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Breaking Big, Episode 12, Carmen Yulin Cruz
presented by Carlos Watson, 1969-; produced by Kenita Nichols, fl. 2014, Calico and OZY Media Productions, in Breaking Big, Episode 12 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 26 mins
No one looks for a disaster to cement their own legacy. But when Puerto Rico was slammed by a catastrophic hurricane and the U.S. Government was slow to respond, Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan stood up and fought back. Watch as she goes from humble civic leader to become the heroic voice of her struggling is...
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presented by Carlos Watson, 1969-; produced by Kenita Nichols, fl. 2014, Calico and OZY Media Productions, in Breaking Big, Episode 12 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 26 mins
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No one looks for a disaster to cement their own legacy. But when Puerto Rico was slammed by a catastrophic hurricane and the U.S. Government was slow to respond, Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan stood up and fought back. Watch as she goes from humble civic leader to become the heroic voice of her struggling island and the Puerto Rican people.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kenita Nichols, fl. 2014, Calico, OZY Media Productions
Author / Creator
Carlos Watson, 1969-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Breaking Big
Person Discussed
Carmen Yulin Cruz, 1963-
Topic / Theme
Hurricane Maria, September 16 - October 3, 2017, Political and Social Movements, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Puerto Ricans
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Copyright © 2018 OZY Media
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Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 4, Connected 1824 - 1890s
directed by Renny Bartlett, fl. 1988 and P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014; produced by Cameron Rothery, fl. 2003 and Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 4 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 44 mins
Inventors and entrepreneurs dream of uniting the country through the latest design and technology – and make their fortunes. An extraordinary generation will revolutionize transportation, engineering and communications – making Canada the high-tech superstar of a newly-wired world.
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directed by Renny Bartlett, fl. 1988 and P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014; produced by Cameron Rothery, fl. 2003 and Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 4 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 44 mins
Description
Inventors and entrepreneurs dream of uniting the country through the latest design and technology – and make their fortunes. An extraordinary generation will revolutionize transportation, engineering and communications – making Canada the high-tech superstar of a newly-wired world.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cameron Rothery, fl. 2003, Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sylvie Pamphile, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Renny Bartlett, fl. 1988, P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Canada: The Story of Us
Speaker / Narrator
Mark Gerald Kingwell, 1963-, Marianne McKenna, 1950-, Sook-Yin Lee, fl. 1990, Emma Donoghue, 1969-, Colm Feore, 1958-, Sylvie Pamphile, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Mark Gerald Kingwell, 1963-, Marianne McKenna, 1950-, Sook-Yin Lee, fl. 1990, Emma Donoghue, 1969-, Colm Feore, 1958-, William Hamilton Merritt, 1793-1862, Alfred Barrett, fl. 1818, Kit Coleman, 1856-1915
Topic / Theme
Women in workforce, Indigenous ethnic groups, Communication, Civil engineering, Transportation, Innovation and invention, Canadians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Aliant Content
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Caravan
directed by Dam Sall; produced by Jakob Hogel (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 29 mins
Every September a group of nomad women in Niger travel by camel caravan across the stark desert, 660 miles each way. Their first stop is Fachi, an oasis where they collect dates which they bring to various market towns where the dates are sold or exchanged for millet and other goods crucial to the survival of thei...
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directed by Dam Sall; produced by Jakob Hogel (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 29 mins
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Every September a group of nomad women in Niger travel by camel caravan across the stark desert, 660 miles each way. Their first stop is Fachi, an oasis where they collect dates which they bring to various market towns where the dates are sold or exchanged for millet and other goods crucial to the survival of their tribe. The caravan is unique in that women organize and lead it without men. The women journey through the extremely difficult terrai...
