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They Are Not Invisible = No Son Invisibles
directed by Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008; produced by Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008 (Privately Published, 2021), 41 mins
No Son Invisibles: Maya Women & Microfinance, is about three Mayan women from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Stepping deep into their lives we see how with a small amount of credit they turn dire circumstance into a well of human empowerment that reaches far beyond any regional boundary. Using Nobel Peace Prize...
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directed by Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008; produced by Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008 (Privately Published, 2021), 41 mins
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No Son Invisibles: Maya Women & Microfinance, is about three Mayan women from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Stepping deep into their lives we see how with a small amount of credit they turn dire circumstance into a well of human empowerment that reaches far beyond any regional boundary. Using Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus' microfinancing formula, a local micro credit organization finds clients who have been forgotten and would o...
No Son Invisibles: Maya Women & Microfinance, is about three Mayan women from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Stepping deep into their lives we see how with a small amount of credit they turn dire circumstance into a well of human empowerment that reaches far beyond any regional boundary. Using Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus' microfinancing formula, a local micro credit organization finds clients who have been forgotten and would otherwise not be able to get a loan, and puts their trust and money in their hands. The descendants an ancient Mayan culture, the women have learned to manage in the modern world by using money from the loans to start their own businesses, which becomes the sustaining power of their families. The friendships and family relations within the social groups change and become stronger as women helping women not only saves the lives of their families, but entire villages.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008
Author / Creator
Melissa Eidson, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Privately Published
Person Discussed
Muhammad Yunus, 1940-
Topic / Theme
Finance, Credit, Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Mayan
Copyright Message
Copyright ©2008 Marea Productions and ©2021 Eme Studio
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A Thousand Women = As Mil Mulheres
directed by Rita Toledo; produced by Rita Toledo and Carol Benjamin, Daza Films (Brazil: Instituto Taturana, 2018), 1 hour 24 mins
At the invitation of the film, four female artists from USA, Uruguay and Brazil develop works inspired by stories of other women. Between choices, reflections, failures and correctness, artists reveal how they connect their inner universe with the questions of the world around them. By interweaving art and activis...
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directed by Rita Toledo; produced by Rita Toledo and Carol Benjamin, Daza Films (Brazil: Instituto Taturana, 2018), 1 hour 24 mins
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At the invitation of the film, four female artists from USA, Uruguay and Brazil develop works inspired by stories of other women. Between choices, reflections, failures and correctness, artists reveal how they connect their inner universe with the questions of the world around them. By interweaving art and activism, A THOUSAND WOMEN sheds light on the many faces of feminism today.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lena Chen, Florencia Duran, Bia Ferreira, Ana Luisa Santos, Rita Toledo, Carol Benjamin, Daza Films
Author / Creator
Rita Toledo
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Instituto Taturana
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Parlatorio Produções LTDA
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Threads
directed by Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010; produced by Leonard Hill, fl. 2010 and Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010, Kantha Productions (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2017), 32 mins
Torn from her family, her paintings, and her beloved Calcutta after the partition of India, artist Surayia Rahman finds a new life in Bangladesh teaching impoverished mothers to embroider her story-telling designs. An inspirational example of the power of art and the impact of empowering women and girls around the...
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directed by Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010; produced by Leonard Hill, fl. 2010 and Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010, Kantha Productions (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2017), 32 mins
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Torn from her family, her paintings, and her beloved Calcutta after the partition of India, artist Surayia Rahman finds a new life in Bangladesh teaching impoverished mothers to embroider her story-telling designs. An inspirational example of the power of art and the impact of empowering women and girls around the world, THREADS takes us on an intimate journey into the heart of an artist and celebrates an unconventional path to dignity and indepe...
Torn from her family, her paintings, and her beloved Calcutta after the partition of India, artist Surayia Rahman finds a new life in Bangladesh teaching impoverished mothers to embroider her story-telling designs. An inspirational example of the power of art and the impact of empowering women and girls around the world, THREADS takes us on an intimate journey into the heart of an artist and celebrates an unconventional path to dignity and independence.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Surayia Rahman, fl. 1980, Leonard Hill, fl. 2010, Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010, Kantha Productions, Anusha Ghosh Roy, fl. 2017
Author / Creator
Cathy Stevulak, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Speaker / Narrator
Anusha Ghosh Roy, fl. 2017
Person Discussed
Surayia Rahman, fl. 1980
Topic / Theme
Embroidery, Employment opportunities, Bangladeshis
Copyright Message
Copyright © Kantha Productions LLC 2017. All Rights Reserved.
