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Abortion : stories from north and south / National Film Board of Canada ; produced by Signe Johansson and Gail Singer ; written and directed by Gail Singer.  [S.l.] : National Film Board of Canada, c1984.  HQ767 .A14 1984  Each year an estimated 30-55 million of the world's women obtain induced abortions. More than half of these abortions are illegal, and an estimated 84,000 of them result in death. This documentary reviews the history from ancient to modern times of family planning, abortion, and infanticide, including global religious and legal viewpoints. Current thinking and practice are demonstrated by use of personal stories, case studies and interviews filmed in Ireland, Peru, Thailand, Japan, Canada and Colombia. Views on the subject in the United States specifically are not included.
Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Maya Women Forging Peace in Guatemala-52 min., Maryknoll World Productions, 1997.  HQ1236.5.G9 A66 1997 Documents the story of Maya women of Guatemala and their role in the human rights struggle. Focuses on three women whose lives have been shattered by Guatemala's genocidal civil war.
A Balinese trance seance ; Jero on Jero : a Balinese seance observed / produced by Documentary Educational Resources. Watertown Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [1981?]  BF1283.J47 B34 1981  1st film (30 min.): Jero has been approached by anxious villagers about proper ceremonial for a funeral. Shows her preparing for the trance, entering it several times, giving advice and clarification of the spirit messages to the villagers. 2nd film (17 min.): Two years later, Jero sees the film, and comments on it.
Becoming a Woman in Okrika-New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, Inc., c1990.  GN483.3 .B4 1990  Documents an extraordinary coming of age ritual in a village in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, suggesting the conflict Third World women face between traditions and the values of the modern world. The rite, called Iria, consists of elaborately painting the young women's bodies with beautiful designs ; subjecting their bodies to public scrutiny by the elder women ; methodically fattening them ; and teaching them the responsibilities of womanhood. After an elaborate celebration, they run a race pursued by young men and their leader, representing a mythological personage who is armed with sticks. By passing through this rite, the women let go of girlish fantasies and prepare for childbearing.
Behind the labels: garment workers on U.S. Saipan  HD8039.C62 M37 2001 "Lured by false promises and driven by desperation, thousands of Chinese and Filipina women pay high fees to work in garment factories on the pacific island of Saipan, the only U.S. territory exempt from labor and immigration laws. The clothing they sew, bearing the "Made in the USA" label, is shipped duty and quota-free to the U.S for sale by The GAP, J. Crew, Polo and other retailers. Powerful hidden camera footage, along with the garment workers' personal stories, offers a rare and unforgettable glimpse into indentured labor and the workings of the global sweatshop where 14 hour shifts, payless paydays, and lock-downs are routine. Behind the labels takes the story from the factory floor to the streets, where protesters worldwide wage an ongoing battle against globalization."--Witness website.
Behind the Veil: Afghan women under fundamentalism   HQ1735.6.B44 2001 "... This gripping program describes the massive human rights abuses that have been escalating since the withdrawal of the Soviet forces, as seen through the eyes of women who have survived years of rampant gender and religious intolerance..."--Container
Beyond Beijing: the International Women's Movement / produced and directed by Salome Chasnoff. Evanston, IL : Salome Chasnoff/beyond media [distributor], 1996.  HQ1154 .B496 1996 

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 From August 30 to September 15, 1995 two parallel events took place in China: the NGO (Non-governmental organization) Forum on Women in Huairou, and the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. This documentary is about the NGO Forum in Huairou. "I'm a femenist media maker and educator. I went to Beijing with the purpose of making an independent video documentary of the forum from women's perspectives. I followed a group of Chicago based grassroots activists through the forum to make this tape."
Body and Soul RG138 .B6 2003 "This documentary captures the testimonies of Romani women in Slovakia who have been sterilized against their will and the attitudes of Slovakian health care personnel on this and related issues."--Producer.
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan GT 27775.25 B75 2004 "This is the first film to document the ancient custom of bride kidnapping, an ancient marriage tradition in Kyrgzstan."--Container.
