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41) The Poetry Deal
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
THE POETRY DEAL is an impressionistic documentary about legendary poet Diane di Prima, the most famous woman poet of the Beat Generation. Still actively writing in San Francisco where she is poet laureate, di Prima is fierce, funny and philosophical. She is a pioneer who broke boundaries of class and gender to publish her writing; her friend Allen Ginsberg called her “heroic in life and poetics.” THE POETRY DEAL opens a window looking back through...
42) Virgin Tales
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Evangelical Christians are calling out for a second sexual revolution: chastity! As a counter-movement to the attitudes and practices of contemporary culture, one in eight girls in the U.S. today has vowed to remain "unsoiled" until marriage. But the seven children of Randy and Lisa Wilson, the Colorado Springs founders of the Purity Ball, take the concept one step further. They save even the first kiss for the altar. Following the Wilsons for two...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From the producing team that won an Academy Award forBorn Into Brothelscomes Who Does She Think She Is?, a film that examines some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, economics and art. This gorgeously photographed film follows five women artists as they navigate the economic, psychological, and spiritual challenges of making work outside the elite art world...From Hawaii's Big Island to the suburbs...
44) Having It All
Publisher
Marymoor Productions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Three women set out to live their dreams of balancing career, marriage, and children. After two trying years of unanticipated trade-offs and painful sacrifices, each finds herself with a changed life and a changed idea of what "having it all"really means. From the painful exercise of putting an infant into childcare, to the heartbreak and defeat of divorce, this film offers an intimate and honest view of some routinely overlooked, yet ubiquitously...
45) Personal Gold
Publisher
Hybrid Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Reed Albergotti (Wall Street Journal) is calling the film 'Miracle meets Moneyball' describing the behind-the-scenes experience of four underdog women cyclists who become America's hope for a medal at the 2012 London Olympics after the men's team is banned during the Lance Armstrong drug scandal. ..In this post-Armstrong period, the underfunded women turn to volunteers, including their husbands to patch together an innovative approach with dozens...
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Hot Flash chronicles the history of the legendary blues band Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women. With their potent combination of sassy lyrics and fierce playing styles, the trio of Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola, and Andra Faye have entertained audiences for over twenty-five years. For the first time, Saffire's complete story is told. The trio overcame personal struggles and industry stereotypes to emerge as one of the most well-known blues bands playing...
Publisher
Deep Dish TV
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Part two of a twelve part series from Deep Dish TV on the war in Iraq. This program asks what the U.S. invasion and occupation has meant for the women of Iraq? In this program their passionate statements of resistance are intercut with actions by Code Pink, Women in Black and others who have been at the forefront of protests against the war in the U.S..
48) Annie Pootoogook
Publisher
Site Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A first for an Inuit artist, Cape Dorset artist Annie Pootoogook prepares for her 2006 solo show at Toronto's Power Plant Centre for Contemporary Art...Focused on Annie and her work, the film parallels Annie’s own creative process of making and doing. Images of her drawings anchor the film in her art. The transitions, challenges and risks of her life are reflected in her drawings. The shamans, myths and land-based adventures prevalent in the last...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From the producers of "Diary Of A Cheating Woman," this is the documentary that men don't want you to watch. "Diary Of A Cheating Man" is a tell-all documentary film digging for answers to the age-old question: why do men cheat? A dark-humored, blunt, celebrity-filled film that will make you rethink the way you look at men. Stars Tyga, Yung Berg, Don Benjamin and Craig Wayans.
Publisher
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this award-winning European short film, young girls across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul whose joyous tears once united their troubled country.. Winner of the Short Film Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for a Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Publisher
Maja Bugge
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Never before has a filmmaker been accepted into a men's group, where everything that is said in the room stays in the room. Never before has a woman filmed men expressing themselves in an emotionally risky manner. ABOUT MEN is an unprecedented documentary film reflecting on the current state of men.. The film portrays Chris, Robert, Wayne and Thomas who are on their individual journeys toward realizing their purposes in life. Six months after joining...
53) KOOP
Publisher
Site Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The visionary Canadian artist Wanda Koop is preparing massive new paintings of archetypal cities and familiar yet disquieting landscapes. Named by Time Magazine as one of Canada’s best artists, recipient of the Order of Canada, honorary doctorates and prizes, Koop’s creative life is hectic. Taking a break from studio demands, she embarks on a journey by freighter boat. Sketches, photographs and moments of observation soon lead to a new group of...
55) The Big Flip
Publisher
The Big Flip LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What happens when mom has the big job and dad stays home with the kids?. Over 18 months and 5 cities—Portland, D.C., Nashville, Seattle and L.A.—this timely documentary follows four American families as they navigate the trials and triumphs of at-home fatherhood and mothers as main breadwinners. We journey with each family as they tackle major life changes—a birth, a lay-off, a cross-country move, and a mid-life crisis.. In a world where the...
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Qaddafi’s Female Bodyguards takes fascinating look inside one of the Mid-East's most unusual military units, Libya's elite female military corps who were assigned to guard the country's supreme leader, Mohmmar Qaddafi.. The film examines how these women embody the tension between Islam and modernization in a nomadic society, between feminism and an old-style dictatorship..
58) Warrior Marks
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
WARRIOR MARKS is a poetic and political film about female genital mutilation from the director of A PLACE OF RAGE, presented by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE and POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY. Female genital mutilation affects one hundred million of the world’s women and this remarkable film unlocks some of the cultural and political complexities surrounding this issue. Interviews with women from Senegal, Gambia, Burkino Faso,...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
SERVICE highlights the resourcefulness of seven amazing women who represent the first wave of mothers, daughters and sisters returning home from the frontless wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Portraying the courage of women veterans as they transition from active duty to their civilian lives, this powerful film describes the horrific traumas they have faced, the inadequate care they often receive on return, and the large and small accomplishments they...
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1906.
Language
English
Description
In this pun-titled Gaumont comedy, a man rests in a barrel that gets pushed down a hill. The ensuing short is an advanced study on cinematic space and captures the continuity of motion as the rolling barrel moves from location to location violently hurtling into people. Music by Frederick Hodges.
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