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Time's Up. What's Next
produced by Wall Street Journal (New York, NY: WSJ, 2018), 30 mins
Actor, producer and businesswoman Sarah Jessica Parker and Buckley Sandler partner Tina Tchen speak with WSJ Editor Nikki Waller about the vision for years to come after the #MeToo movement.
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produced by Wall Street Journal (New York, NY: WSJ, 2018), 30 mins
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Actor, producer and businesswoman Sarah Jessica Parker and Buckley Sandler partner Tina Tchen speak with WSJ Editor Nikki Waller about the vision for years to come after the #MeToo movement.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Panel discussion
Contributor
Nikki Waller, fl. 2000, Tina Tchen, 1956-, Sarah Jessica Parker, 1965-, Wall Street Journal
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
WSJ
Topic / Theme
Sexual harassment
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Knowledgemotion Ltd
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Trouble with Working Women, Why Can't a Woman Earn As Much As a Man?
directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies; presented by Justin Rowlatt, 1966- and Sophie Raworth, 1968-; produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Trouble with Working Women (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 1 hour 4 mins
Exploring the complex issue of what people really think about women in the workplace. With the UK's top jobs still predominantly held by men, what - if anything - is holding women back?
In the second of two provocative programmes, we look at pay, asking why there is still a pay gap several decades after the Equal...
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directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies; presented by Justin Rowlatt, 1966- and Sophie Raworth, 1968-; produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Trouble with Working Women (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 1 hour 4 mins
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Exploring the complex issue of what people really think about women in the workplace. With the UK's top jobs still predominantly held by men, what - if anything - is holding women back?
In the second of two provocative programmes, we look at pay, asking why there is still a pay gap several decades after the Equal Pay Act. Presenters Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt want to find out why the average pay gap is 17 per cent. And it is not just profe...
Exploring the complex issue of what people really think about women in the workplace. With the UK's top jobs still predominantly held by men, what - if anything - is holding women back?
In the second of two provocative programmes, we look at pay, asking why there is still a pay gap several decades after the Equal Pay Act. Presenters Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt want to find out why the average pay gap is 17 per cent. And it is not just professional curiosity; as parents of girls, the pair really want to know.
On their journey Sophie and Justin meet professionals, mums and academics, and do some of their own tests, asking whether it is just sexism at play or if there are more complex reasons. Could it be that women are actually choosing to earn less? And they find some shocking facts: in the US thin women earn more than fat women; girls who go to single-sex schools go on to earn more; and hundreds of thousands of women in the UK are illegally being paid less than their male counterparts.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Justin Rowlatt, 1966-, Sophie Raworth, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Trouble with Working Women
Topic / Theme
Gender discrimination
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 BBC Worldwide
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Trouble with Working Women, Episode 1, Why Can't a Woman Succeed Like a Man?
directed by Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015; presented by Justin Rowlatt, 1966- and Sophie Raworth, 1968-; produced by Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Trouble with Working Women, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 1 hour 4 mins
The first of two provocative programmes presented by newsreader and mum-of-three Sophie Raworth, and reporter and father-of-three Justin Rowlatt.
In a competitive mood from the off, Justin and Sophie explore the thorny issue of what we really think of women at work. Why is it that men still dominate the top jobs?...
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directed by Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015; presented by Justin Rowlatt, 1966- and Sophie Raworth, 1968-; produced by Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Trouble with Working Women, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 1 hour 4 mins
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The first of two provocative programmes presented by newsreader and mum-of-three Sophie Raworth, and reporter and father-of-three Justin Rowlatt.
In a competitive mood from the off, Justin and Sophie explore the thorny issue of what we really think of women at work. Why is it that men still dominate the top jobs? Can women have it all? Has gender equality gone too far? And what - if anything - is holding women back?
There are plenty of arguments...
The first of two provocative programmes presented by newsreader and mum-of-three Sophie Raworth, and reporter and father-of-three Justin Rowlatt.
In a competitive mood from the off, Justin and Sophie explore the thorny issue of what we really think of women at work. Why is it that men still dominate the top jobs? Can women have it all? Has gender equality gone too far? And what - if anything - is holding women back?
There are plenty of arguments along the way, but Sophie and Justin do manage to reach a conclusion...