Calling the ghosts  / written and produced by Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic.  DR1775 .O52 1996  Women survivors of Omarska Detention Camp describe the camp and the situation in Bosnia and Herzagovnia. Their release and recovery process are also described.
China Blue HD6073 .C62 c645 2006 "China Blue is a ... journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don't want us to see--how the clothes we buy are made."--Container.
China from the inside / PBS ; a KQED Public Television and Granada Production in association with Kostyk communications ; writer, producer, director, Jonathan Lewis.  DS779.2 .C44 2006 A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.
Coconut/Cane & Cutlass / Third Eye Productions ; producer/director, Michelle Mohabeer.  New York : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1994.   F2191.E27 C66 1994  A poetic rumination on exile, displacement and national identity from the perspective of an Indo-Caribbean lesbian who migrated to Canada twenty years ago. Her autobiographical journey and the history of indentureship and oppression of Indian people in the Caribbean are illuminated through beautifully layered imagery--location footage from Guyana, stylized dramatic sequences, personal narration, poetry and dance.
Constance of Rabastens- Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2000.  BV5095 .C65 2000 An illiterate common woman, Constance of Rabastens' visions of the apocalypse and prophecies of the coming of the Antichrist resulted in her imprisonment at the hands of the Inquisition and the Archbishop of Toulouse." -- Container.
Daughters of the Golden Bengal: Women in the Struggle Against Poverty- Films for the Humanities  and Sciences, 1999.  HQ1240.5 .B5 D38 1999 Depicts the growing movement of women in Bangladesh who, with the assistance of aid societies, run profitable cottage industries in their villages, often risking severe reprisals as they defy repressive social customs and religious doctrines in order to become financial contributors to their families and villages.
Des marelles et des petites filles/ un film de Marquise Lepage ; produit par les Productions Virage Inc. en coproduction avec l'office national du film du Canada ; production, Marcel Simard et Monique Simard. [Montréal] : Office national du film du Canada, c1999.  HQ777 .D475 1999  LC Subject Headings:
                    Girls -- Social conditions
                    Child labor
                    Poor children
                    Sex discrimination against women.
Dream girls  / directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1994. PN2926.T32 T3423 1994  A documentary film illustrating the ways that the all-female Takarazuka Music School and its annual musical revue reflect Japanese puritanism and sexual politics.
Eritrea, Women Combat Prejudices-25 min., Common Ground Productions, 1997. DT393.4.E75 1997 Eritrea looks at changes in the county since independence, and specifically the battle between traditional and contemporary ideas about the role of women. Kenya offers an interview with Wangari Maathai about her Greenbelt movement.
L'espoir voilé : femmes de Palestine / Solera Films & France 3 présentent un film de Norma Marcos. New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1994.  HQ1728.5 .E86 1994  A survey of the current conditions and status of Palestinian Arab women.
Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts  = Women with open eyes / un film de Anne Laure Folly ; produit par Amanou Production.  HQ1788 .F45 1994  Surveys social conditions faced by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision, forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts toward education and improvement as Africa opens to democracy.
Flowers for Guadalupe  / by Judith Gleason with the collaboration of the Colectivo Feminista de Xalapa and Elisa Mereghetti.  New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, 1995.  HQ1393 .F56 1995  This film explores the importance of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a liberating symbol for Mexican women today.
The fourth dimension  / by Trinh T. Minh-Ha ; produced by Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trinh T. Minh-ha ; directed, written by Trinh T. Minh-ha ; Moongift Films.  DS821 .F68 2001   "An incisive and insightful examination of Japan through its art, culture, and social rituals. ... With its lush imagery, Minh-ha's Japan is viewed through mobile frames, with doors and windows sliding shut, revealing new vistas as it blocks out the old light."--www.wmm.com.
