A feminist activist organization determined to bring attention to superficiality and the rampant objectification of women in modern American society chooses the 1985 Miss California Beauty Pageant as the site for its disruptive guerrilla demonstration. The group meets in Santa Cruz, Calif., and orchestrates its own competition -- one that attracts media attention and shocks passersby with its thought-provoking and satirical alternate reading of the institution of the American beauty pageant.
Guest speakers from "Women In Motion" Conference, Vancouver, B.C. 1975.
Provocative, feminist critique of man’s technological progress.
In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and in...
This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for ...
A look at the ways fashion has been used to socially control women in Canada, both historically and ...
Moira Mulholland narrates the history of (European) women's rights through images, interviews, and p...
This documentary goes back to the turn of the century to show how women shaped the nation’s history.
The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the...
A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve ...
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...
A documentary by Giulia Vallicelli about the lady fest that took place in Rome in 2009. This documen...
During the Joseon Dynasty, hair that was black and rich, like mud, was a prerequisite for a beauty, ...
bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensi...
Rock'n'roll was a man's world they say. The film documents the often ignored female impact on rock's...
A film about Karla Ojeda and Maira Ramírez, two transvestites going through adoption, and Gabriela M...
DIYSEX is a film that reflects on the use of the image and the language of mainstream pornography, a...