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The Cutting Tradition: Female Circumcision in Africa Today
directed by John Howarth and Nancy Durrell McKenna; produced by Nancy Durrell McKenna (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2010), 47 mins
THE CUTTING TRADITION
Female Circumcision in Africa Today
A film by Nancy Durell McKenna and John Howarth
Narrated by Meryl Streep
The Cutting Tradition focuses on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM), a custom, which appears barbaric to the westernised eye but is still practiced in many African and so...
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directed by John Howarth and Nancy Durrell McKenna; produced by Nancy Durrell McKenna (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2010), 47 mins
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THE CUTTING TRADITION
Female Circumcision in Africa Today
A film by Nancy Durell McKenna and John Howarth
Narrated by Meryl Streep
The Cutting Tradition focuses on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM), a custom, which appears barbaric to the westernised eye but is still practiced in many African and some Middle-Eastern countries. Despite being illegal in many of the places where it is practiced, FGM continues to be administered to ver...
THE CUTTING TRADITION
Female Circumcision in Africa Today
A film by Nancy Durell McKenna and John Howarth
Narrated by Meryl Streep
The Cutting Tradition focuses on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM), a custom, which appears barbaric to the westernised eye but is still practiced in many African and some Middle-Eastern countries. Despite being illegal in many of the places where it is practiced, FGM continues to be administered to very young women, often even little girls. In the majority of cases it exposes them to medical and psychological problems from which they sometimes never recover. The reasons are rooted in religious, cultural and historical grounds; this film comprises a balanced and non-judgemental exploration into those factors.
Natives of Burkina Faso, Egypt, Djibouti and Ethiopia express their opinions both in support of and against FGM. Their authentic, undiluted statements highlight the difficulty of resolving an issue that is as deeply rooted in their cultures as it is shocking to us. Narrated by Meryl Streep, with footage of traditional wedding celebrations and a shocking scene which follows a young girl experiencing FGM, Streep's narration takes us through this journey in a delicate and non-judgemental way.
47 min.
Best Documentary, Victoria Independent Film Festival, 2010
Best Director, Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival, 2010
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nancy Durrell McKenna, Meryl Streep, 1949-
Author / Creator
John Howarth, Nancy Durrell McKenna
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Meryl Streep, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Body alteration, Religion, Women's health issues, Circumcisions, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Filmakers Library.
Subject
Body alteration, Religion, Women's health issues, Circumcisions
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Miriam's Daughters Celebrate
produced by Lilly Rivlin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 25 mins
Miriam's Daughters Celebrate shows Jewish feminists creating new rituals. In the two occasions celebrated in this video, the Passover Seder and a baby- girl naming ceremony -- the women speak about their lives and how traditional Jewish rituals relate to them as well as men. Instead of the traditional Passover whe...
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produced by Lilly Rivlin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 25 mins
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Miriam's Daughters Celebrate shows Jewish feminists creating new rituals. In the two occasions celebrated in this video, the Passover Seder and a baby- girl naming ceremony -- the women speak about their lives and how traditional Jewish rituals relate to them as well as men. Instead of the traditional Passover where women have cooked and men have presided over the Seder, this group of women -- mothers and daughters, sisters and friends -- reads f...
Miriam's Daughters Celebrate shows Jewish feminists creating new rituals. In the two occasions celebrated in this video, the Passover Seder and a baby- girl naming ceremony -- the women speak about their lives and how traditional Jewish rituals relate to them as well as men. Instead of the traditional Passover where women have cooked and men have presided over the Seder, this group of women -- mothers and daughters, sisters and friends -- reads from a feminist Haggadah. They also choose a theme relevant to their lives and each woman contributes her insights. This Seder has been ongoing for eighteen years and includes luminaries of the women's movement including Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem. These rituals demonstrate how traditions can be updated to make women full participants. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lilly Rivlin
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1986. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Women's issues
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Mommy, What's Wrong
directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1997), 14 mins
A young woman’s relationship to her mother and sense of personal history is revealed in an evocative memoir of home movie footage, recordings and the subconscious thread of a recurring dream. Thoughts of immigration, motherhood, daughterhood and spirituality culminate in a cathartic relay of strength between mot...
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directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by National Asian American Telecommunications Association (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1997), 14 mins
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A young woman’s relationship to her mother and sense of personal history is revealed in an evocative memoir of home movie footage, recordings and the subconscious thread of a recurring dream. Thoughts of immigration, motherhood, daughterhood and spirituality culminate in a cathartic relay of strength between mother and daughter.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Biography, Documentary
Contributor
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
Author / Creator
Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Interviews and interviewing, Parent-child relations, Religion, Immigration and emigration, Daughters, Motherhood
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 by Center for Asian American Media
Subject
Interviews and interviewing, Parent-child relations, Religion, Immigration and emigration, Daughters, Motherhood
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Of Fatwas & Beauty Queens
produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 43 mins
A beauty pageant in Nigeria was the flashpoint for a cultural, political, and religious war in this impoverished country with its crumbling infrastructure. Set against the conflict between the Muslim north and the Christian south, the Miss World contest came to an ironic and devastating end as beautiful young ladi...