From Sun Up-Kumekucha / Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Inc. ; a film by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Maryknoll World Productions, c1987.  DT442.5 .F7 1987 Filmed in Tanzania with an all African crew, the film documents Tanzanian women's daily lives as family providers who farm and run
small businesses in order to feed their children. Shows how one group of women organized to improve their economic situation and, in interviews, women describe their relationships with their husbands and other women.
God Sleeps in Rwanda HQ1797.5 .G64 2004 Examines the lives of five Rwandan women as they attempt to rebuild their lives following the 1994 genocide.
Griottes of the Sahel : Female Keepers of the Songhay Oral Tradition in Niger-University Park, Penn. : PennState Audio-visual Services, c1991  DT547.45.S65 G75 1991  Griottes maintain the oral tradition of the Songhay people by singing praises of people and recounting geneology. Their music and dance are important elements of ceremonies and social events.
Hidden faces  / Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Kim Longinotto and Clair Hunt with Safaa Fathay.   HQ1793 .H5 1993  Focuses on the psychological and sociological problems of Egyptian women, especially Muslim women.
Hispanics: the Changing Role of Women- Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1998.  E184.S75 H5763 1998 Several prominent Latina women discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the center of the family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male perspective.
In My Country: an International Perspective-Orem, Utah : U.S.V.C., c1993.  GN479.65 .I5 1993  Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures with regard to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan, Mexico, Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean), Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire, England, China, El Salvador, and Japan.
In Women's Hands (Program 6 of Americas  / a production of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, UK.  [South Burlington, VT] : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1993.)  F1408 .A57 1993 -
 Program 6 		 This is an intimate look at contemporary Latin America examines issues confronting the entire region by focusing on individual communities.  Program 6: In women's hands : the changing roles of women
India: Holy Cow HQ1742 .I56 2001 Women filmakers travel to India to find women who revel in their country's spiritual fabric and ethic of giving back, among them a cop who tempers rifle practice with meditation, a former journalist battling the sex trade in Mumbai, the first Indian woman to summit Everest, a labor union organizer, and a woman percussionist.
Iran: Behind Closed Cha-dors HQ1735.2 .I7 2001 Women filmmakers travel to Iran, where they meet a courageous magazine publisher, a filmmaker whose most recent movie leads to her arrest, a poet who explains her country's obsession with poetry, a rebellious artist who paints Adam and Eve.
Kandahar: journey into the heart of Afghanistan / a New Yorker Films release ; Avatar Films presents a film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; produced by Makhmalbaf Film House, BAC Films and Studio Canal+ ; screenplay by Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; directed & edited by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.  [New York] : New Yorker Video, 2003.  PN1997.A23 K3553  A fiction/documentary hybrid, charting a woman's perilous journey through Afghanistan to find her sister. Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away.
Kumekucha (From Sunup)-Maryknoll, N.Y. : Maryknoll World Productions, c1987.  DT442.5 .F7 1987  Filmed in Tanzania with an all African crew, the film documents Tanzanian women's daily lives as family providers who farm and run small businesses in order to feed their children. Shows how one group of women organized to improve their economic situation and, in interviews, women describe their relationships with their husbands and other women.
Ladies first: Rwandan women help heal their nation HQ1797.5 .L34 2006
Lady Marshall-Incine y Television Regional de Bluefields presentan una produccion de Theo Films. [New York : Women Make Movies, 1990?]  HD6072.6.N5 L33 1990 Three women on Marshall Island are the first women in Nicaragua to own a commercial fishing boat. Their community is strengthened
by its use for fishing and transportation.
Made in Thailand  / a film by Eve-Laure Moros and Linzy Emery. New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, c1999.   HD6820.55 .M3 1999  A documentary about women factory workers in Thailand and their struggle to organize unions. In Thailand women make up 90% of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. While probing the impact of the New World Order on populations that provide cheap labor in Thailand, the film also profiles women newly empowered by their campaign for human and worker's rights.