Every September a group of nomad women in Niger travel by camel caravan across the stark desert, 660 miles each way. Their first stop is Fachi, an oasis where they collect dates which they bring to various market towns where the dates are sold or exchanged for millet and other goods crucial to the survival of their tribe. The caravan is unique in that women organize and lead it without men. The women journey through the extremely difficult terrain of one of the largest sand deserts in the Sahara. The trip takes about two weeks. The wells are two, three, or four days apart. It takes great skill to navigate in the desert so as not to miss this vital water supply. Some of the women nurse babies and carry children. The film captures the awesome quality of the desert and the strength and solidarity of the women who undertake this journey for the livelihood of their families. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jakob Hogel
Author / Creator
Dam Sall
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Women's issues, Area Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Chercher la vie
directed by Claudette Coulanges, 1959-; produced by Amber-Film and Team-Film (New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, 1999), 1 hour 10 mins
Looking for Life introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one have their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals to the factory workers; the latter is employed in the same factory as a production work...
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directed by Claudette Coulanges, 1959-; produced by Amber-Film and Team-Film (New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, 1999), 1 hour 10 mins
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Looking for Life introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one have their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals to the factory workers; the latter is employed in the same factory as a production worker, making pullovers and T-shirts. Every day she buys her midday meal on credit from Anne-Rose. Through the connection between these tw...
Looking for Life introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one have their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals to the factory workers; the latter is employed in the same factory as a production worker, making pullovers and T-shirts. Every day she buys her midday meal on credit from Anne-Rose. Through the connection between these two women the film shows part of their daily work and the constant battle for survival that they lead together with other women in Haiti. Going beyond this, however, the film demonstrates the extent to which the importation of North American goods has brought about the collapse of Haitian regional production and ruined Haiti's economy. The connection between the two topics of the film reveals the significant role that Haitian women of today play in an economy that has been bled dry.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amber-Film, Team-Film
Author / Creator
Claudette Coulanges, 1959-
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
ArtMattan Productions
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Globalization, Daily life, Women in workforce, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 ArtMattan Productions
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Chronicle of a Savanna Marriage
directed by Stig Holmqvist; produced by Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1998), 58 mins
For fifteen years, the filmmaker has monitored Nayiani's life, a Masai on the savanna of southern Kenya. The story begins in 1979 when Nayiani is fourteen, and has been promised in marriage to the son of her father's good friend. Nayiani undergoes circumcision, a procedure that both boys and girls go through to be...
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directed by Stig Holmqvist; produced by Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1998), 58 mins
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For fifteen years, the filmmaker has monitored Nayiani's life, a Masai on the savanna of southern Kenya. The story begins in 1979 when Nayiani is fourteen, and has been promised in marriage to the son of her father's good friend. Nayiani undergoes circumcision, a procedure that both boys and girls go through to be considered adults. The years immediately after he wedding prove difficult ones for Nayiami. She continuously longs to return to her fa...
For fifteen years, the filmmaker has monitored Nayiani's life, a Masai on the savanna of southern Kenya. The story begins in 1979 when Nayiani is fourteen, and has been promised in marriage to the son of her father's good friend. Nayiani undergoes circumcision, a procedure that both boys and girls go through to be considered adults. The years immediately after he wedding prove difficult ones for Nayiami. She continuously longs to return to her family. But gradually, as time passes, she grows accustomed to her new home. Eventually, her husband Lekumok brings home additional wives, since his herd of cattle is now so large that he needs and can afford additional women in his household. Nayiami welcomes the companionship and help. Even on the savanna, time does not stand still. The family feels the encroachment of the Nairobi government on different aspects of their lives. Here is a unique view of the life and culture of the Masai. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sveriges Television
Author / Creator
Stig Holmqvist
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Anthropology, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash
directed by Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999; produced by Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999, Our Film Works (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 1992), 27 mins
This is an in-depth interview with filmmaker Julie Dash, whose first feature film, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, has become a critical and word-of-mouth sensation since its release in the Winter of 1992.
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directed by Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999; produced by Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999, Our Film Works (New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 1992), 27 mins
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This is an in-depth interview with filmmaker Julie Dash, whose first feature film, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, has become a critical and word-of-mouth sensation since its release in the Winter of 1992.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999, Our Film Works
Author / Creator
Yvonne Welbon, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Third World Newsreel
Person Discussed
Julie Dash, 1952-
Topic / Theme
Film and filmmaking careers, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 Yvonne Welbon
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City of Dreams
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...
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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
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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 young women have been murdered, and the crimes barely investigated. Many of the victims were assembly-line workers in the over four hundred...
