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WOMEN'S STUDIES: Arts
Alice Walker a conversation with Alice Walker.
Alice Walker discusses her life, contemporary America, the "womanist" perspective, and reads from her
poetry.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3573.A425 Z536 1992.
Ana Mendieta fuego de tierra.
Chronicles the life and work of Cuban artist Ana Mendieta. Includes an interview with the artist by Tony Martinez. Also includes interviews with her family, friends and colleagues.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6605.M44 A44 1987.
Annie Leibovitz celebrity photographer.
Johnson Center Videotapes
TR140.L45 A45 1997.
Art and the left.
Artists discuss the impact of different aspects of the 60's (for example, the Vietnam War, the women's movement, and the rise of pop art) on their development.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6512 .A68 1993
The Artist was a woman.
Based on the 1977 exhibition Women artists, 1550-1950, prepared by Ann Sutherland Harris and Linda Nochlin for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.A rediscovery of over 400 years of painting by women artists from the Renaissance to the midtwentieth century. Includes readings from the
artists' personal writings and from those of their contemporaries.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N8354 .A77 1981.
Ayn Rand a sense of life.
This 1998 documentary looks at the life and work of the controversial Russian-born author, Ayn Rand. A sense of life is a flux of events, ideas, emotions and accomplishments - all combining to create a portrait of
one woman's genius and point of view.
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Berenice Abbott a view of the 20th century.
Video portrait of one of America's greatest 20th century photographers. Includes interviews with Abbott before her death in 1991.
Johnson Center Videotapes
TR140.A2 B47 1992
But then, she's Betty Carter.
Betty Carter talks about her career as a jazz artist. Includes clips from live performance.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.E96 B88
Calling the shots.
Presents the accomplishments of women in front of and behind the camera. Using filmclips and interviews, it is a heartfelt look at
contemporary women who are making dramatic feature films throughout the world today.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD6073.M78 C255
Cave girls.
"A tape by collaborating women artists who develop a pre-thought fantasy of a prehistoric culture of women. Rife with home-made
exoticism, this well-received piece verges on the grand themes of female identity"--container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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The cinematic jazz of Julie Dash.
Afro-American filmmaker, producer, writer and director Julie Dash talks about her life and work and the difficulties she has had getting her
films distributed and accepted. Interspersed with her comments are clips from three of her films, Daughters of the dust, Illusions, and Diary
of an African Nun, and she talks about the making of a fourth film, Four women. One of her principal aims, she says, is "to redefine
images of black women on the screen."
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.N4 C56 1997
Deborah Remington woman in the arts.
Abstract painter Deborah Remington discusses her art and her success in today's competitive art world.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6537.R46 D4
The Eighteenth century woman.
Looks at an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled The eighteenth century woman, a vast collection of costumes,
accessories, and objets d'art that reveal the unique ways in which fashionable eighteenth-century women made their presence felt in the
society, art, and politics of their time.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NX652.W6 E44
Elaine Marinoff A glimmer of light shining from within.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6537.M37 E63
Emily Dickinson.
Examines the life and work of an outstanding American poet who died virtually unknown.
Johnson Center Videotapes
CT3260 .A475 1995 pt.6
Faith Ringgold the last story quilt.
A profile of the life and work of Faith Ringgold, noted Afro-American woman artist who specializes in painting on quilts and other cloth
surfaces.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6537.R55 F26 1991
Firewords.
Firewords offers an intimate glimpse of three respected yet controversial Quebec writers. Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and
Nicole Brossard have contributed greatly to the creation of a distinctive women's literature. They have helped to heighten the awareness
of the politics of language. Excerpts from their works vividly convey each woman's style, concerns and rhythms.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS8081 .F569 1986
Five stories of an hour.
Four dramatic renditions of Kate Chopin's "Story of an hour", first her original story, then other writers variations on her theme. Followed
by some history and biographical information on Kate Chopin.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS1294.C63 F58 1991
For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.
The visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being Black.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1997 .F6686 2000
Frida Kahlo (1910-1954.
