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2 Girls
directed by Marco Speroni, 1955-; produced by Marco Speroni, 1955- and Federico Schiavi, 1972-, Nacne (Florence, Tuscany: Berta Films, 2016), 52 mins
Lota comes from the poor rural area of Bangladesh and dreams to improve her status and gain economic independency. She moves to megacity of Dhaka, finds shelter in a slum and starts to work in a garment factory. She works 12 hours a day, earning 50 cents of a dollar per hour. Tigist, Ethiopian girl, was ment to h...
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directed by Marco Speroni, 1955-; produced by Marco Speroni, 1955- and Federico Schiavi, 1972-, Nacne (Florence, Tuscany: Berta Films, 2016), 52 mins
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Lota comes from the poor rural area of Bangladesh and dreams to improve her status and gain economic independency. She moves to megacity of Dhaka, finds shelter in a slum and starts to work in a garment factory. She works 12 hours a day, earning 50 cents of a dollar per hour. Tigist, Ethiopian girl, was ment to have more priviledged life. She was born in a family of two teachers, but after both her parents died in a car crash, she became a victi...
Lota comes from the poor rural area of Bangladesh and dreams to improve her status and gain economic independency. She moves to megacity of Dhaka, finds shelter in a slum and starts to work in a garment factory. She works 12 hours a day, earning 50 cents of a dollar per hour. Tigist, Ethiopian girl, was ment to have more priviledged life. She was born in a family of two teachers, but after both her parents died in a car crash, she became a victim of abuse by her relatives. Escaping from a situation of enslavement, Tigist ends up on the streets of Addis Ababa. Without a place to sleep or anyone to call for, she is quickly surrounded by predators and has to fight for her surivival. 2 Girls is a character-driven and observational documentary about two young women, who are linked to each other through a universal journey of poverty and abuse for the sake of dreaming a better life. It’s a heartbreakingly harsh journey, where Lota and Tigist meet their hopes and destinies. Yet, despite their tough lives, they reveal an inner strength and great dignity. They come from poverty, they fall into even worse conditions, but they never stop striving to improve their state. Overwhelmed by global injustice and gender-oriented abuse, Lota and Tigist manage to keep their souls uncorrupted by the wrongdoings they face. The story of 2 Girls is a story lived every day by millions of girls all around the world but rarely has it been told with the same power of testimony than in this documentary.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Marco Speroni, 1955-, Federico Schiavi, 1972-, Nacne
Author / Creator
Marco Speroni, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Berta Films
Topic / Theme
Migration, Child abuse, Poverty
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Berta Film
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The 10 Conditions of Love
directed by Jeff Daniels, 1955- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 54 mins
Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominate...
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directed by Jeff Daniels, 1955- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 54 mins
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Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominated politically, culturally and economically, much as they have done in Tibet. Ms Kadeer was fiercely nationalistic since her youth. Marr...
Meet Ms Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. Since then the Chinese have dominated politically, culturally and economically, much as they have done in Tibet. Ms Kadeer was fiercely nationalistic since her youth. Married off at an early age and bearing six children in close succession, she was divorced by her husband for her activism. Penniless, she rose through her wits and industry to become one of the wealthiest people in China, after Deng ushered in an era of capitalism. Remaining politically active, she paid the price. Several of her sons languish in Chinese prisons while she and her second husband, in exile, keep alive the protest movement from abroad. Using archival footage, the film traces the violent conflict between Chinese and Uyghurs. She is the tireless head of the Uyghur American Association, based in Washington DC, where she lobbies Congress to press for human rights in China. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Jeff Daniels, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Rebiya Kadeer, 1948-
Topic / Theme
Politics, Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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37 Stories About Leaving Home
directed by Shelly Silver, 1957-; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 52 mins
This fascinating experimental documentary examines the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters in Japan. Interwoven throughout the interviews with these women is a folk tale about a mother who rescues her daughter from an evil ogre who had kidnapped her. Insightful and entertaining, this innovati...
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directed by Shelly Silver, 1957-; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 52 mins
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This fascinating experimental documentary examines the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters in Japan. Interwoven throughout the interviews with these women is a folk tale about a mother who rescues her daughter from an evil ogre who had kidnapped her. Insightful and entertaining, this innovative piece not only communicates how the roles of Japanese women have changed over the century, but also provides an idea of the transiti...
