Week of March 15, 2010
In the News: Week 3 of Women’s History Month: Featuring powerful, controversial, timeless, and moving documentaries and narrative films on women and feminism. All are housed in the Boca Raton Media Center, first floor, west wing.
10 (Also known as Ten on Ten) (DVD)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Zeitgeist Video, 2004
Call Number: PN1997.2 .A122 2004
Abused (DVD)
Braverman Productions, 2007
Call Number: KF224 .G74 A28 2007
Āfsāīd: Offside (DVD)
Directed by Jafar Panahi. Sony Pictures, 2006
Call Number: PN1977.2 .A3373 2007
Be Fruitful & Multiply: Peru u-Revu (DVD)
Directed by Shosh Shlam. Icarus Films, 2005
Call Number: HQ1172 .B44 2005
Frozen River (DVD)
Directed by Courtney Hunt. Sony, 2008
Call Number: PN1997.2 .F7694 2009
FtF: Female to Femme (DVD)
Directed by Kami Chisholm & Elizabeth Stark. Frameline, 2006
Call Number: HQ75.5 .F77 2006
Full Cover Girl (DVD)
Directed by Folke Rydén. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2009
Call Number: HQ1735 .F85 2009
Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (DVD)
Directed by Thomas Keith. Media Education Foundation, 2008
Call Number: P96 .S48 G464 2008
The Great Step Forward: China Women in the 20th Century (DVD)
Directed by Liu Chun. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003
Call Number: HQ1767 .G74 2003
Her Brilliant Career (DVD)
Directed by Ian McLaren. Filmaker’s Library, 2009
Call Number: HD6054.3 .H47 2008
Hillary: The Movie (DVD)
Directed by Alan Peterson. Citizens United, 2008
Call Number: E887 .C55 H568 2008
I Am Woman. Voices of Power (VHS)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000
Call Number: HQ1421 .I2622 2000
I Was a Teenage Feminist: A Documentary About Redefining the F-Word (DVD)
Directed by Therese Shechter. Trixie Films, 2005
Call Number: HQ1421 .I93 2005
Is Feminism Dead? (Streaming Video)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999
Call Number: Available online via Films on Demand
Julie & Julia (DVD)
Directed by Nora Ephron. Sony Pictures, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .J8554 2009
Lynne Sachs, A Collection of Films Exploring Women, Culture, Science & Myth. Volume 1 (DVD)
Directed by Lynne Sachs. 2005
Call Number: PN1995.9 .E96 L96 2005
Made in L.A.: Hecho en Los Angeles (DVD)
Directed by Almudena Carracedo. California Newsreel, 2007
Call Number: HD6073 .C62 M33 2007
The Naked Feminist (DVD)
Directed by Louisa Achille. Cinema Guild, 2005
Call Number: HQ471 .N35 2005
No! (DVD)
Directed by Aishah Shahidah Simmons. California Newsreel, 2006
Call Number: JV6250.4 .W65 N6 2006
Our Bodies, Our Minds (VHS)
Directed by Rebecca M. Alvin. Cinema Guild, 2001
Call Number: HQ144 .O87 2001
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority (DVD)
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford. Women Make Movies, 2008
Call Number: E840.8 .M554 P38 2008
Rachel Getting Married (DVD)
Directed by Jonathan Demme. Sony, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .R3234 2009
Sita, a Girl from Jambu: Bichari Sita (DVD)
Directed by Kathleen Man. Salmon Pictures, 2007
Call Number: HQ232.9 .A5 S58 2007
Surname Viet, Given Name Nam (DVD)
Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha. Women Make Movies, 2005
Call Number: HQ1750.5 .S875 2005
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (DVD)
Directed by Rory Kennedy. HBO, 2008
Call Number: PN4874 .T424 A33 2008
Twist Barbie: Lynn Spigel Dreams of Plastic Feminism (VHS)
Paper Tiger Television, 1994
Call Number: VH 3084
Wendy and Lucy (DVD)
Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Oscilloscope Pictures, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .W4639 2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (DVD)
Directed by Sam Pollard. California Newsreel, 2008
Call Number: PS3515 .U789 Z98 2008
Zora’s Roots: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (DVD)
PBS Home Video, 2008
Call Number: PS3515 .U789 Z987 2008