Profiles Frida Kahlo's work, her interest in politics and her tempestuous relationship with husband Diego Rivera, leader of the Mexican
muralist movement.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND259.K33 F74 1983
Funny ladies portrait of women cartoonists.
Brief history of women cartoonists and interviews with the creator's of the comic strips: Brenda Starr, Cathy, Sylvia and Ernie Pook's
Comeek.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NC1305 .F86 1991
Georgia O'Keeffe.
Explores the life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND237.O5 G4 1977
Geri Taper art, life and environment as one.
Geri Taper discusses her experiences in art and her evolution to environmental art, where she paints the environment of buildings.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6537.T36 G4
Girl groups the story of a sound.
Told by the songwriters, and the girls who created the happiest period in rock and roll music. Rare footage of early performances and over
25 hits by the performers are included.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3534 .G57
Gloria Naylor a conversation with Gloria Naylor.
Gloria Naylor, writer, speaks on the influence of other black women writers, the influence of a southern background, early involvement
with religion, learning to articulate one's experience, writing in different voices, and writing to explore one's beliefs.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3564.A895 Z465 1992
The gods of beauty a portrait of the visionary artist Mona Boulware Webb.
Artist Mona Boulware Webb discusses her life and work.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NX164.W65 G64
Gotta make this journey.
Presents a documentary tribute to the radical Black women's a cappella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, whose music serves the cause
of social activism. Shows the group in concert and gives profiles of its members.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML421.S94 G68 1984
Guerrillas in our midst.
Gallery owners comment on the actions of a group of anonymous women artists who call themselves the Guerrilla Girls. Also interviewed
are members of the Guerilla Girls, who, dressed in gorrilla masks, work to promote greater representation of women and minority artists
in art exhibitions.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6505 .G84 1992
Hands of history.
Four aboriginal women artists bring different experiences, each from different artistic medium. All share in the life of the artist, in the
creation of beauty, in the expression of culture and in the recording and examination of history. A powerful and evocative journey of colour
and sound. The film pays tribute to their art, their vision, and the role they have played in maintaining the voice of aboriginal culture.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E89 .H363 1994
Hearts and hands.
The primary materials of women's lives - diaries, letters, photographs, and quilts - are pieced together to tell a story of nineteenth century
women from New England, the South, the Midwest, and the West.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1418 .F47 1987
High heels and ground glass pioneering women photographers.
Portrays the life and work of five women photographers (Gisele Freund, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Maurine Loomis, Lisette Model, Eiko
Yamazawa), who perfected their craft in an era when photography was a man's domain. Using examples of their work, their interviews are
woven together to tell a story about professional women living through the turbulent decades of the mid-twentieth century.
Johnson Center Videotapes
TR139 .H43 1990
I be done been was is.
Four contemporary black comediennes are profiled in this documentary (Alice Arthur, Rhonda Hansome, Jane Galvin Lewis, Marsha
Warfield) and through their commentary the obstacles faced by black women in comedy are revealed. Interwoven throughout these
performances are interviews by these women filmed in clubs where they regularly perform in New York and Los Angeles.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.N4 I2 1984
IA i loshad', ia i byk, ia i baba, ia i muzhik I am an ox, I am a horse, I am a man, I am a woman.
A group of motion picture actresses and women motion picture writers and directors in the Soviet Union discuss their work. Included are
film clips of examples of their work.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.E96 I2
Identifiable qualities a film on Toni Morrison.
Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning black novelist Toni Morrison. Here she addresses the events of the Sixties which led to her first
novel; the use of personal experience as sources for her strong, black female characters; and the advantage to publishers of placing black
writers in the mainstream.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3563.O8749 Z7 1990
Illusions.
Story takes place in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a
black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in
wartime Hollywood.Produced, written and directed by Julie Dash.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.E96 D3
In her own image.
Features women in filmmaking and the transformative role that women filmmakers have played in redefining the form, content and terms
of independent filmmaking. Discusses how the media portrays women and minorities and what these women are doing to change this into
a more positive model.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.W6 I53 1996
International Sweethearts of Rhythm America's hottest all-girl band.
Documentary with interviews. Includes archival footage.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3518 .I68
Invocation Maya Deren.
