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WOMEN'S STUDIES: Feminisms
Beyond Beijing the international women's movement.
From August 30 to September 15, 1995 two parallel events took place in China: the
NGO (Non-governmental organization) Forum on Women is 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."
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1106 .B49 1996
Born in flames.
A futuristic fable of feminist turmoil still brewing ten years after a peaceful socialist
revolution. With their fury growing and all peaceful options exhausted, women overcome
divisions of race, class, and sexual orientation to form a guerilla movement to take over
control of the media.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1997 .B674
Daughters of de Beauvoir.
The life story of Simone de Beauvoir is told in conjunction with the stories of some of the
women in the modern women's movement. Kate Millett, Marge Piercy, Eva Figes and
Ann Oakley discuss the effect of her best known book, The Second Sex, upon their own
ideas and development as writers.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN471 .D38 1989
Film about a woman who--
An experimental film in which the director focuses on the re-invention of the narrative in
film from a feminist point-of-view.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1997 .F46 1974
Gloria Steinem: a woman's progress.
Gloria Steinem assesses the status of women in American society today and reflects on her own experience.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1154 .S74 1994
Goddess remembered.
This documentary examines pre-Christian goddess-worshipping religions. Incorporating
the work of archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, art historian Merlin Stone, and scholars
Jean Bolen, Charlene Spretnak and Starhawk, it offers insights into these ancient
cultures and explores the contemporary women's spirituality movement inspired by
them.
Johnson Center Videotapes
BL473.5 .G62 1999
Grrlyshow.
Filmmaker Kara Herold examines the girly Zine revolution and culture in such a way that
the film intellectually and stylistically addresses anyone's question concerning whether
or not feminism has reached it's 3rd wave: the postmodern. By interweaving head-shot
interviews, clips from the zines and 1950's television-esque vignettes, Herold clearly
illustrates feminism's ability to exist subversively within a system that generally doesn't
give women their own voice . The "Grrlyshow" successfully brings to the surface
alternative voices and projects that are vital to the continuation and expansion of
feminism.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1421 .G77 2000
Half the kingdom.
American, Canadian and Israeli women talk about their struggle to redefine their roles in
Jewish life and attempt to incorporate feminist values into a their religion.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1172 .H34 1989
Hélène Cixous.
"In this interview, Hélène Cixous explores her childhood as a Jewess in French-occupied Algiers and the impact it had on her work in the
area of feminist theory and on her personal politics"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PQ2663.I9 Z68 1998
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
A litany for survival the life and work of Audre Lorde.
Audre Lorde, poet and lesbian-feminist talks about being lesbian and black in New York
in the 1950s. Includes conversations and readings by Lorde and comments by other
writers.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PS3562.O75 Z655 1996
Luisa Capetillo pasión de justicia.
Features the life of feminist Luisa Capetillo in late 19th and early 20th century Puerto Rico.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1522.C37 L85 1993
A Man's woman.
Presents a docudrama which analyzes the ideological and social implications of the
antifeminist women's movement.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1154 .M36
My feminism.
Presents several women's standpoints on feminism and their thoughts as feminists.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1180 .M9 1997
Not for ourselves alone the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony.
"The dramatic, little-known story of one of the most compelling friendships in American
history. Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men.
By the time their lives were over, they had changed for the better the lives of a majority of
American citizens. Their personal relationship was often turbulent but they never wavered in
their shared belief that equality was the birthright of every woman, and for more than half a
century led the fight to make that dream a reality"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1412 .N89 1999
Simone de Beauvoir.
This presentation uses dramatization from fiction and readings from Simone de
Beauvoir's memoirs to explore her views on the world and on the role of the intellectual.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1154 .S53 2000
Sisters in the struggle.
Explores the diversity, vision and impetus of the contemporary Black women's
movement in Canada. The film articulates the struggles of Black women resisting the
cultural, economic and legislative practices which subordinate them.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1457 .S57
Six generations of suffragettes the women's rights movement.
From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her great-great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth
Jenkins-Sahlin, six generations of Stanton women have fought for equality in the voting
booth, the classroom, and the workplace. This concise overview of the women's
movement in America uses interviews, archival footage, and photos to spotlight key
contributors, such as the Stantons and Susan B. Anthony, and history-making moments
in the ongoing struggle for equal rights, ranging from the first Women's Rights
Convention in 1848 to the protest marches of the 1960s and 70s.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JK1896 .S49 1999
Some American feminists.
Presents the history of the women's movement for equal rights in the United States.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1410 .S61
The speeches of famous women.
Traces the progression of the women's movement with speeches from suffragettes
through senators, including Elizabeth Stanton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, who
endorses the Equal Rights Act, and leaders Betty Friedan, Senator Carol
Moseley-Braun and Barbara Boxer.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1236 .S64 1995
Susan B. Anthony.
Susan B. Anthony was a school teacher who refused to rest until the voices of all
women could be heard. Described as impatient and demanding, she was willing to go to
jail for her beliefs. She fought against slavery, and became a leading crusader for
women's suffrage and civil rights. She is remembered as one of America's pioneering
feminists.
Johnson Center Videotapes
CT3260 .A475 1995 pt.4
Who's counting? Marilyn Waring on sex, lies & global economics.
Elected to the New Zealand parliament at the age of 22, Waring eventually became the
foremost spokesperson for global feminist economics. This program is an entertaining
primer for anyone who suffers from what she refers to as "economics anxiety."
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1381 .W56 1995
Windows on women.
Using clips from television programs presented on PBS over the past ten years, host Ruby Dee discusses what has happened in the
struggle of women to break into the world of men.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1180 .W5
A woman's world, women in politics.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1391.U5 W62 2000
Women and history.
Jeffrey Mishlove and Gerda Lerner talk about her books, The creation of partriarchy,
and The creation of feminist consciousness. Part 1 explores the values of patriarchy
and patriarchal society as created by human beings in the millenia before the Christian
era. Part 2 examines the ways women found to transcend the partriarchal doctrine of
the subordination of women, before the 20th century.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1121 .W58 1994
The Women of summer the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, 1921-1938.
Documents an historic moment when feminists, unionists and educators came together
to pursue a common social idea. From 1921 to 1938, seventeen hundred blue collar
women participated in a controversial and inspired educational experiment known as the
Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1426 .W65 1985
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
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