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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The ideas of chivalry and “romantic love” have been a distinctive feature of Western culture for centuries, but where did they begin? One point of origin is through the patronage of Marie of Champagne. See how her influence shaped literature through the artists she supported, including the originator of the Arthurian romance, Chretien de Troyes.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Begin your exploration of dynamic, influential women with Julia, the daughter of Caesar Augustus, whose experiences offer a window into the way many societies of the pre-modern world sought to control morality and enforce gender roles. Julia’s life may have been one of thwarted potential, but her story is integral to understanding what many other women had to overcome to make a mark on history.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Witness the end of Iron Age Britain and the birth of “Roman Briton” with the valiant but thwarted rebellion led by the Celtic warrior queen, Boudicca. Like many rebels before her, she was motivated by personal tragedy as much as she was driven by the bigger picture of freedom for her people. Her legacy would be revived in the rule of another British queen, Victoria.
44) Wonder Women
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We are pleased that the critically acclaimed, now classic film, WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES is now available in our collection. From the birth of the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman, to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about strong and healthy women.The film goes behind the scenes with actors Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)...
45) Salt In My Soul
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
SALT IN MY SOUL is both a documentary and a coming of age story about Mallory Smith, a young woman figuring out how to live while dying. Mallory’s determination to fill her shortened life with hope, laughter, and love will leave you breathless. Based on the bestselling memoir of the same name, additional private writing, and hundreds of hours of audio and video discovered after Mallory’s death.
46) Badmom
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Everybody has a mother. But motherhood still remains a state filled with silences. Between society’s mandate to be a ‘good mother’ -always patient, caring, happy and the reality of mothers around the world. Aiming to break this silence through candid interviews with mothers of all backgrounds and generations in Latin America, MALAMADRE narrates the untold story of motherhood, from the mother’s point of view.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This special explores how people in different age groups, from adolescence to senior citizenship, see themselves and their place in America. Through self-shot video, they share common experiences that bind age groups together and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.
Publisher
Kirschenbaum Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Emmy award-winning Filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum presents a raw, fearless but bitingly funny portrait of both her childhood, fraught with humiliation, and her adulthood scarred by its fallout. Woven together from decades of personal home movies, photos and videos, LOOK AT US NOW invites audiences to join her on her quest to love, understand, and forgive her aging mother before it’s too late. As these two formidable women travel down the bumpy road...
49) Cristina
Publisher
Teachers Documentary Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Determined to pass on a message of hope and a 'live in the now' mentality, Cristina's second cancer takes a toll on her diminishing body, however her love for Bruce only grows. Bruce stands by her side while juggling work and financial strains. The film follows Cristina's journey into her deep AMOUR, one that supports and lifts her up. If she had to choose between finding this deep and pure love and having cancer, or being cancer free but never experiencing...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this mesmerizing, poetic journey through contemporary Uganda, award-winning filmmaker Kimi Takesue travels through the vibrant streets of Kampala to the rural quiet of Hope North, a refuge and school for survivors of civil war. Filmed in a vivid observational style, the documentary offers fascinating glimpses of everyday life in Uganda, including a high-society wedding, a movie shoot, a women’s weightlifting competition, and a vee-jay translating...
51) She
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A young doctor who specializes in family planning speaks with five East German women working at the Treffmodelle textile plant in Berlin. Of all different ages, positions and social backgrounds, they discuss birth control, children’s education and women's emancipation. Their open discussion about contraception caused a sensation when the film was released.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Italiano
Description
Benedetta Barzini wants to disappear. An iconic fashion model in the 1960s, she became a muse to Warhol, Dali, Penn and Avedon. As a radical feminist in the 1970s, she fought for the rights and emancipation of women. But at the age of 75, she is fed up with all the roles that life has imposed on her and decides to leave everything and everybody behind, to disappear to a place as far as possible from the gaze of the camera. Only her son Beniamino is...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the Arab-American neighborhood outside of Chicago where journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of her neighbors think they have been under surveillance for over a decade. While investigating their experiences, Assia uncovers tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents that prove her hometown was the subject of one of the largest counter terrorism investigations ever conducted in the U.S. before 9/11, code-named "Operation Vulgar...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Death, taxes, and menopause are unavoidable facts of life. LOVE, SWEAT & TEARS is a groundbreaking, inspiring, and humorous look at a long-taboo subject that will impact both women and men during their lifetimes. Filled with humor, insight, and important medical information, the film follows Dr. Pamela Dee Gaudry as she guides women through the isolation, fear, and confusion of this phase of life to become happier and healthier. This essential documentary...
55) Mothertime
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
MOTHERTIME is a personal video diary that takes us on a corporeal journey in parenting via a small portable Go-Pro camera. Worn by both mother and child, or left on any surface and turned on and off remotely, the camera over the period of a year and a half captures a real-time, sensorial journey spanning the frenetic to mundane. Set primarily amidst scenes at home, the film explores the whimsical, ordinary, sometimes claustrophobic repeating loops...
56) Sally Gross
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Sally Gross is a choreographer’s choreographer. In the 1960’s she became involved in the influential experiments at the Judson Church. Making dances quietly through the years, often solos for herself, she has established a solid reputation in the New York dance world. Gross describes her dance approach as she prepares to begin a weekly movement class, started 40 years ago for friends and friends of friends. Most of the original participants still...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nearly 1 in 4 women have an abortion during their lifetime, yet the doctors who perform this commonplace procedure are rarely seen. The film follows these quiet heroes into the procedure room, showing their skill and compassion for women.
58) I, Dolours
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This is a documentary about Dolours Price, one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
DONNA HARAWAY: STORY TELLING FOR EARTHLY SURVIVAL features Haraway in a playful and engaging exploration of her life, influences, and ideas. Haraway is a passionate and discursive storyteller, and the film is structured around a series of discussions on subjects including the capitalism and the anthropocene, science fiction writing as philosophical text, unconventional marital and sexual partnerships, the role of Catholicism in her upbringing, humans...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and Hollywood throughout the 20th century. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400-plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven-year journey retracing Tucker's sixty-year career in show business. Official Selection at **Palm Springs International Film Festival**....
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