Profile of the life and work of Maya Deren, a pioneer producer of avant-garde films. Includes film clips of examples of her work.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.E96 I69
Jeanne Miles the mystics mandala.
Painter Jeanne Miles discusses the mandala and its influence in her art.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N6537.M56 J4
Joan Mitchell portrait of an abstract painter.
A portrait of Joan Mitchell, her life, and her work in interviews with the painter and with other painters and art critics.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND237.M58 J63
Katharine Graham uncensored.
The life of Katharine Graham and her association with the Washington Post newspaper.
Johnson Center Videotapes
Z473.G7 K38 1999
Kathleen Shannon on film, feminism and other dreams.
Retired feminist film pioneer, Kathleen Shannon, reflects on a lifetime of personal involvement in political filmmaking.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.W6 K38 1997
Ladies first : women in music videos.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML82 .R63 1966.
A lady's portion.
"The lives of Bessie Parkes and Emilie Peacocke, two pioneering women journalists,
are featured in this program. Dramatizations use material from personal diaries to
describe a lifelong struggle with sexism in both the newspaper industry and Victorian
society in general"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN5123.P37 L34 1997
Lilith Fair a celebration of women in music.
Lilith Fair made rock and roll history in the summer of 1997 as the first all-female music
tour. The magic is captured here and includes never-before-seen backstage jams,
intimate interviews and behind-the-scenes documentary footage of the artists.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
ML3534 .L55 2000
Magic wool.
Portraits of peasant women who stitch tapestries in wool depicting scenes and events
of their everyday lives on Isla Negra, Chile.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NK4712.5 .M33 1995
Marguerite Duras.
In this vintage interview of the 20th century French author, Marguerite Duras, she talks
openly about the hardship and the romance of her childhood in French Indochina,
sharing how this period haunted her life and shaped her work. Excerpts from her films
and readings from her books by actress Elizabeth Rider and Duras herself bring to life
those formative years in Vietnam.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PQ2607.U8245 Z7825 2000
Marian Anderson.
Biography of the opera and concert singer who, among other achievements, was the
first black soloist to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1955.
Johnson Center Videotapes
CT3260 .A475 1995 pt.3
Martha Graham the dancer revealed.
A documentary of the life of the American dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham.
Johnson Center Videotapes
GV1785.G7 M26 1994
Mary Cassatt.
Examines the style and influence of painter Mary Cassatt's work.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND237.C3 M3 1977
Master smart woman a portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett.
Portrait of 19th century writer Sarah Orne Jewett. A re-evaluation of her contribution to
American literature and as a role model and mentor to a new generation of women
writers like Willa Cather and Edith Wharton. Includes excerpts from her fiction and
autobiographical writings, read by Frances Sternhagen.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS2133 .M38
May Sarton.
May Sarton talks about the role of aging in her poetry writing. Includes recitations of her
poetry.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3537.A832 M39
Maya Lin a strong clear vision.
Portrays the career of Maya Lin as an architect/artist as told by her and others, with
special focus on the design and emotional impact of the Vietnam Veterans and Civil
Rights Memorials.
Johnson Center Permanent Media Reserve
NA737.L48 M39 1995
Miziké Mama.
Presents Zap Mama, an a cappella quintet from Belgium that combines African rhythms
and vocal tones with European polyphony. The women, a mixed African European
group, talk about their lives and their music. Focuses particularly on group founder and
leader Marie Daulne.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3499.B4 M59 1992
My film making, my life.
Matilde Landeta discusses her life as a film producer and director in Mexico.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1998.3.L3 M9 1990
Nevelson in process.
Louise Nevelson is seen creating two pieces of sculpture as she discusses her feelings
for her art and the creative process.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NB237.N43 N4 1977
No man's land women frontline journalists.
Profiles members of a truly rare breed ---women war correspondents. The film focuses on Janine de
Giovanni, an American reporter who covers Sarajevo for London's Sunday Times, and Lyse Doucet
who covers the "forgotten war" in Afghanistan for the BBC. As they and others speak of their
experiences and personal sacrifices, many common traits are revealed. Paints a gripping portrait of
women who have staked places in a traditionally male profession.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN4784.W7 N62 1994
Nobody knows my name.
