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Afghanistan Through Women's Eyes
directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by ScaredSacred Films (San Francisco, CA: The Video Project, 2001), 23 mins
Afghanistan through Women's Eyes offers an intimate portrait of Afghanistan's silenced women as we see the conflict and history of Afghanistan through their eyes. The film visits the secret schools, orphanages and clinics of RAWA, the Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association, a feminist group that has been working...
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directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by ScaredSacred Films (San Francisco, CA: The Video Project, 2001), 23 mins
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Afghanistan through Women's Eyes offers an intimate portrait of Afghanistan's silenced women as we see the conflict and history of Afghanistan through their eyes. The film visits the secret schools, orphanages and clinics of RAWA, the Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association, a feminist group that has been working both inside and outside of Afghanistan for many years, struggling for women's rights. Their revolution is through ideas, education and...
Afghanistan through Women's Eyes offers an intimate portrait of Afghanistan's silenced women as we see the conflict and history of Afghanistan through their eyes. The film visits the secret schools, orphanages and clinics of RAWA, the Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association, a feminist group that has been working both inside and outside of Afghanistan for many years, struggling for women's rights. Their revolution is through ideas, education and health, and they will not let their voices go unheard.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
ScaredSacred Films
Author / Creator
Velcrow Ripper, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
The Video Project
Topic / Theme
Orphanages, Fundamentalism, War, Economic conditions, Women's shelters, Women's movement, Women's rights, Taliban Rule, Afghanistan, 1994-2001, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-, United Nations Intervention in Afghanistan, October 7, 2001-, Afghans
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Copyright © 2012 Speciality Studios, The Video Project
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Architects of Change, Season 2, Episode 9, Women's Hope
directed by Jean Bourbonnais, in Architects of Change, Season 2, Episode 9 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2009), 52 mins
Even today, the situation of women in many countries around the world is one of oppression. Prostitution, submission, torture, violence, exploitation and poverty often part of the daily lives of women deprived of their human rights and who are cruelly lacking the means of escaping it. More than one in five women a...
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directed by Jean Bourbonnais, in Architects of Change, Season 2, Episode 9 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2009), 52 mins
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Even today, the situation of women in many countries around the world is one of oppression. Prostitution, submission, torture, violence, exploitation and poverty often part of the daily lives of women deprived of their human rights and who are cruelly lacking the means of escaping it. More than one in five women around the world will fall victim to a serious physical or sexual crime in their lifetime. In many countries word-wide, these women who...
Even today, the situation of women in many countries around the world is one of oppression. Prostitution, submission, torture, violence, exploitation and poverty often part of the daily lives of women deprived of their human rights and who are cruelly lacking the means of escaping it. More than one in five women around the world will fall victim to a serious physical or sexual crime in their lifetime. In many countries word-wide, these women who have nowhere to turn to, or any rights, often manage to rebuild their lives through independence or by gaining access to education.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sven Erikson, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Jean Bourbonnais
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
CinéFête
Series
Architects of Change
Speaker / Narrator
Sven Erikson, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Women's issues, Women's rights, Cultural norms, Murder, Prostitutes, Prostitution
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Ciné Fête
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Breaking Big, Episode 10, Gretchen Carlson
presented by Carlos Watson, 1969-; produced by Kenita Nichols, fl. 2014, Calico and OZY Media Productions, in Breaking Big, Episode 10 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 26 mins
Former Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson shocked the world when she sued the most powerful man in cable news, Roger Ailes, and her employers, for sexual harassment and settled for an unprecedented sum of money. But how did this former Miss America winner and Stanford graduate find the strength to take such a stand...
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presented by Carlos Watson, 1969-; produced by Kenita Nichols, fl. 2014, Calico and OZY Media Productions, in Breaking Big, Episode 10 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 26 mins
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Former Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson shocked the world when she sued the most powerful man in cable news, Roger Ailes, and her employers, for sexual harassment and settled for an unprecedented sum of money. But how did this former Miss America winner and Stanford graduate find the strength to take such a stand and become an improbable voice of justice for working women everywhere? Adult College
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
Gretchen Carlson, 1966-
Topic / Theme
Women's rights, Journalists
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 OZY Media
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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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A Country for My Daughter
directed by Lucilla Blankenberg, fl. 2011 (Johannesburg, Gauteng: Shadow Films, 2011), 54 mins
Reducing sexual violence in South Africa sometimes seems an uphill battle against massive odds. But inspiring court battles that empower women and gender activists show how personal experience of horrific trauma have finally begun to change the way the law is applied. The film is filled with brave and moving appea...
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directed by Lucilla Blankenberg, fl. 2011 (Johannesburg, Gauteng: Shadow Films, 2011), 54 mins
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Reducing sexual violence in South Africa sometimes seems an uphill battle against massive odds. But inspiring court battles that empower women and gender activists show how personal experience of horrific trauma have finally begun to change the way the law is applied. The film is filled with brave and moving appearances by victims, and demonstrations of public outrage.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Lucilla Blankenberg, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Shadow Films
Topic / Theme
Domestic violence, Threats of violence, Sexual assault, Assault and battery, Women's issues, Women's rights
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Shadow Films
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Daily Watch, Abortion At Sea
produced by The Economist, in Daily Watch (London, England: The Economist, 2017), 4 mins
Making abortions illegal does not stop them from happening, but it does stop them happening safely. Meet the charity taking women out to international waters where they can have safe abortions without fear of prosecution.