This fascinating experimental documentary examines the relationships between grandmothers, mothers and daughters in Japan. Interwoven throughout the interviews with these women is a folk tale about a mother who rescues her daughter from an evil ogre who had kidnapped her. Insightful and entertaining, this innovative piece not only communicates how the roles of Japanese women have changed over the century, but also provides an idea of the transitions contemporary Japanese society is undergoing.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Interview, Documentary
Contributor
National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Tracy Leipold, fl. 1996, Yasuko Shimizu, fl. 1996
Author / Creator
Shelly Silver, 1957-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Speaker / Narrator
Tracy Leipold, fl. 1996, Yasuko Shimizu, fl. 1996
Topic / Theme
Social problems, History, Parent-child relations, Women, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 by Center for Asian American Media
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99% Woman
produced by Worldview Pictures Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 51 mins
In October, 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson - former high school athlete and United States Air Force airman - had a sex-change operation. During his air force career, he began to dress as a woman - first at home, and then in public. For the last five years before his operation, Benjy dressed as a woman full...
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produced by Worldview Pictures Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 51 mins
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In October, 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson - former high school athlete and United States Air Force airman - had a sex-change operation. During his air force career, he began to dress as a woman - first at home, and then in public. For the last five years before his operation, Benjy dressed as a woman full-time. However, Benjy was a family man. His wife Debbie, appears to have been totally supportive of his decision to have a sex change o...
In October, 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson - former high school athlete and United States Air Force airman - had a sex-change operation. During his air force career, he began to dress as a woman - first at home, and then in public. For the last five years before his operation, Benjy dressed as a woman full-time. However, Benjy was a family man. His wife Debbie, appears to have been totally supportive of his decision to have a sex change operation and become Bridget. Their three sons, however, a fourteen year old and twelve-year old identical twins, did not take easily to having their father become a tall blonde with stiletto heels and an almost comic sense of the female. Confused and angry, they start getting into trouble. The film finds no easy answers as it sets the freedom of individual choice against family well being. College Adult
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Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Worldview Pictures Production
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Transsexuality, Gender roles, Parent-child relations, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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100 people who will re-define the creative industries
interview by Naomi Kerbel, fl. 1998 (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2020), 2 mins
Mar.06 -- On International Women's Day, professional network The Dots has compiled a list of one hundred people who will re-define the creative industries in the coming years. Founder & CEO, Pip Jamieson spoke to Bloomberg's Naomi Kerbel.
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interview by Naomi Kerbel, fl. 1998 (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2020), 2 mins
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Mar.06 -- On International Women's Day, professional network The Dots has compiled a list of one hundred people who will re-define the creative industries in the coming years. Founder & CEO, Pip Jamieson spoke to Bloomberg's Naomi Kerbel.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Interview
Author / Creator
Naomi Kerbel, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Person Discussed
Pip Jamieson, 1980-
Topic / Theme
Business, Women in workforce
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 Bloomberg
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Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History
directed by Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015; produced by Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015 (London, England: Documentary Film Institute, 2017), 52 mins
Trevor Getz and Liz Clark’s graphic novel about a young woman who fights for her freedom in the courts of Africa’s gold coast in the late 1800’s comes to life in an animated feature produced by the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University. The novel won the James Harvey Robinson prize in 2014.
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directed by Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015; produced by Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015 (London, England: Documentary Film Institute, 2017), 52 mins
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Trevor Getz and Liz Clark’s graphic novel about a young woman who fights for her freedom in the courts of Africa’s gold coast in the late 1800’s comes to life in an animated feature produced by the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University. The novel won the James Harvey Robinson prize in 2014.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Animation
Contributor
Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015, Gina Harris, fl. 2017
Author / Creator
Soumyaa Behrens, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Documentary Film Institute
Speaker / Narrator
Gina Harris, fl. 2017
Topic / Theme
Slavery, Africans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Documentary Film Institute
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The Abortion Hotline
directed by Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-; produced by Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-, Sébastien Rist, fl. 2008 and Jean-Simon Chartier, fl. 2008, MC2 Communication Média (New York, NY: The Cinema Guild, 2016), 57 mins
In Chile, where abortion remains illegal and punishable by imprisonment, we follow a group of young activists who put their lives at risk to run an underground abortion hotline.
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directed by Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-; produced by Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-, Sébastien Rist, fl. 2008 and Jean-Simon Chartier, fl. 2008, MC2 Communication Média (New York, NY: The Cinema Guild, 2016), 57 mins
Description
In Chile, where abortion remains illegal and punishable by imprisonment, we follow a group of young activists who put their lives at risk to run an underground abortion hotline. Adult College
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-, Sébastien Rist, fl. 2008, Jean-Simon Chartier, fl. 2008, MC2 Communication Média
Author / Creator
Fernando López Escrivá, 1978-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
The Cinema Guild
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 The Cinema Guild, Inc.