Shows hip hop as a large-scale cultural movement and the six women who have created their own
communities and identities within that culture.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3531 .N63 1999
North American women writers spirit and society.
Professor Sonia Gernes discusses six women authors, reviewing their work and highlighting important themes.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN471 .G47 1993
Pam McCormick the artists world as canvas.
Pam McCormick discusses her art which deals with the environment and nature. Featured are her floating sculptures.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NB237.M33 P36
Persistent women artists Pablita Velarde, Mine Okubo, Lois Mailou Jones.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N8354 .P47 1996
A reputation the rape of Artemisia Gentileschi.
"In 1612, Artemisia accused a fellow artist of rape. Using original transcripts from the rape trial, this program, through Artemisia's and
other character's testimony, reconstructs how the male-dominated art community of Michelangelo's Rome falsified her promiscuity and
forever destroyed her reputation as a woman and even as an artist."--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND623.G364 R46 1997
Right out of history the making of Judy Chicago's "Dinner party".
Documents the research and physical labor involved in the creation of Judy Chicago's "Dinner party", a monumental tribute to the women
of spirit and accomplishments through the ages.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NK4605.C45 R53 1999
Ringl and Pit the lives and times of photographers Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach.
Challenging the expectations of their Jewish middle-class parents, Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach established an advertising photography
studio, Ringl + Pit, in Berlin in 1929. Before fleeing Germany, they won international prizes using humor and irony to create images that
subtly subvert the images of women in mainstream advertising.
Johnson Center Videotapes
TR646.G42 R56 1995
A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf.
Eileen Atkins' one-woman stage performance recreates Virginia Woolf's talk to the women of Girton College, Cambridge. A call to
women to declare their independence, talent and freedom to write, think, love and labor, and to control their own destinies, yet realize
necessary communion on all levels between men and women.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN471.W6 R6 1996
Running mate gender and politics in the editorial cartoons.
Analyzes gender imagery in editorial cartoons from the 1984 U.S. presidential
campaign, when Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman nominated for Vice-President
by a major party. Also includes interviews with Ms. Ferraro and cartoonists Signe
Wilkinson, Tom Toles, and M.G. Lord.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1236.5.U6 R86 1992
Ruth Bernhard, photographer.
Documents the life and work of photographer Ruth Bernhard through interviews, studies of her methods in the studio and darkroom, and
an extensive retrospective of her work.
Johnson Center Videotapes
TR140.B47 R8 1988
Sarah Vaughan the divine one.
Recounts the stellar singer's career from her beginnings at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, to her debut at the Apollo
Theater and her pre-eminence in nightclubs, concert halls, and jazz festivals around the world.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3506 .S27
The silent feminists America's first women directors.
A documentary of America's first women directors. Profiles Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Kathlyn Williams and Dorothy Arzner.
Includes an interview with Margery Wilson.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1998.2 .S525 1993
Skin and ink artists and collectors.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N7572 .A88
Sphinxes without secrets women performance artists speak out.
Women artists discuss performance art and the significant role women have played in it. Includes excerpts from several performances.
Johnson Center Videotapes
NX164.W65 S65
Stigmata the transfigured body.
Women discuss tattooing and piercing and the link between these practices and women's empowerment.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.E96 S85
'Tis pity she's a whore the first women on the London stage.
Discusses and portrays the background and training of the first professional English actresses, their roles, their influence on the plays
written at the time, and how their sexuality and availability became the central feature of their professional identity.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN2592 .T58
Toni Morrison a conversation with Toni Morrison.
Morrison reads from her two novels, Beloved [and] Jazz and discusses her views of the contributions made to American literature by the
experiences of African Americans.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3563.O874 Z469 1992
Visions of the spirit a portrait of Alice Walker.
This documentary chronicles the life and work of Pulitzer prize winning author, Alice Walker.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3573.A425 Z9
The war within a portrait of Virginia Woolf.