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produced by The Economist, in Daily Watch (London, England: The Economist, 2017), 4 mins
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Making abortions illegal does not stop them from happening, but it does stop them happening safely. Meet the charity taking women out to international waters where they can have safe abortions without fear of prosecution.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
The Economist
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
The Economist
Series
Daily Watch
Speaker / Narrator
Rebecca Gomperts, fl. 2003
Person Discussed
Rebecca Gomperts, fl. 2003
Topic / Theme
Women's rights, Abortions
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 The Economist
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Dance of Outlaws
directed by Mohamed El Aboudi, fl. 2006; produced by Venla Hellstedt, fl. 1995 (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2012), 59 mins
A film about a woman who doesn’t exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity – she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love. This is a story...
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directed by Mohamed El Aboudi, fl. 2006; produced by Venla Hellstedt, fl. 1995 (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2012), 59 mins
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A film about a woman who doesn’t exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity – she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love. This is a story of modern day outlaws, children of prostitutes, abandoned child brides and those who have had to escape to the fringes of patriarchal...
A film about a woman who doesn’t exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity – she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love. This is a story of modern day outlaws, children of prostitutes, abandoned child brides and those who have had to escape to the fringes of patriarchal Moroccan society. Through the eyes of one young woman we see a life of constant struggle, but also a life free of the society's norms and boundaries. The woman in the center of the film, Hind is both vulnerable and courageous as she tries to regain her life, her children and her mere right to live as an equal human being in the 21st century.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Venla Hellstedt, fl. 1995
Author / Creator
Mohamed El Aboudi, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
Identification documents, Women, Cultural norms, Identity (Psychology), Patriarchies, Women's issues, Women's rights, Women's Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Filmakers Library
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A Destruction
directed by Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019; produced by Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019 (A Destruction Film, 2019), 1 hour 10 mins
Humera, an 11-year old girl from a village outside of Karachi, Pakistan, attempts to break the cycle of poverty by staying in school.
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directed by Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019; produced by Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019 (A Destruction Film, 2019), 1 hour 10 mins
Description
Humera, an 11-year old girl from a village outside of Karachi, Pakistan, attempts to break the cycle of poverty by staying in school.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Omar Nabulsi, fl. 2010, Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019, Nathan Karagianis, fl. 2019, Michael Blaney, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
Urooj Yazdani, fl. 2019
Date Published / Released
2019-07-23
Publisher
A Destruction Film
Topic / Theme
Education, Women's rights, Women's issues, Pakistanis
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 by A Destruction Film LLC
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Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts
directed by Anne-Laure Folly, 1954-; produced by Amanou Production (California Newsreel, 1994), 51 mins
"A respectable women should learn from her husband,She shouldn't read,She shouldn't have her eyes open." A poem by a Burkinabe woman
A film about African women is a rarity, even more, one made by an African woman. In Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts, award-winning Togolese filmmaker, Anne-Laure Folly presents portraits of...Sample
directed by Anne-Laure Folly, 1954-; produced by Amanou Production (California Newsreel, 1994), 51 mins
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"A respectable women should learn from her husband,She shouldn't read,She shouldn't have her eyes open." A poem by a Burkinabe woman
A film about African women is a rarity, even more, one made by an African woman. In Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts, award-winning Togolese filmmaker, Anne-Laure Folly presents portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin. The film shows how African women are..."A respectable women should learn from her husband,She shouldn't read,She shouldn't have her eyes open." A poem by a Burkinabe woman
A film about African women is a rarity, even more, one made by an African woman. In Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts, award-winning Togolese filmmaker, Anne-Laure Folly presents portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin. The film shows how African women are speaking out and organizing around five key issues: marital rights, reproductive health, female genital mutilation, women's role in the economy and political rights.Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts introduces us to many unforgettable African women. we meet a woman who has taken refuge in a convent from a forced marriage. We join a community health worker demonstrating condom use in a marketplace. An activist describes why it is more effective to attack female "circumcision" as a health issue rather than as a women's rights issue. Women entrepreneurs, who control trade in major cities explain how they have formed their own mutual aid societies. A Malian woman, who lost her daughter in the 1991 pro-democracy demonstrations, describes how women continue to play a key role in the Malian revolution.Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts shows how women are organizing at the grassroots level to insure their participation in the continent's current move towards democracy. It has screened to enthusiastic women's audiences across West Africa, reinforcing their demands for a place at the center of the development process. Show more Show less
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amanou Production, Anne-Laure Folly, 1954-
Author / Creator
Anne-Laure Folly, 1954-
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
California Newsreel
Speaker / Narrator
Anne-Laure Folly, 1954-
Topic / Theme
Equality, Women's issues, Women's rights, Women, Africans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994 California Newsreel
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Frontline, Rape on the Night Shift
directed by Lowell Bergman, 1945-; produced by Andrés Cediel, fl. 2004-2015 and Daffodil Altan, fl. 2006-2015, in Frontline (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2015), 56 mins
An investigation into the sexual abuse of undocumented women in the service industry. The film examines allegations of abuse across the janitorial industry, and how the government, law enforcement and companies fall short in dealing with the problem.
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directed by Lowell Bergman, 1945-; produced by Andrés Cediel, fl. 2004-2015 and Daffodil Altan, fl. 2006-2015, in Frontline (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2015), 56 mins
Description
An investigation into the sexual abuse of undocumented women in the service industry. The film examines allegations of abuse across the janitorial industry, and how the government, law enforcement and companies fall short in dealing with the problem.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrés Cediel, fl. 2004-2015, Daffodil Altan, fl. 2006-2015, Will Lyman, 1948-
Author / Creator
Lowell Bergman, 1945-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Frontline
Speaker / Narrator
Will Lyman, 1948-
Topic / Theme
Women's rights, Sexual assault, Criminal investigations, Immigrant life
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