ready to face all types of dangers to escape the horrific violence of gangs in Central America. They know that the journey could cost them their lives but they will risk anything to make it to America. Every month, more than 5,000 una...
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directed by François Cardona, fl. 2016; produced by Stanislas Gazelle, fl. 2017, Orlando Ribiero, fl. 2016, Victoria Logan, fl. 2014 and Thomas Ellis, fl. 2008, Babel Press (France: Java Films, 2016), 56 mins
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They’re nicknamed ‘The Dreamers’. Teenagers from Honduras and El Salvador, ready to face all types of dangers to escape the horrific violence of gangs in Central America. They know that the journey could cost them their lives but they will risk anything to make it to America. Every month, more than 5,000 unaccompanied children are arrested in the United States after crossing the Mexican border. Joao and Anthony, both 15 and from Honduras, h...
They’re nicknamed ‘The Dreamers’. Teenagers from Honduras and El Salvador, ready to face all types of dangers to escape the horrific violence of gangs in Central America. They know that the journey could cost them their lives but they will risk anything to make it to America. Every month, more than 5,000 unaccompanied children are arrested in the United States after crossing the Mexican border. Joao and Anthony, both 15 and from Honduras, have decided to jump a freight train from Mexico. But on the American side of the border, heavily armed private militia hunt migrants in the desert. They also run the real risk of getting lost in the desert and dying of thirst - a fate that befalls thousands every year. And young girls attempting the crossing are prey to the cartels, who force them into prostitution. More than 130,000 children were arrested in the past years for attempting the crossing. How many others disappeared on the road to the American Dream?
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stanislas Gazelle, fl. 2017, Orlando Ribiero, fl. 2016, Victoria Logan, fl. 2014, Thomas Ellis, fl. 2008, Babel Press
Author / Creator
François Cardona, fl. 2016
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Youth, Survival instinct, Prostitution, Cliques and gangs, Migrant life, Hondurans, Salvadorans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Java Films
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Finding Home: Sophorn's Story
produced by Stephanie Freed, fl. 2003-2014 and Derek Hammeke, fl. 2010-2016, Rapha House and Flying Treasure Films (Sunol, CA: Parallel Lines, 2014), 46 mins
Finding Home is a unique documentary about trafficking, as the stories go far beyond the actual trafficking experiences. Finding Home shows in depth the struggle, growth, and challenges that come with trying to pick a life back up after it has been fragmented. Each of these three young women has a unique story wit...
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produced by Stephanie Freed, fl. 2003-2014 and Derek Hammeke, fl. 2010-2016, Rapha House and Flying Treasure Films (Sunol, CA: Parallel Lines, 2014), 46 mins
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Finding Home is a unique documentary about trafficking, as the stories go far beyond the actual trafficking experiences. Finding Home shows in depth the struggle, growth, and challenges that come with trying to pick a life back up after it has been fragmented. Each of these three young women has a unique story with unique hurdles to overcome. The difficulties and complexities of learning how to deal with life after horrific abuse by slave owners...
Finding Home is a unique documentary about trafficking, as the stories go far beyond the actual trafficking experiences. Finding Home shows in depth the struggle, growth, and challenges that come with trying to pick a life back up after it has been fragmented. Each of these three young women has a unique story with unique hurdles to overcome. The difficulties and complexities of learning how to deal with life after horrific abuse by slave owners and men looking to exploit sex with underage girls are unpacked in a way that communicates cross-culturally and proves the connectivity in the human spirit. Finding Home reminds us that we are all connected in our humanity; that we are all looking for a place of love, acceptance and community... a place called home.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephanie Freed, fl. 2003-2014, Derek Hammeke, fl. 2010-2016, Rapha House, Flying Treasure Films
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Parallel Lines
Topic / Theme
Sex industry, Women, Rehabilitation, Sex crimes, Human trafficking
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Parallel Lines
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If Hope Were Enough
directed by Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000; produced by Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2000), 36 mins
If Hope Were Enough documents how victims and survivors of egregious crimes have suffered in conflict and non-conflict situations around the world and examines the options available to women for justice. It presents the imminent International Criminal Court as one of the promising avenues of justice that women can...
