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The Women's Studies Collection

The Women's Studies Collection brings together over 160 films that present the stories of women around the world. From the experience of single mothers in Korea; to teenage girls in prison staging a musical; to films exploring women's relationship to their bodies; crimes of honor, bride kidnapping, and sex trafficking; the makeover industry; mail order brides; women and Islam; domestic violence in Cambodia and Pakistan; girls and guns; philosophers, filmmakers and scientists; women organizing and taking charge of their lives -- The Women's Studies Collection is a broad assembly exploring almost every facet of women's lives.

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The Women's Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Mrs F. - imageMrs F.

In Makoko, the largest slum on water in Nigeria, Mrs F. wants to unite women and perform the play called "Hear Word!"; a women empowerment project about gender inequality based on true stories to get women out of their oppressed position, to convince them to speak up and encourage them to connect. But even before she can start, she must overcome the unruly gatekeepers of patriarchy and religion.

Andana Films | 2019 | 77 minutes
From Danger to Dignity - imageFrom Danger to Dignity

Weaves together two parallel stories about the national movement to decriminalize abortion.

Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 56 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
When Abortion was Illegal - imageWhen Abortion was Illegal

Academy Award-nominated film tells devastating stories from the era of illegal abortion.

Bullfrog Films | 1993 | 28 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Brave Girls - imageBrave Girls

The story of three women and arranged marriage.

Collective Eye Films | 2018 | 68 minutes
Searching For Gerda Taro - imageSearching For Gerda Taro

Celebrates the life and work of Gerda Taro — a charismatic Jewish refugee from Germany, an anti-fascist, and a trailblazing photographer whose work would be forgotten for decades.

Icarus Films | 2021 | 58 minutes
The Women of Hezbollah - imageThe Women of Hezbollah

A portrait of two women activists in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political factors of their commitment to this Islamic movement in Lebanon.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 49 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind - imageRuth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind

Chronicles Ruth Stone's heroic life story as a poet, mother, and teacher, leaving no question as to why she became both a Vermont and national treasure.

Icarus Films | 2022 | 77 minutes
62 Days - image62 Days

62 DAYS is an urgent examination of a growing trend of laws that seek to control a pregnant woman's body.

Women Make Movies | 2017 | 29 minutes
93Queen - image93Queen

93QUEEN chronicles the creation of the first all-female Hasidic ambulance corps in New York City.

Women Make Movies | 2018 | 90 minutes | College, Adults
I Had An Abortion - imageI Had An Abortion

Powerful and fiercely honest, I HAD AN ABORTION tackles the taboo of discussing abortion.

Women Make Movies | 2005 | 55 minutes | College, Adults

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