A portrait of Virginia Woolf, including a recreation of the furor around the 1910 and 1912 post-Impressionist exhibits, documentation of
the Woolfs' contribution to the creation of the League of Nations, the recently discovered letters of Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West
and the actual Gestapo arrest list of 1940 that shows the Nazis's intention to arrest both Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PR6045.O72 Z917 1995
Ways of seeing.
Consists of four programs, each presenting the classical arts in different contemporary terms. Considers the ways paintings are distorted by
the mass media that transmits them, examines the ways in which women are portrayed in art, discusses paintings as material possessions,
and shows how paintings are used in advertising.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ND1142 .W39
Wedding song Henna art among Pakistani women in New York City.
Interpretive booklet by Susan Slymovics title Wedding song but also supplements the shorter film The painted bride.
Shenaz Hooda illustrates the traditional art of mehendi, the henna decoration of women's hands and feet for weddings and other festive
occasions. The film includes the ceremonies as well as the Urdu songs (with English sub-titles) that are part of a traditional Ismailite
wedding.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD9019.H4 W43 1990
Wendy Wasserstein.
Corrinne Jacker interviews Wendy Wasserstein. Includes excerpts from Wasserstein's play, Uncommon women and other.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3573.A798 Z476 1982
Wild women don't have the blues.
Through historic performances and recordings, captures the spirit of such pioneering blueswomen as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and others.
Johnson Center Videotapes
ML3521 .W554
With a feminine touch.
Readings from the poetry of some of the foremost women poets, including works by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Emily
Bronte, Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Bronte.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN6109.9 .W59 1989
Women artists : the other side of the picture.
"Respected artists such as Doris McCarthy, Judy Chicago, Joyce Weiland, and Jane Ash Poitras--in combination with curators, art
historians, and The Guerilla Girls, the 'terrorists' of the art world--discuss the dearth (sic) of women's artwork in major galleries and
examine the poignant social history of women in the fine arts--a story of suppression, marginalization, and omission."--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N8354 .W66 1999
Women artists Renaissance to the present.
Join NMWA founder Wilhelmina Holladay on a captivating tour ofNMWA's famous permanent collection, comprised of works by
women artists from the renaissance to the present. Then experience the range of NMWA's offerings with tours of these outstanding
shows: Ten contemporary Korean women artists; Voices of freedom; Polish women artists and avant-garde, 1880-1990; Arkansas and
state exhibitions; and Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective.
Johnson Center Videotapes
N43 .W66 1990
Women of vision 18 histories in feminist film and video.
Profiles a variety of women active in independent-feminist film and video, including production, distribution and education, whose work
expresses a variety of political and esthetic viewpoints. The three part video begins by profiling 6 women whose careers began in the
Fifties and Sixties, then six women whose work coincided with the emergence of the women's movement in the Seventies; and six
women whose careers began in the Eighties and Nineties.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.W6 W67 1999
Women producers in Hollywood.
"In this program, respected female producers, including Gale Ann Hurd, Lynda Obst, Lauren Shuler-Donner, and Lucy Fisher,
demonstrate the stages of the production process and discuss obstacles they have overcome along the road to success. Actors and
industry personalities ... offer their views on women in filmmaking"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1998.2 .W66 1999
Women theater activists of India documentary.
Traces the evolution, position and contribution of women theater activists in India.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN2881.5 .W66 1998
Women who made the movies.
Although women have been making films as long as men, their contribution has been largely ignored. This documentary attempts to correct
that oversight by tracing the careers of such filmmakers as Alice Guy Blache, Ida Lupino, Ruth Ann Baldwin, Leni Riefenstahl, Lois
Weber, and many more. Included are rare clips from their films, and the film's score was composed and played by a variety of all-women
jazz orchestras of the era.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.W6 W65
The Wonderful horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl.
Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl, now in her nineties, flash- backs and modern film sequences tell the story of the most famous woman film
director of all time. Known for her films made during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a controversial one. Best known for her
"Triumph of the Will," the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress, it proved to be her undoing.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
N1997 .W664 1998
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1998.3.R54 W66 1995
Writing women's lives.
Eight prominent contemporary women authors tell about what matters to them in regard to childhood, love, marriage and children, starting
out, the creative process, publishing, politics, philosophy, success and motivation.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS151 .W74 1999
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