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Publisher
Heritage Film Project
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The film is made in part of a series of in-depth, on-camera, conversations with Poet Laureate Rita Dove-conducted and recorded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley between September 2012, and October 2013. These conversations were later edited using with hundreds of still images and several hours of home movies from the Dove family's collection.. The intimacy of the dialogue accounts for a unique, and very personal insight into the wide range of Dove's artistic...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
You beat the weight or the weight beats you - it's the test every powerlifter faces when approaching the bar. But the weight that's been pressing down on coach and gym owner Paul Steinman is something far more challenging than sport. Bombing out on his squats at the 2012 American Open was just one more failure for Paul. It had been a bad stretch both in and out of the gym but it was nobody's business and so Paul didn't talk about it. But now it's...
Publisher
Kimberlee Shelton
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set at an ancient nunnery above the majestic Irrawaddy River, A THOUSAND MOTHERS is an unprecedented look at the lives of Buddhist nuns in Sagaing, Myanmar. While the choices available to girls and women in Myanmar are quite limited, this film poetically reveals the opportunities offered to them at the nunnery, and the deep grace and dignity of a life dedicated to service.. Official Selection at the New Orleans Film Festival.
64) Krudas
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Krudas explores the lives and work of a Cuban lesbian couple who are hip hop singers and performers. The duo Krudas addresses issues such as women's liberation, lesbian rights, female solidarity and racism. Their work is deeply engaged with feminism and strong ties to their African roots.. Their songs represent an effort to upset semantics and syntax. Krudas conceive language itself as the root of female exclusion and thus summons men to engage in...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
54-year-old Sandy Leo Laframboise has led an extremely tough life, beginning prostituting at age 12. This led to drugs and a destructive lifestyle. Once Sandy got clean she could begin healing. Through her first nation culture, she realized she is Two-Spirited, neither male or female. She embraces both genders. She spends her life now helping others full time, paying it forward.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
25-year-old Pina Newman tried to suppress her true self but eventually "it just erupted." When she was young, she received bad psychologist advice that her parents initially trusted. It was a long journey to decide who she is and what she wants and that journey continues today. But one thing she is sure of, she is proud of who she is. "I am who I am and I am enough."
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (232 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A series designed to record, share and celebrate the personal stories of transgender women and men, their stories of struggle, of courage and of triumph. Each program reflects the broad diversity that exists within the trans community. Though they vary in age, ethnicity and socioeconomic backgrounds, each person has fought to cast off the gender assigned to them at birth and embrace their true selves. These documentaries take us firsthand into the...
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A landmark 1992 film, Framing Lesbian Fashion looks at the evolution of lesbian attire and identity -butch/femme, flannel, androgyny, cross-dressing and drag, queer fluorescent, S/M and leather, lipstick and more. Featuring interviews with Sally Gearhart, JoAnn Loulan, Arlene Stein, Kitty Tsui and others, Framing Lesbian Fashion incorporates archival photos and personal stories to document the sociology and history of lesbian fashion as it existed...
Publisher
Brennan Studio
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Agnes Martin is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Before she died in 2004 at the age of ninety-two, her paintings sold for millions of dollars and were displayed in the world's greatest museums.. Through interviews with friends, lovers and classmates who knew her well, insight is gained into Agnes Martin's personality and the development of her creative process before she became known for her grid paintings.
70) Say My Name
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a hip hop and R&B world dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of SAY MY NAME speak candidly about class, race, and gender in pursuing their passions as female MCs. This worldwide documentary takes viewers on a vibrant tour of urban culture and musical movement, from hip hop's birthplace in the Bronx, to grime on London's Eastside, to Philly, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, and L.A., and points in between. Featuring...
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Saint Louis University women's basketball was a longstanding Division I program with a lack of tradition and success. Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds of overcoming the losing culture of the program, Shimmy Gray-Miller, a young, dynamic coach with a personal history of playing and coaching success, is brought in to turn things around. She embarks on her first head-coaching position and is armed with her first class of determined recruits....
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
18-year-old Xavier Raddysh knew at an early age that he was not a girl. By the time he was a teen it was painful being treated as a girl. He began "cutting" and eventually attempted suicide, twice. Today he describes himself as a role model for other trans people; speaking to students so trans people know they can get through it and others can be more understanding.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this accomplished documentary, acclaimed filmmaker Pratibha Parmar explores the intersection of feminism with popular music, focusing on the role of female recording artists in the 1990s and their influence on modern women. Parmar (A PLACE OF RAGE, WARRIOR MARKS) argues that, far from being dead, feminism has thrived and expanded its reach through the direct, aggressive, and revolutionary medium of rock music, and through the role models of performers...
74) Women in Science
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Three physicists - Claudia de Rham, Jenny Nelson, Joanna Haigh - and one mathematician - Ian Stewart - discuss the issue of gender in the mathematical sciences.
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This film explores the passion and the creative process of doll making.. Learn from world-renowned artists Olga Roehl, Shelly Thornton, Gail Lackey, Nancy Wiley, the Creagers and more as they discuss their inspiration, approach to craft, and design techniques. Viewers will get a look at the work of these amazing artisans through up-close and vivid photography. For newcomers and long time fans of doll making, THE WORLD OF THE DOLL ARTIST will serve...
77) Becoming 13
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Avi spends a lot of time in her room studying, or trying to. She is expected to achieve nothing less than academic perfection - an admirable but impossible goal. In some ways Avi is more comfortable with the camera and her anonymous audience than with a mother who wants to know everything.. The nature of Jazmine's pressure is more subtle. Mom is devoted to her happiness, but must struggle with the needs of her other children, trying to make ends meet,...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME tells the story of women who are connected by their love for hip-hop music. Despite the fact that these talented female artists exist within a culture that revolves around self-expression, the subjects of Raimist's documentary must struggle to be heard. Asia One has found a niche as an organizer of the B-Boy Summit, but longs for a sense of female community. DJ Symphony is the sole female member of the The World Famous Beat Junkies....
80) The Poetry Deal
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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...
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