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1. Not a bedroom war new visions of feminism (1993)
Filmed at a meeting of women leaders from around the world who gathered in Dublin in 1992 to discuss new visions of leadership.
Filmed at a meeting of women leaders from around the world who gathered in Dublin in 1992 to discuss new visions of leadership.
2. Mary Catherine Bateson (1988)
Bill Moyers interviews anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson. "In this program she talks about how the idea of 'home' as a place to give and receive nurture might become a new metaphor for the workplace. Bateson als...
Bill Moyers interviews anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson. "In this program she talks about how the idea of 'home' as a place to give and receive nurture might become a new metaphor for the workplace. Bateson als...
3. Behind the veil Afghan women under fundamentalism (2003)
Shot undercover during Taliban rule, this documentary investigates how women's groups fight against the beatings, rape, and enslavement that they suffer under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. It describes these wi...
Shot undercover during Taliban rule, this documentary investigates how women's groups fight against the beatings, rape, and enslavement that they suffer under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. It describes these wi...
4. The great step forward China women in the 20th century (2003)
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
5. Mujeres de America latina (1995)
This series looks at contemporary Latin America through interviews with its women. The women in these programs come from all walks of life: women who transport drugs across borders for their men, mothers searching f...
This series looks at contemporary Latin America through interviews with its women. The women in these programs come from all walks of life: women who transport drugs across borders for their men, mothers searching f...
6. Women of Latin America (1997)
This series looks at contemporary Latin America through interviews with its women. The women in these programs come from all walks of life: women who transport drugs across borders for their men, mothers searching f...
This series looks at contemporary Latin America through interviews with its women. The women in these programs come from all walks of life: women who transport drugs across borders for their men, mothers searching f...
7. The great step forward China women in the 20th century (2003)
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. Part one examines the turning points from the la...
8. Obachan no gade Obăchan's garden (2001)
In the wake of the 1923 earthquake that devastated Tokyo, 25-year-old Asayo Murakami left Japan, her husband and two children, to resettle in Canada. Using dramatizations, newsreel footage, family photos, and interv...
In the wake of the 1923 earthquake that devastated Tokyo, 25-year-old Asayo Murakami left Japan, her husband and two children, to resettle in Canada. Using dramatizations, newsreel footage, family photos, and interv...
9. Geisha (2000)
Filmed in collaboration with Arthur Golden, this program captures the geisha mystique while documenting the experiences of two maiko, geisha-in-training. Additional interviews with clients, patrons and others offer ...
Filmed in collaboration with Arthur Golden, this program captures the geisha mystique while documenting the experiences of two maiko, geisha-in-training. Additional interviews with clients, patrons and others offer ...
10. Hispanics the changing role of women (1995)
In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the tradition...
In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the tradition...
11. African art and women artists (1990)
Focuses on Kenyan artist, Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui, whose art comments on life, particularly the contradictory attitudes of African society towards women.
Focuses on Kenyan artist, Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui, whose art comments on life, particularly the contradictory attitudes of African society towards women.
12. Women artists the other side of the picture (1997)
Artists such as Doris McCarthy, Judy Chicago, Joyce Wieland, and Jane Ash Poitras, along with curators, art historians, and the Guerrilla Girls discuss the dearth of women's artwork displayed in major galleries. Exa...
Artists such as Doris McCarthy, Judy Chicago, Joyce Wieland, and Jane Ash Poitras, along with curators, art historians, and the Guerrilla Girls discuss the dearth of women's artwork displayed in major galleries. Exa...
13. Choice for a Chinese woman enlightenment in a Buddhist convent (1993)
Portrait of a Chinese teenager from a poor rural family who ran away to a Buddhist convent. The film examines life in the convent and the religious conventions and convictions of everyday people trained since the Ma...
Portrait of a Chinese teenager from a poor rural family who ran away to a Buddhist convent. The film examines life in the convent and the religious conventions and convictions of everyday people trained since the Ma...
14. Gertrude Stein and a companion (1986)
A dramatic look at the lives, activites, and associates of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas as told through Toklas' reminiscing, and the spirit of Stein herself, on the day of Stein's death, July 27, 1946.
A dramatic look at the lives, activites, and associates of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas as told through Toklas' reminiscing, and the spirit of Stein herself, on the day of Stein's death, July 27, 1946.
15. Black women writers (1989)
A discussion dealing with the criticism by black men that black women writers have achieved their success by focusing criticism on black males. The assembled panel argue that this criticism reflects the men's poor s...
A discussion dealing with the criticism by black men that black women writers have achieved their success by focusing criticism on black males. The assembled panel argue that this criticism reflects the men's poor s...
16. Women in politics (1992)
Looks at the rising number of women on the political scene and their impressions of politics. Female politicians talk about the challenges women candidates face, describe their experiences in male bastions of power,...
Looks at the rising number of women on the political scene and their impressions of politics. Female politicians talk about the challenges women candidates face, describe their experiences in male bastions of power,...
17. Abortion battle (1988)
Examines the dilemma of women wanting abortions vs. the public outcry against abortion and the affect of confrontation on women, health care professionals, law enforcement and the judicial system.
Examines the dilemma of women wanting abortions vs. the public outcry against abortion and the affect of confrontation on women, health care professionals, law enforcement and the judicial system.
18. Portrait of an Onnagata (1990)
Examines the role of the Onnagata in Kabuki theater, the male actor who plays a female role, who exemplifies ideal and ultimate womanhood. Because Kabuki theater is played entirely by men, the role of the Onnagata i...
Examines the role of the Onnagata in Kabuki theater, the male actor who plays a female role, who exemplifies ideal and ultimate womanhood. Because Kabuki theater is played entirely by men, the role of the Onnagata i...
19. Fair play (1999)
Exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain. Professionals in education scrutinize issues including equal comput...
Exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain. Professionals in education scrutinize issues including equal comput...
20. A room of one's own (1995)
Eileen Atkins recreates her one-woman stage performance based on Virginia Woolf's 1929 talk to the women of Girton College, Cambridge. Woolf's talk was a call to women to declare their independence, talent and freed...
Eileen Atkins recreates her one-woman stage performance based on Virginia Woolf's 1929 talk to the women of Girton College, Cambridge. Woolf's talk was a call to women to declare their independence, talent and freed...
21. Red Ruth deadly longing (1992)
Life story of Ruth Berlau, Danish novelist, actress, photographer, and stage director. Her life was marked by her work with, and her love for, Bertolt Brecht.
Life story of Ruth Berlau, Danish novelist, actress, photographer, and stage director. Her life was marked by her work with, and her love for, Bertolt Brecht.
22. Margaret Sanger (1997)
By using archival footage, diary excepts, and commentary from historians, critics, and relatives, this documentary traces Sanger's life and her work in promoting the legalization of contraception. Examines Sanger's ...
By using archival footage, diary excepts, and commentary from historians, critics, and relatives, this documentary traces Sanger's life and her work in promoting the legalization of contraception. Examines Sanger's ...
23. The Theatre of social problems Henrik Ibsen--Hedda Gabler (1988)
Presents an abridged version of Ibsen's play, Hedda Gabler, the story of a woman's tormented search for self-fulfillment in a world dominated by men.
Presents an abridged version of Ibsen's play, Hedda Gabler, the story of a woman's tormented search for self-fulfillment in a world dominated by men.