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Ben Steele, fl. 2001-2015, Justin Rowlatt, 1966-, Sophie Raworth, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Trouble with Working Women
Topic / Theme
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities, British
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 BBC Worldwide
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Two Dollars With or Without A Condom
produced by Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 45 mins
Ethiopia has become to the Arab world what Thailand is to European tourists. Prostitution in Ethiopia has increased incredibly in recent years. In one section of Addis Ababa, some 130,000 girls support themselves by selling their bodies. Most of them are under eighteen, and many even under fourteen. In this probin...
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produced by Sveriges Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 45 mins
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Ethiopia has become to the Arab world what Thailand is to European tourists. Prostitution in Ethiopia has increased incredibly in recent years. In one section of Addis Ababa, some 130,000 girls support themselves by selling their bodies. Most of them are under eighteen, and many even under fourteen. In this probing documentary we meet the victims, girls that have been orphaned, or thrown out by their family, or are hoping to find a better life. T...
Ethiopia has become to the Arab world what Thailand is to European tourists. Prostitution in Ethiopia has increased incredibly in recent years. In one section of Addis Ababa, some 130,000 girls support themselves by selling their bodies. Most of them are under eighteen, and many even under fourteen. In this probing documentary we meet the victims, girls that have been orphaned, or thrown out by their family, or are hoping to find a better life. They are compelled to turn to prostitution to survive. The young ones, like nine-year-old Yashwarek, don't even earn enough money to buy food. The older ones earn more, about $2 a night, but yearn to work the luxury hotels as high class prostitutes. Virtually all the girls are HIV positive. Condoms are seldom used, even though they are distributed free in many places. Customers, believing the youngest girls are HIV-free, seek them out, which in term keeps lowering the age of girls becoming HIV infected. Some attempts by agencies are being made to help these girls, but they face heavy odds. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sveriges Television
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Unsexing of Emma Edmonds
directed by Pepita Ferrari, fl. 1994-2017 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 1 hour 53 mins
This is the amazing true story of a nineteenth century Canadian girl who ran away from home disguised as a travelling Bible salesman and served in the American Civil War as a nurse, dispatch carrier and spy. From the peacefulness of her homeland to the frenzy of war, the film follows the struggles of Emma Edmonds...
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directed by Pepita Ferrari, fl. 1994-2017 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 1 hour 53 mins
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This is the amazing true story of a nineteenth century Canadian girl who ran away from home disguised as a travelling Bible salesman and served in the American Civil War as a nurse, dispatch carrier and spy. From the peacefulness of her homeland to the frenzy of war, the film follows the struggles of Emma Edmonds through visually stunning footage, some of which was shot at actual Civil War sites in Virginia. This intimate portrait uses the heroin...
This is the amazing true story of a nineteenth century Canadian girl who ran away from home disguised as a travelling Bible salesman and served in the American Civil War as a nurse, dispatch carrier and spy. From the peacefulness of her homeland to the frenzy of war, the film follows the struggles of Emma Edmonds through visually stunning footage, some of which was shot at actual Civil War sites in Virginia. This intimate portrait uses the heroine's own words read by renowned actress Anne-Marie MacDonald. Officially denied for decades, startling new research has revealed documented evidence of over 250 cases of women dressed as men in the Confederate and Union ranks. Taking into account others who were killed or buried in their male guise or who chose to remain anonymous, the real number, which will never be known, is much higher. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Pepita Ferrari, fl. 1994-2017
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Sarah Emma Edmonds, 1841-1898
Topic / Theme
History curriculums, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Untold: Authors that Changed America, Amanda Gorman
in Untold: Authors that Changed America (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2023), 3 mins
The youngest inaugural poet in history, Amanda Gorman introduced a new generation to the lyrical power of poetry and became a modern-day icon in the process.
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in Untold: Authors that Changed America (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2023), 3 mins
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The youngest inaugural poet in history, Amanda Gorman introduced a new generation to the lyrical power of poetry and became a modern-day icon in the process.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Makematic
Series
Untold: Authors that Changed America
Person Discussed
Amanda Gorman, 1998-
Topic / Theme
Poetry, Student activism and activists, Poets, Literature
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Makematic
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Untold: Authors that Changed America, Octavia Butler
produced by DoGoodery and Makematic, in Untold: Authors that Changed America (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2023), 3 mins
First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.
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produced by DoGoodery and Makematic, in Untold: Authors that Changed America (Belfast, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2023), 3 mins
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First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
DoGoodery, Makematic
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Makematic
Series
Untold: Authors that Changed America
Person Discussed
Octavia Butler
Topic / Theme
African-Americans, Fiction, Gender discrimination, Race discrimination
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Makematic
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