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A Private War
( 2018 )
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
( 1995 )
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer has served in the army for over twenty years. She's just fallen in love with an artist she's met, she's going for a PhD, and has a job at the VA hospital, as well as in the reserves. She decides to upgrade her security rating, with an eye toward promotion, and during the interview, she tells the investigator that she is a lesbian. The army begins proceedings to discharge her. And with the support of her family, her lover, (and LAMBDA), she decides to fight for her right to serve.
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Scandal
( 1989 )
Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
( 1994 )
Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess" (Sir John Hurt), sends her to his ranch in California to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix), one of the cowgirls at the beauty ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and drug the cranes with peyote. The Police besiege the ranch.
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A Dangerous Woman
( 1993 )
Martha Horgan, a naive woman with an intellectual impairment who lives with her aunt Frances in a small town, is known for always telling the truth. She works at a dry cleaner, where her compulsive truth-telling leads her to report to the boss that another employee has been stealing from the cash register. The thief, in turn, accuses Martha, and she loses her job. In the mean time, a mysterious stranger named Mackey appears at Martha's residence after learning that Aunt Frances needs her porch repaired. Mackey is hired and becomes intimately involved with Martha... which only leads to tragedy.
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Point of No Return
( 1993 )
A government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.
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Dawn Anna
( 2005 )
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
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Practical Magic
( 1998 )
Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.
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Martha: A Picture Story
( 2019 )
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become influential to the global movement of street artists.
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The Babushkas of Chernobyl
( 2016 )
An affectionate portrait of a group of women who, after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and evacuation, returned to the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant and have resided there - semi-officially, for years.
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Ethel
( 2013 )
A documentary on Ethel Kennedy that provides an insider's view of a political dynasty, including her life with Robert F. Kennedy and the years following his death when she raised their eleven children on her own.
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Girlhood
( 2003 )
Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.
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Love, Marilyn
( 2013 )
Of all the stars in Hollywood's history, no one had a more potent mix of glamor and tragedy than Marilyn Monroe. Through performed readings of her personal papers, this film explores the life and personal thoughts of this seminal movie star and how she achieved her dream with determination and audacity. Furthermore, through additional readings and interviews of her colleagues and acquaintances, we also follow her emotional self-destruction under the sexist pressures of Hollywood until her premature death in 1962.
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Queen of the Desert
( 2017 )
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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Picture a Scientist
( 2020 )
Despite the minimal news coverage, sexual harassment and gender inequality against women are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.
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Double Dare
( 2005 )
DOUBLE DARE is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about the struggles of two stuntwomen in male-dominated Tinseltown to stay working, stay thin, and stay sane.
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Beyond Sixty
( 2021 )
The myth that older women are invisible is shattered in this inspirational, revealing look at remarkable women thriving, leading lives rich in experiences and accomplishments that defy perceptions and reveal what is possible beyond sixty.
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Elle
( 2016 )
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
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Amelia
( 2009 )
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
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The Duchess
( 2008 )
A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
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Colette
( 2018 )
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
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Thelma & Louise
( 1991 )
Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.
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Coco Before Chanel
( 2009 )
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
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Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
( 1987 )
In this film, Margaret Lazarus demonstrates the role of advertising plays as propaganda against women. To that point, we learn of the predominate belittling of women, unwarrently sexualizing them, and even stooping to depictions of violence and murder of women for the sake of commerce.
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Killing Us Softly 3
( 1999 )
Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take action.
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Beyond Killing Us Softly
( 2000 )
A documentary about the fight against the toxic, violent and degrading messages to girls and women in the media. It features the voices of young girls and outlines strategies for reclaiming our culture. It features: Gloria Steinem, Carol Gilligan, Val Batts, Catherine Steiner-Adair, Amy Richards and others
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Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
( 2016 )
Dawn French takes a live audience on an epic journey through various delights and riches, with the odd irksome tribulation thrown in, as she speaks about the lessons life has taught her, and the things she knows to be true after 30 Million Minutes of life.
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Loving Highsmith
( 2022 )
Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
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Wicked Little Letters
( 2024 )
When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
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Women Talking
( 2023 )
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
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Incessant Chatter : I like the fact the creators named her Charlotte... good nod to a great spider story