Las Madres  : the mothers of Plaza de Mayo / Direct Cinema Limited presents a film by Susana Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo ; produced and directed by Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo ; writers, Nina Serrano, Ying Ying Wu, Lourdes Portillo.  [New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 1996?]   HV6322.3.A7 M33 1996  Mothers who believe their children were kidnapped by the Argentine government tell how they banded together to demonstrate in the Plaza de Mayo to publicize their complaints, and seek assistance in finding "los desparecidos" and punishing the kidnappers/murderers.
Masai Women- 52 min., Films Inc., 1974.  DT443.3.M37 M37 1990 An ethnographic view of Masai culture and society, focusing on the preparation of young Masai girls for marriage and life in their society. Probes, through a candid interview with an older woman, the feelings of the Masai women about polygamy and their inability to own property.
Me & the Mosque BP173.4 .M5 2005 "Journalist and filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz visits mosques throughout Canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends and neighbours about equal access for women"--Container.
Maquilapollis = City of Factories HD6101 .Z6 T54 2006 Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action.
Measures of distance / by Mona Hatoum.   DS87.53 .M4275 1988  Letters from a Palestinian woman living in war-torn Lebanon to her daughter, whom she has not seen for years, and a series of photographs of the woman, convey the effects of war and exile on personal and cultural life, and nuances of family relationships.
Medieval Women / University of Wisconsin-Green Bay ; producer, director, Joyce Salisbury. Chicago, IL : International Film Bureau, 1989, c1987.  HQ1147.E85 M43 1989  Documents how women were perceived during the European Middle Ages and what their daily lives were like. Dr. Joyce Salisbury looks closely at the way women were portrayed in the richly illustrated manuscripts of the thirteenth through sixteenth centuries and considers the portrayal of women as either saints or sinners.
Monday's Girls-San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1994].  GN483.3 .M66 1994  A tribal chieftain's daughter who has lived in a large city for some time agrees to return to her native village for traditional pre-marital ceremonies involving body painting, public breast examination and five-weeks' confinement to "fattening rooms." Her refusal to fully participate in the ritual sparks a crisis underlining the conflict between traditional and modern African lifestyles.
Mothers of Malappuram  / scripted, narrated and directed by Nupur Basu ; a Nupur Basu production with TVE.  HQ1233 .N671 1996  Change in the attitudes of women's groups and the Indian government towards population issues is examined in the film. Shot in Kerala nad Kanataka.
My name is Kahentiiosta  / written and directed by Alanis Obomsawin ; edited by Ruby-Marie Dennis ; produced by Alanis Obomsawin ; executive producer, Don Haig.  E99.M8 M9 1995  Kahentiiosta, a Mohawk woman, participated in the 1990 Oka crisis which resulted in her arrest and detainment.
Naked spaces : living is round.  New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies [distributor] c1985. GN652.5 .N345 1985  Explores the rhythm and ritual life in the rural environment of six West African countries, including Senegal, Mauritania, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin.
No longer silent / produced by Cine-Sita and the National Film Board of Canada ; director, Laurette Deschamps. [Montreal?] : National Film Board of Canada, 1992, c1986.  HQ1742 .N6 1992  A critical look at the traditional role of women in India, focusing on the problems arising from the dowry laws and the desire to have male children. Also looks at efforts of Indian women to do something about these discriminatory practices.
Not Without My Veil-New York, NY : Filmakers Library, c1993.  HQ1731 .N67 1993  Interviews educated, independent, Islamic women of Oman who dress in the traditional way yet are moving into new areas for women.
Once this land was ours. New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 1991.  HD6073.A292 I566 1991 Documentary about women agricultural workers in India and their struggle to provide for their families. Through testimonies and images of women at work, the film explores the feminization of poverty in rural India.
Operation Fine Girl HV6569.S5 O64 2001 Documentary about the use of sexual violence against women as a weapon in the Sierra Leone civil war.