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 young women have been murdered, and the crimes barely investigated. Many of the victims were assembly-line workers in the over four hundred mostly US-owned factories. This compelling documentary focuses on the social causes at the root of the unsolved murders. The factories, known as "maquiladoras" have brought the city jobs and opportunities otherwise rare in Mexico, but also enormous social changes as a result of free trade and globalization. Mexican human rights activists consider these women casualties in a deeper gender conflict caused by rapid changes in the male/female roles. In a country dominated by machismo, the women's independence as breadwinners has fuelled resentment. Sociologists and political scientists worldwide regard Juarez as a microcosm of the emerging global economy, where capital moves freely and labor is trapped by borders. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Palio Pictures
Author / Creator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005, Bruno Surrentino
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Internal migration, Women's rights, Law, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies, Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Clotheslines
directed by Roberta Cantow; produced by Roberta Cantow (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1988), 38 mins
With verve and humor, this film shows the love/hate relationship that women have with the task of cleaning the family's clothes. As we see the clothes flapping in the wind and hear the voices - some proud, some angry, some wistful - we realize that doing laundry calls forth deep feel- ings about one's role in life...
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directed by Roberta Cantow; produced by Roberta Cantow (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1988), 38 mins
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With verve and humor, this film shows the love/hate relationship that women have with the task of cleaning the family's clothes. As we see the clothes flapping in the wind and hear the voices - some proud, some angry, some wistful - we realize that doing laundry calls forth deep feel- ings about one's role in life. Some remember when their mothers and grandmothers tackled the same chores using washtubs and washboards, or even river streams. This...
With verve and humor, this film shows the love/hate relationship that women have with the task of cleaning the family's clothes. As we see the clothes flapping in the wind and hear the voices - some proud, some angry, some wistful - we realize that doing laundry calls forth deep feel- ings about one's role in life. Some remember when their mothers and grandmothers tackled the same chores using washtubs and washboards, or even river streams. This engaging film pays homage to the commonality of women's experience. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Roberta Cantow
Author / Creator
Roberta Cantow
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1988. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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CNN Specials, Innovate: Africa
in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2021), 23 mins
Female innovators on the African continent find solutions to global problems like drought, access to clean water and affordable housing and provide opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2021), 23 mins
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Female innovators on the African continent find solutions to global problems like drought, access to clean water and affordable housing and provide opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Becky Anderson, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
CNN Specials
Speaker / Narrator
Kanya King, Muthoni Masinde, Beth Koigi, Anne Rweyora, Almaz Negash, Becky Anderson, 1967-
Person Discussed
Kanya King, Muthoni Masinde, Beth Koigi, Anne Rweyora, Almaz Negash
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2021 CNN Newsource Sales, Inc.
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CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013; produced by Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013, Christie Herring, fl. 1998 and Staci Hartman, fl. 2015, Finish Line Features; performed by Reshma Saujani, Danielle Feinberg, fl. 1998 and Tracy Chou, 1987- (Sausalito, CA: Ro*Co Films, 2015), 51 mins
CODE exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap, raising the question: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there? Tech jobs are growing three times faster than our colleges are...
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directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013; produced by Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013, Christie Herring, fl. 1998 and Staci Hartman, fl. 2015, Finish Line Features; performed by Reshma Saujani, Danielle Feinberg, fl. 1998 and Tracy Chou, 1987- (Sausalito, CA: Ro*Co Films, 2015), 51 mins
Description
CODE exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap, raising the question: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there? Tech jobs are growing three times faster than our colleges are producing computer science graduates. By 2020, there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the USA.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Reshma Saujani, Danielle Feinberg, fl. 1998, Tracy Chou, 1987-
Contributor
Jonathan Blomgren, fl. 2015, Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013, Christie Herring, fl. 1998, Staci Hartman, fl. 2015, Finish Line Features, Laura Anne Karpman, 1959-, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Robin Hauser Reynolds, fl. 2013, Reshma Saujani, Danielle Feinberg, fl. 1998, Tracy Chou, 1987-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Ro*Co Films
Topic / Theme
Gender roles, Software engineering, Herself 1, Herself 2, Herself 3
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Film Platform
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