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DVDs featuring at least one story about the human experience of women.
REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN 2 DVD Set: Made in Bangladesh and She Had a Dream
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MADE IN BANGLADESH Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight...
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
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SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY This "bold and brave" (Variety) drama from Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah is a tale ripped from the headlines, and yet a clever reference to the myths and lore of the Middle East. Hebba, a TV talk-show host, produces a successful political program on a privately...
Stand Down Soldier
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Stand Down Soldier Trailer - ArtMattan Films from ArtMattan Productions on Vimeo. STAND DOWN SOLDIER Life of women after military service is seldom portrayed in films. The drama Stand Down Soldier tells the story of Sergeant Stacy Armstrong who returns home from three deployments suffering with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Soon after her return,...
STORIES FROM 2 ISLANDS: PUERTO RICO & MAURITIUS
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Two coming of age stories that explore the life of 2 young women on 2 islands.Set in Puerto Rico, ANGÉLICA is a drama about a young Afro- Latino woman who must fight to find her voice. THE CATHEDRAL, from Mauritius, follows free spirited Lina as she faces an important decision...
STORIES OF POST-COLONIALISM: THE BIG BANANA & CELL 512 - Cameroon / Burkina Faso
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The Big Banana exposes multinational corporation culpability in the land grab of Africa which makes us reconsider where we get our fruit from. Corruption, rape and miscarriage of justice are all denounced in Cell 512, a family drama set in contemporary Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. THE BIG BANANA Banned in...
The Colors of Curacao
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COLORS OF CURACAO This two-DVD set featuring classic film "Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story" and contemporary drama "Papa's Song" serves as a window into the charming world of Curacao, part of the Dutch-owned Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. AVA & GABRIEL: A LOVE STORY Writer Norman DePalm offers two...
White Lies & White like the moon
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Two poignant women-centered stories about identity WHITE LIES Based on a novel by Whale Rider writer Witi Ihimaera, White Lies - New Zealand’s entry in the 2014 Oscar competition for best foreign-language film - is an intense drama that explores with great humanity and sensitivity such difficult topics as race...
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
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ZORA NEALE HURSTON: JUMP AT THE SUN Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their Eyes Were Watching God), established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature. This...