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An Abortion Industry
directed by Michael Elsborg, Nikolaj Vesselbo and Katja Vesselbo Dossing; produced by Soren Klovborg (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2006), 28 mins
Rumours of so-called abortion tourism in Europe have existed for years. The makers of this documentary have gone undercover and using a hidden camera, reveal how a great number of women from all over Europe pay thousands of euros to have illegal abortions every day. Abortions performed up until the 32nd week of pr...
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directed by Michael Elsborg, Nikolaj Vesselbo and Katja Vesselbo Dossing; produced by Soren Klovborg (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2006), 28 mins
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Rumours of so-called abortion tourism in Europe have existed for years. The makers of this documentary have gone undercover and using a hidden camera, reveal how a great number of women from all over Europe pay thousands of euros to have illegal abortions every day. Abortions performed up until the 32nd week of pregnancy - only weeks before a normal birth.
We follow a pregnant reporter as she travels to Spain and makes an appointment at a respec...
Rumours of so-called abortion tourism in Europe have existed for years. The makers of this documentary have gone undercover and using a hidden camera, reveal how a great number of women from all over Europe pay thousands of euros to have illegal abortions every day. Abortions performed up until the 32nd week of pregnancy - only weeks before a normal birth.
We follow a pregnant reporter as she travels to Spain and makes an appointment at a respected private abortion clinic in Barcelona. She is 31 weeks pregnant and both the mother and the unborn baby are completely healthy. Despite this, she is promptly offered an abortion for the price of 4.000 euro.
The documentary exposes an industry with dubious ethics and morals, where rules are bent, and money has the final say.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Soren Klovborg
Author / Creator
Michael Elsborg, Nikolaj Vesselbo, Katja Vesselbo Dossing
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
Australian aboriginal people, Women's & Gender Studies, Navajo
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 7, The Circle of Women
directed by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995; produced by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995, in Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 7 (University Park, IL: Governors State University, 1995), 1 hour
In this session, members of a “circle of women” based in Native American community share their personal stories. You will find that these quests speak primarily about themselves and their group, making few generalizations about Native American culture. You will also find that the impact of their ideas on the p...
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directed by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995; produced by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995, in Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 7 (University Park, IL: Governors State University, 1995), 1 hour
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In this session, members of a “circle of women” based in Native American community share their personal stories. You will find that these quests speak primarily about themselves and their group, making few generalizations about Native American culture. You will also find that the impact of their ideas on the practice of addictions counseling may be subtle and indirect.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
Mike Griffith, fl. 1995
Author / Creator
Mike Griffith, fl. 1995
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Governors State University
Series
Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective
Speaker / Narrator
Arthur Durant, Ph.D., fl. 1995, Judy Lewis, Ph.D., fl. 1995
Person Discussed
Arthur Durant, Ph.D., fl. 1995, Judy Lewis, Ph.D., fl. 1995
Topic / Theme
Intercommunity relations, Psychology, Health, Gender roles, Counselors
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 by Governors State University
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Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 9, Reinventing Manhood: Men's Issues in Addition As Treatment
directed by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995; produced by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995, Governors State University, in Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 9 (University Park, IL: Governors State University, 1995), 1 hour
Although traditional treatment programs may have been designed with male clients in mind, they did not usually address the powerful impact of gender-role socialization on men’s expectations of themselves. Frank Morales, the guest lecturer, addresses male gender roles in his groups for recovering men. In this ses...
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directed by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995; produced by Mike Griffith, fl. 1995, Governors State University, in Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective, Class 9 (University Park, IL: Governors State University, 1995), 1 hour
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Although traditional treatment programs may have been designed with male clients in mind, they did not usually address the powerful impact of gender-role socialization on men’s expectations of themselves. Frank Morales, the guest lecturer, addresses male gender roles in his groups for recovering men. In this session, he involves the class in exploring some of the “myths of manhood” that can impede recovery.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
Mike Griffith, fl. 1995, Governors State University
Author / Creator
Mike Griffith, fl. 1995
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Governors State University
Series
Addictions Counseling: A Multi-cultural Perspective
Speaker / Narrator
Frank Morales, fl. 1974, Arthur Durant, Ph.D., fl. 1995, Judy Lewis, Ph.D., fl. 1995
Person Discussed
Frank Morales, fl. 1974, Arthur Durant, Ph.D., fl. 1995, Judy Lewis, Ph.D., fl. 1995
Topic / Theme
Gender roles, Psychology, Counselors
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 by Governors State University
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