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produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 43 mins
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A beauty pageant in Nigeria was the flashpoint for a cultural, political, and religious war in this impoverished country with its crumbling infrastructure. Set against the conflict between the Muslim north and the Christian south, the Miss World contest came to an ironic and devastating end as beautiful young ladies from many nations around the world, scantily clad by Muslim standards, were to compete during the holy month of Ramadan. A 21-year-o...
A beauty pageant in Nigeria was the flashpoint for a cultural, political, and religious war in this impoverished country with its crumbling infrastructure. Set against the conflict between the Muslim north and the Christian south, the Miss World contest came to an ironic and devastating end as beautiful young ladies from many nations around the world, scantily clad by Muslim standards, were to compete during the holy month of Ramadan. A 21-year-old Nigerian woman journalist, Isioma Daniel, was covering the event for a local paper. In her news article, 'The World at Their Feet' she casually wrote 'What would Mohammed think? He would probably have chosen a wife from the contestants.' Those words inflamed the mullahs and incited riots that turned Muslims against Christians in bloody rampages. Hundreds of people were killed and dozens of villages destroyed. The office of her paper in northern Nigeria was burned to the ground. Before the dust settled, the pageant had been cancelled, the beauty queens had fled, and Isioma escaped into exile with a 'fatwa' issued against her life. Salman Rushdie, Ken Wiwa (son of the martyred activist Ken Saro-Wiwa) and Judy Bachrach of Vanity Fair offer their perspective on the human rights issues. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion
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Women and Islam: Islam Unveiled
directed by Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002; produced by Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002, Channel Four Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 51 mins
What does the veil mean to Muslim women? Is it a symbol of repression or faith? Journalist Samira Ahmed travels from her home in Britain to the Middle East, Asia, Malaysia and Africa interviewing a wide variety of men and women -- spiritual leaders, educators, and activists to understand the roots of the Islamic v...
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directed by Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002; produced by Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002, Channel Four Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 51 mins
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What does the veil mean to Muslim women? Is it a symbol of repression or faith? Journalist Samira Ahmed travels from her home in Britain to the Middle East, Asia, Malaysia and Africa interviewing a wide variety of men and women -- spiritual leaders, educators, and activists to understand the roots of the Islamic view of women. Are the harsh laws regarding women fundamental to the Koran or have they been grafted on to the religion long after the p...
What does the veil mean to Muslim women? Is it a symbol of repression or faith? Journalist Samira Ahmed travels from her home in Britain to the Middle East, Asia, Malaysia and Africa interviewing a wide variety of men and women -- spiritual leaders, educators, and activists to understand the roots of the Islamic view of women. Are the harsh laws regarding women fundamental to the Koran or have they been grafted on to the religion long after the prophet Mohammed's death?In Iran we find that the chador was a sign against the Shah who forcibly westernized Iran. Spiritual values are put in the context of politics. There are women burning hijabs and chanting "no Taliban in Iran." In Cairo we meet the editor of a weekly with an openly feminist agenda, supporting equality but not sexual liberation. And in Turkey, women must fight for the right to wear the veil. A medical student was banned from Istanbul University for wearing a head scarf. In Malaysia 50% of the population is Muslim. In the north, the people are very conservative, whereas in Kuala Lampur the Muslims are more liberal.This wide ranging exploration of women in the Muslim world grapples with the questions of whether there can be democracy in an Islamic state, and how can Muslim women maintain their spiritual connection to the religion without giving up their independence. The film explores issues of circumcision, arranged marriage and polygamy. It shows that some Muslim women are prepared to challenge the mullahs in order to reconcile Islam with modernity. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002, Channel Four Television
Author / Creator
Ruhi Hamid, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Women's issues
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Licence to Kill
produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 48 mins
On April 6, 1999, a Pakistani woman who wanted a divorce was murdered as she sat in her lawyer's office. Mrs. Samia Imran was one of thousands of women murdered every year in Pakistan in the name of honor. This BBC film investigates - and challenges - the horrific treatment meted out to women and the impunity enjo...
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produced by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 48 mins
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On April 6, 1999, a Pakistani woman who wanted a divorce was murdered as she sat in her lawyer's office. Mrs. Samia Imran was one of thousands of women murdered every year in Pakistan in the name of honor. This BBC film investigates - and challenges - the horrific treatment meted out to women and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators - all made possible through the fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. Pakistan's penal code was amended in 19...