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directed by Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000; produced by Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2000), 36 mins
Description
If Hope Were Enough documents how victims and survivors of egregious crimes have suffered in conflict and non-conflict situations around the world and examines the options available to women for justice. It presents the imminent International Criminal Court as one of the promising avenues of justice that women can have access to in the future and exciting possibility of bringing changes at the national level.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice, WITNESS
Author / Creator
Margaret Crehan, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
WITNESS
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Victims of crimes, Prostitution, Human trafficking, Sexual assault, Women's rights, Women, World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria, June 14-25, 1993, Politics & Policy, History, Law, Documentation of Crimes, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2000 by the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice & WITNESS
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Men of the Cloth
directed by Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017, Orestes Films (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 37 mins
Men of the Cloth is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate their challenging roles in the twilight of their career. The film unravels the mystery of their artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to their Old World craft i...
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directed by Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017, Orestes Films (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 37 mins
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Men of the Cloth is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate their challenging roles in the twilight of their career. The film unravels the mystery of their artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to their Old World craft is akin to a religion.
Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017, Orestes Films
Author / Creator
Vicki Vasilopoulos, fl. 1991-2017
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Passion River Films
Person Discussed
Joe Centofanti, 1918-2011, Nino Corvato, 1940-, Checchino Fonticoli, 1941-
Topic / Theme
Fashion, Men, Professional life, Garment industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014
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The Pornography of Everyday Life
produced by Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007 and Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2007), 35 mins
This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular cultur...
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produced by Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007 and Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2007), 35 mins
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This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular culture to demonstrate how pornography (defined as the sexualized domination, degradation, and objectification of women and girls and social...
This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular culture to demonstrate how pornography (defined as the sexualized domination, degradation, and objectification of women and girls and social groups who are put in the demeaned feminine role) is in reality a prevalent mainstream worldview.The film illustrates how the pornographic worldview is a generally accepted discourse, a habitual mode of thinking and acting that underpins not only sexism, but also racism, militarism, physical abuse and torture, and the pillaging of the environment. As such, pornography appears not only in overt, "hard-core" forms, but also in virtually every aspect of everyday life.As the film illuminates, even though pornography is generally thought to be the opposite of religion, it actually is an irrational belief system analogous to a religion. Like much patriarchal religious tradition, pornography is shown to be misogynistic and homophobic, and defines sex as "dirty" or debased and the opposite of the mind or spirit.Pornography is also shown to support the worst tendencies of patriarchal religions by appropriating previously sacred and potent images of women, sex, goddesses, and the feminine principle, colloquially known as Mother Earth or Mother Nature, and then ritually profaning and defaming them. This works not only to demean women but to justify and legitimize male divinity and worldly authority.The film concludes by suggesting alternatives and by illustrating how visionary thinkers and artists resist the pornographic worldview by re-imagining and restoring respect to eroticism, female sexuality, and the female divine, and by calling for new understandings of sexuality, nature, and society.The Pornography of Everyday Life is a superb and invigorating cultural exploration that will stir thought and engender classroom debate. It was written by and features Jane Caputi, Prof. of Women's Studies at Florida Atlantic University, and produced by award-winning filmmaker Susan Rosenkranz.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007, Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Women, Popular culture, Profanity, Sexism, Pornography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 Berkeley Media
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Renita Renita
directed by Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011 (Indonesia: Tonny Trimarsanto, 2007), 15 mins
This short film, directed by Tonny Trimarsanto, is about a transgender Indonesian who is thwarted from becoming a doctor and turns instead to prostitution.
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directed by Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011 (Indonesia: Tonny Trimarsanto, 2007), 15 mins
Description
This short film, directed by Tonny Trimarsanto, is about a transgender Indonesian who is thwarted from becoming a doctor and turns instead to prostitution.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011
Date Published / Released
2007-08
Publisher
Tonny Trimarsanto
Topic / Theme
Bullying, Gender discrimination, Transgender persons, Prostitution, Cross-dressing
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Tonny Trimarsanto
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Tchoupitoulas: Behind the Scenes With the Ross Brothers
directed by Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010 and Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016; produced by Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010 and Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016, Epic Match Media (New York, NY: Oscilloscope Pictures, 2012), 15 mins
A visually exhilarating and aurally immersive record of one night in New Orleans. Three adolescent brothers journey through the lamplit streets encountering a kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, hustlers, and revelers.
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directed by Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010 and Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016; produced by Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010 and Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016, Epic Match Media (New York, NY: Oscilloscope Pictures, 2012), 15 mins
Description
A visually exhilarating and aurally immersive record of one night in New Orleans. Three adolescent brothers journey through the lamplit streets encountering a kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, hustlers, and revelers.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010, Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016, Epic Match Media
Author / Creator
Turner Ross, fl. 2005-2010, Bill Ross, IV, fl. 2009-2016
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Topic / Theme
Youth, Amusements, Bars and saloons
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Oscilloscope Pictures
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