Pacific Women Exploring Nonviolence HM886 .P33 2004 Begins with an explanation of the East Timorese struggle for independence and the current post-conflict situation. Under Indonesian military occupation almost a third of the population died. Some 85 per cent of the country's infrastructure was destroyed when Indonesian forces withdrew after a referendum on autonomy. The killings left many women as widows. Women have since formed a variety of groups that struggle both for livelihood and for justice. The video portrays several such groups. The participants tell similar stories of sexual violence, of giving birth while running from soldiers, and of survival. The video's last section highlights Pacific women's actions for peace, and their ideas about justice and nonviolence.
The Preferred sex ; The desired number / Chicago, IL : Nightingale Productions, 1995. HQ766.5.N6 P74 1995  In many societies, a woman is valued according to her reproductive efficiency. Her status in family and community depends on her ability to bear children of the desired number and of the desired sex. Film investigates the condition of women in Nigeria and India through interviews with husbands, wives, clergy and family planning personnel.
A Question of Rights / Television Trust for the Environment ; series producer, Emily Marlow ; executive producer, Jenny Richards. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 1998.  HQ1236 .Q84 1998

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 This series explores what governments, communities and individuals are doing to ensure that women's reproductive rights are recognized in Ethiopia, Lativa, Jamaica and Fiji.
Rights of Passage : Four Stories of Survival / a Diane Best Kinross Films Production ; produced and directed by Diane Best ; written by Ronald H. Blumer and Diane Best. New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c1994.  HQ798 .R57 1994a  "Filmed with sensitivity in Nicaragua, India, Jamaica and Burkina Faso, it allows the adolescent girls to speak for themselves. Aleyda in Nicaragua is addicted to glue sniffing and is slipping into a life of prostitution; Tarranum in India has been pulled out of school and is waiting to be married off; in Jamaica, Natalyn is fourteen years old and seven months pregnant and Adjara in Burkina Faso faces the prospect of female genital mutilation"--Container.
Satya, a prayer for the enemy  / a film by Ellen Bruno ; research and translation, Pema Chogkhan.  BQ6160.T55 S27 1993   Since the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, more than one million people have been tortured, executed or starved to death for their role in demonstrations against the Chinese occupation. This film focuses on personal testimonies of Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have taken the lead in this resistance by fearlessly staging courageous demonstrations for religious freedom and independence.
Sex and Marriage; Family and Household / produced by the Coast Community College District in cooperation with Harcourt, Brace College Publishers ... [et al.]  1994, c1983.  GN27 .F3 1994 v.11-12  Program 11, Sex and marriage, examines the unique marital customs of different societies around the world; program 12, Family and household, looks at the concepts of family and household from a cross-cultural perspective and examines the basic function performed by these units.
Sex Slaves HQ281 .S48 2006 Reports on the transnational traffic in which women are lured or kidnapped for the purpose of forced prostitution, and the government indifference that makes the abuses extremely difficult to stop. Traffickers, their female victims, and experts are interviewed. Concentrates especially on the abduction of women in Moldova and Ukraine for forced prostitution in Turkey. Follows the journey of one man determined to find his abducted wife and buy back her freedom.
Senorita Extraviada HV6535.M63 J87 2001 Over 250 young women were kidnapped, raped and murdered from the city of Juárez, Mexico. The perpetuators of these crimes have not been apprehended, even though these crimes have been occurring regularly since 1993.
Side by Side  : women against AIDS in Zimbabwe / a Villon Films-Harvey McKinnon Production in co-production with the Canadian International Development Agency. Rochester, N.Y. : Villon Films-McKinnon Productions, 1993.  RA644.A25 S54 1993  Follows a social worker and a theater director/magazine editor as each uses her skills to overcome the effects of AIDS.
Singing Picutres:  Women Painters of Naya DS 432.J82 F78 2005 Documentary about an organized group of women scroll painters from the village of Naya, India, chronicling their lives and how they are adapting their art to reflect current social issues as well as traditional themes addressed in their scrolls. The women discuss the social, political and religious issues that inform their art and influence their daily lives, and how they are responding to the changing conditions in their communities.