On April 6, 1999, a Pakistani woman who wanted a divorce was murdered as she sat in her lawyer's office. Mrs. Samia Imran was one of thousands of women murdered every year in Pakistan in the name of honor. This BBC film investigates - and challenges - the horrific treatment meted out to women and the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators - all made possible through the fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. Pakistan's penal code was amended in 1990 to embrace Islamic principles and provides grotesque protections for such murderers. No one has been accused of Mrs. Imran's murder. In August 1999 a resolution in the Pakistan Senate to condemn her murder and to outlaw all 'honor killings' was defeated by the Sharif government. In effect, the State was endorsing murder and revealed itself as a true advocate of fundamentalist Islam. Licence to Kill questions her parents, her lawyer, the parents of her lover, the senator who presented the resolution and the investigating officer. The film examines how politics, feudalism and Islam conspire to rob women of their fundamental human right - not to be killed. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Fiona Lloyd-Davies, British Broadcasting Corporation
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Women's issues
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Living for Tomorrow
directed by Lilach Dekel; produced by Lilach Dekel (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 54 mins
This film is a moving tribute to the idealistic young women who settled the Israel Kibbutz in the early days of the movement. Made by the granddaughter of one of the pioneers, it brings to life the courage required to leave everything familiar behind and adapt to the rigors of desert life as well as the demands of...
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directed by Lilach Dekel; produced by Lilach Dekel (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 54 mins
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This film is a moving tribute to the idealistic young women who settled the Israel Kibbutz in the early days of the movement. Made by the granddaughter of one of the pioneers, it brings to life the courage required to leave everything familiar behind and adapt to the rigors of desert life as well as the demands of kibbutz ideology.The filmmaker interweaves archival footage with interviews and memoirs of the survivors of these difficult times. Her...
This film is a moving tribute to the idealistic young women who settled the Israel Kibbutz in the early days of the movement. Made by the granddaughter of one of the pioneers, it brings to life the courage required to leave everything familiar behind and adapt to the rigors of desert life as well as the demands of kibbutz ideology.The filmmaker interweaves archival footage with interviews and memoirs of the survivors of these difficult times. Her grandmother and other women in their 80s and 90s recall the rigid rules and inequities of kibbutz society. They attempt to peel away the layers of idealism and collective mythology as they bring those stories up-to-date with the wisdom and hindsight they have now.Many women experienced difficulty leaving their European homes and families for primitive living conditions and food shortages. They faced physical hardships both working - in the hot fields and at monotonous tasks of laundry and guard duty - and coping with diseases like malaria and typhoid. When they began marrying and having children, the limitations of the kibbutz system became truly heartbreaking. The women did not protest the lack of privacy or the kibbutz nursery system. The kibbutz nurse was in charge and the parents were permitted visits with their children for only a few hours in the morning and afternoon.But all this was made bearable by their belief in a unique ideology composed of Socialism and Zionism and by their passionate dreams of a prosperous, future Israel. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lilach Dekel
Author / Creator
Lilach Dekel
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Sociology, Women's issues, Area Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Sociology, Women's issues
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Not Without My Veil; Amongst the Women Of Oman
directed by Mia Grondahl (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995), 40 mins
The Western view of the Islamic woman is that she is oppressed and confined. This film on the women of Oman shows a different reality. It introduces us to educated, independent women who dress in the traditional way, yet are moving into new areas for women.Dagmar Taylor- Al Busaidy, who spent her formative years i...
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directed by Mia Grondahl (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1995), 40 mins
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The Western view of the Islamic woman is that she is oppressed and confined. This film on the women of Oman shows a different reality. It introduces us to educated, independent women who dress in the traditional way, yet are moving into new areas for women.Dagmar Taylor- Al Busaidy, who spent her formative years in England, moved back to Oman in 1976 when the new Sultan was ushering in changes. She remembers that when she dressed in Western cloth...
The Western view of the Islamic woman is that she is oppressed and confined. This film on the women of Oman shows a different reality. It introduces us to educated, independent women who dress in the traditional way, yet are moving into new areas for women.Dagmar Taylor- Al Busaidy, who spent her formative years in England, moved back to Oman in 1976 when the new Sultan was ushering in changes. She remembers that when she dressed in Western clothes she was an object of curiosity and had difficulty pursuing her goals. Once she donned the veil, she was free to pursue her vocational interests. Favziya Al-Kindy's father made certain that his daughter was given as good an education as his sons. As a result, she was able to attain a high professional status as an economist in the banking industry. She asserts that women of talent are now given ample opportunity in Oman.Other women have made careers as heads of banks, pilots and doctors. They wear the veil as a symbol of their origins; it does not compromise their strength. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Mia Grondahl
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Women's issues
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Out of Order
written by Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson, 1936-; directed by Bruce Jackson, 1936- and Diane Christian; produced by Bruce Jackson, 1936- and Diane Christian (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 1 hour 29 mins
OUT OF ORDER
In Out of Order six former Catholic nuns tell why they entered and why they left religious life. The women (filmmaker Diane Christian is one of them) describe their years in the convent and their return to the secular world.
