Chasing the Moon Dawn Suggs 1991, 4 min., BW, US This fascinating film presents the meditations of a Black lesbian grappling with the memory of an attack that makes her wary about being out on the street....
Daughters of Mother India Vibha Bakshi Producer: Vibha Bakshi & Maryann De Leo 2013, 45 min., Color, India DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA reveals the aftermath of the horrific rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi in December 2012. For weeks, mass protests filled the streets of India and the...
Demarcations Kym Ragusa Producer: Third World Newsreel Workshop 1992, 5 min., Color, US DEMARCATIONS uses the female body as a landscape to explore memories of a rape. Ragusa focuses on ways in which identity and exoticism are played out on the level of the body....
Imelda Is Not Alone Paula Heredia 2023, 31 min., Color, US/El Salvador Imelda Cortez, aged 19, arrives at the hospital bleeding after giving birth in a latrine. She is handcuffed to the hospital bed, arrested on suspicion of abortion, and later charged with attempted and...
The Keepsake Adaeze Elechi Producer: Adaeze Elechi 2024, 32 min., Color, United States After living with relatives in fast-paced Lagos City, Nigeria, 14-year-old Amarachi returns to her home village to live with her mother Ikechi for the first time in eight years. When Ikechi learns Ama...
Living Along the Fenceline Lina Hoshino & Gwyn Kirk Producer: Lina Hoshino, Gwyn Kirk & Deborah Lee 2012, 65 min., Color, US LIVING ALONG THE FENCELINE tells the stories of seven grassroots women leaders from across the Pacific to Puerto Rico whose communities are affected by the U.S. military presence in their backyards. A...
Make-Out (Newsreel #49) Newsreel Producer: Newsreel 1970, 5 min., BW, US As a young couple make out in a car, we hear the woman's stream of consciousness thoughts. She worries about her reputation and whether he'll try to "go all the way." This film is best used with dis...
Permanent Wave Christine Choy & Renee Tajima 1986, 20 min., Color, US This is fast paced drama about sexual harassment in the workplace from a child's perspective. The "Beautiful Dreamer Salon" is owned by Eva, a single parent who manages to juggle her clients, her em...
To Love, Honor & Obey Christine Choy & Marlene Dann Producer: Third World Newsreel 1980, 55 min., Color, US This film explores the social, psychological and cultural factors that contribute to violence against women regardless of ethnicity or economic background. Survivors, safe house administrators, counse...
Variety Survival Talkshow Se Young JO 2009, 72 min., Color, South Korea “I was about six. Back then I didn't know what it was or what it was called, so I couldn't tell anyone. But even after I knew what it was, I still couldn't speak out.” --KangYoung, Korean performance ...
Who's Afraid of Ngugi? Manthia Diawara 2006, 83 min., Color, US/Kenya Novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. In 1977 his novel Petals of Blood was publish...
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