Sisters In Resistance / a film by Maia Wechsker.  New York:  Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2000.  D804.47 .S577 2000 Four women reunite to reminisce about their days in the French Resistance. They recall setting up a Resistance network by establishing safehouses, disseminating underground publications to counter Nazi misinformation, and transmitting military intelligence to London. The women survived imprisonment in Ravensbrück, a Nazi women's concentration camp, and then went on to form the Association of Women Deportees and Prisoners of the Resistance. They have been recognized as French heroines, and are still passionately engaged in causes of justice.
Small fortunes : microcredit and the future of poverty  HC79.P6 S6 2005 Documentary explores the issues of poverty and microcredit as it features interviews with numerous recipients of small loans (generally under $100) in locales throughout the world. Most of these recipients are women who are unable to secure a traditional loan. Most borrowers are able to pay back their loans, and have enough profit to reinvest in their businesses, their homes, and their children.
The Soul Eaters HQ1814 .S68 2001 "The Soul Eaters examines the challenges facing women in Western Africa, who are held responsible for unexplained deaths in their communities, and are accused of engaging in witchcraft and sorcery. In Burkina Faso, a "soul eater" is typically a woman who is past child bearing age, someone who may not have children, or someone who exhibits behavior that is somehow 'socially unacceptable'. Driven from their villages, often with no place to go, these women are marginalized from society, and many are unable to ever return to their homes."--Witness website.
Surname Viêt, Given Name Nam- [New York, N.Y.] : Women Make Movies, c1989.  HQ1750.5 .S875 1989  "Interviews in Vietnam by Mai Thu Van, excerpted and translated from her book Vietnam, un peuple, des voix, Editions Pierre Horay, Paris. Sister's letter originally written by Trinh Thi Thu-Thuy. Poems of Ho Xuan Huong and Nguyen Binh Khiem translated by Nguyen Ngoc Bich in A Thousand years of Vietamese poetry".
The tenth dancer  / produced by Singing Nomads in association with International Broadcasting Trust for BBC and ABC-TV ; director and writer, Sally Ingleton ; producers, Sally Ingleton and Denise Patience. New York, NY : Women Make Movies, c1993.  GV1703.C3 T57 1993  Documentary on the revival of classical dancing in Cambodia, where nine out of ten classical dancers were killed during the Pol Pot regime in the 1970s. The program focuses on master teacher Em Theay and her star pupil Sok Chea, who recall their ordeals under Pol Pot and talk about their present efforts and their hopes for the future. In addition to views of Em Theay, Sok Chea, and others in classes, rehearsals and performances, the program includes historical background on Cambodian classical dancing and archival footage of dancers of the past.
Thunder in Guyana F2385 .J337 2003 In her documentary, filmmaker Suzanne Wasserman tells the story of her cousin, Janet Rosenberg Jagan, who was elected President of Guyana, South America on December 15th, 1997. Janet, the first American-born woman to lead a nation, is considered the mother of Guyana. The film recounts this extraordinary woman's life and her adopted homeland by interweaving family threads, Jagan's incredible life story and the complex history of the little-understood country of Guyana.
Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea, The.-Granada Television International ; produced and directed by David Watson.
Chicago, Ill. : Films Incorporated Video, 1991.		  GN671.N5 T76 1991 The Trobriand Islands, regarded as anthropology's most sacred place, lie off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth. Magic spells and sorcery pervade everyday life. This program focuses on
two important events: the distribution of woman's wealth after a death and the "month of play", a time of celebration following the island harvest.
Troubled Harvest. Eugene, OR : Rainbow Video and Film Productions ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1990.  HD1525 .T75 1990  Examines the health and safety hazards from pesticides and inadequate housing, along with antiquated immigration laws, that migrant farm workers from Latin America have to deal with as they harvest fruits and vegetables in California and the Pacific Northwest.