The former nuns talk about single life and marriage (three are married, one...
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written by Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson, 1936-; directed by Bruce Jackson, 1936- and Diane Christian; produced by Bruce Jackson, 1936- and Diane Christian (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 1 hour 29 mins
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OUT OF ORDER
In Out of Order six former Catholic nuns tell why they entered and why they left religious life. The women (filmmaker Diane Christian is one of them) describe their years in the convent and their return to the secular world.
The former nuns talk about single life and marriage (three are married, one to a former priest), about the changed place of religion in their lives, about sex roles, about institutional supports and burdens, ab...
OUT OF ORDER
In Out of Order six former Catholic nuns tell why they entered and why they left religious life. The women (filmmaker Diane Christian is one of them) describe their years in the convent and their return to the secular world.
The former nuns talk about single life and marriage (three are married, one to a former priest), about the changed place of religion in their lives, about sex roles, about institutional supports and burdens, about work. Three of the women teach—one at a state university, one in an inner city grammar school, one at a suburban high school. One woman is an artist, one an insurance agent, one a private investor. The film shows them at work and at home in New York, Massachusetts, Texas and Maryland.
Out of Order offers unique insight into female socialization and identity in modern America by probing ideals and realities of womanhood, sex, work and service from an unknown and unusual perspective.
Primary funding for Out of Order was provided by a production grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The digital restoration was funded by University at Buffalo\'s Samuel P. Capen Chair in American Culture. In Out of Order six former Catholic nuns tell why they entered and why they left religious life. The women (filmmaker Diane Christian is one of them) describe their years in the convent and their return to the secular world. The former nuns talk about single life and marriage (three are married, one to a former priest), about the changed place of religion in their lives, about sex roles, about institutional supports and burdens, about work. Three of the women teach - one at a state university, one in an inner city grammar school, one at a suburban high school. One woman is an artist, one an insurance agent, one a private investor. The film shows them at work and at home in New York, Massachusetts, Texas and Maryland. Out of Order offers unique insight into female socialization and identity in modern America by probing ideals and realities of womanhood, sex, work and service from an unknown and unusual perspective.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Diane Christian, Bruce Jackson, 1936-, Angela Fina, fl. 1983, Marie Sidoti, fl. 1983, Beatrice Reynolds, fl. 1983, Katherine Pilot Salvatore, fl. 1983, Deanne Czebatol Delehanty, fl. 1983
Author / Creator
Diane Christian, Bruce Jackson, 1936-
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
American, Religion, Religious communities, Sexuality, Nuns, Catholicism, Employment, Religious life, Sociology, Gender, Ethnography, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1983 by Documentary Educational Resources
Subject
Religion, Religious communities, Sexuality, Nuns, Catholicism, Employment, Religious life, Sociology, Gender
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The Other Side of the Fence
directed by Lynn Estomin; produced by Lynn Estomin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 30 mins
The current debates in Congress, the press, and the public over the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices remind us, once again, of the critical role the issue of abortion plays in American politics. The Other side of the Fence: Conversations with a Female Fundamentalist offers viewers a unique insider's p...
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directed by Lynn Estomin; produced by Lynn Estomin (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 30 mins
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The current debates in Congress, the press, and the public over the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices remind us, once again, of the critical role the issue of abortion plays in American politics. The Other side of the Fence: Conversations with a Female Fundamentalist offers viewers a unique insider's perspective on the relationship between conservative Evangelical Christianity and anti-abortion activism. Extensive interviews with a le...
The current debates in Congress, the press, and the public over the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices remind us, once again, of the critical role the issue of abortion plays in American politics. The Other side of the Fence: Conversations with a Female Fundamentalist offers viewers a unique insider's perspective on the relationship between conservative Evangelical Christianity and anti-abortion activism. Extensive interviews with a leader of the movement to end legal abortion highlight her experiences as a woman in the anti-abortion movement and the Christian right. Lynn Estomin went to work for Planned Parenthood in Cincinnati, OH, at the same time Nancy O'Brien and her husband moved to Cincinnati and formed a militant anti-abortion organization. In the next few years, Planned Parenthood's clinic was firebombed twice, Nancy O'Brien convinced Jerry Falwell to pledge a million dollars to the local anti-abortion movement and Cincinnati became known as the national testing ground for anti-choice tactics. Years later Lynn tracked down Nancy. The result is a fascinating insider's account of the religious right and the conservative agenda for women. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lynn Estomin
Author / Creator
Lynn Estomin
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Religion, Women's issues, Women's & Gender Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
Subject
Religion, Women's issues
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