Ujeli : a Childbride in Nepal  / UNICEF production ; producer, Rina Gil ; scriptwriter and director, Deependra Gauchan.  Maryknoll, N.Y. : Distributed by Maryknoll World Productions, c1992.  HQ666.9 .U42 1992  Drama about village life in Nepal illustrating the problems of child-marriage and the sharp distinctions between the role of boys and girls.
Under the African Sun  : a Tribute to the Black Artists of South Africa / a Bop-Broadcasting International Production ; produced by the Right Picture Corporation ; scripted and directed by Gerhard Meyer. Denver, Colo. : Distributed by Pacific Mountain Network, c1993.  N7392 .U55 1993 

 7 volumes, includes a
 guide

 Program focuses on the Black artists of South Africa, and how their art has been influenced by the country's social and political struggles, especially apartheid.  1. Traditional art -- 2. Township art -- 3. The carvers -- 4. The eighties -- 5. Women artists -- 6. Rural art -- 7. Art today.
The Vienna Tribunal  / produced by Augusta Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, Studio C and Atlantic Centre and in association with the Center for Women's Global Leadership.  New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 1994.  K644 .V54 1994  Personal stories of women from around the world who testified before a panel of eminent judges at the Global Tribunal on Violations of Women's Rights at the 2nd United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, June 1993. This film dramatically captures the abuses women suffer the world over.
A Woman's Place : Short Stories / [presented by] Bullfrog Films ; TVE International ; series producer, Emily Marlow.  HQ1154 .W67 1995  Six 10 minute videos by women about the status and condition of women in 6 countries produced for the UN Beijing Conference. [1] In Fiji women are involved in new sea farming projects. [2] In South India a literacy campaign gives birth to an effective anti-liquor campaign. [3] In South Africa, the Women's Health Project ensures that women will have a voice in shaping the new health care system. [4] A new generation of Caribbean women are using drama and reggae to focus attention on domestic violence. [5] Thousands of Filipino women are leaving children and country behind to work as domestics in Hong Kong. [6] Guatemalan women widowed in the civil unrest have formed an organization, Conavigua, to conduct literacy classes and encourage political participation.
Warrior Marks-New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1993.  GN484 .W3523 1993  Documentary about female genital mutilation in Africa. Includes interviews with victims, activists against female circumcision, and circumsizers.
Woman, Who is Me?  HQ1206 .W858 2005 An animated film which explores how men and women see each other and themselves. Designed to stimulate discussion about sexual stereotyping.
Women, a True Story  / Les Productions Point de Mire ; directed by Tom Puchniak ; produced with the participation of Gouvernement du Québec, Programme de crédits d'impôt in association with CTV Television Network, Ltd.  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.  HQ1154 .W69 1997  Reveals the heart, mind, and soul of half of the world's human population--women. In each program, women from around the world tell their personal stories and discuss the burning issues facing all women today.
Women with Open Eyes (Femmes Aux  Yeux Ouverts-un film de Anne Laure Folly ; produit par Amanou Production. San Francisco : California Newsreel, 1994.  HQ1788 .F45 1994  Surveys social conditions faced by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision, forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts toward education and improvement as Africa opens to democracy.
The Women's Bank of Bangladesh / MovieTron in association with Wildshot Pictures ; composition, direction and production by Mark Aardenburg.  Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997.  HG3290.6.A8 G737 1997  Describes the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. It follows the activities of women who have taken out loans and to business classes, and shows those who oppose the bank's efforts.
Women's Construction Collective of Jamaica  / Inter-American Foundation. Aberdeen, Md. : Kelley Productions ; New York : West Glen Communications [distributor], 1986.  HD2356.J25 W65 1986  A group of black women from poor neighborhoods of Kingston, Jamaica, established their own carpentry and construction business. Shows how they are trained, and how the business has grown.
Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The-New York : Kino On Video, [1995].  PN1998.3.R54 W66 1995 Looks at the life of Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as Hitler's moviemaker and regarded as one of the greatest moviemakers ever. In this documentary, she addresses her past for the first time on camera.

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