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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Follows the stories of several idealistic young servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when they courageously came forward to report.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. In Her Element is a documentary about the next generation of women in technology. Best-selling author Meena Harris leads a conversation with three women a rocket scientist, a music engineer, and a team principal for a Formula E racing team. The film encourages others to follow their dreams and shows what's possible when a woman believes in herself.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Sal's husband dies suddenly of a heart attack, Sal and her best friend, Tip try to find some fun among the knitting and cake-baking of The Ladies' Guild in the small West Country town of Clatterford St. Mary. The Guild members are certainly an eccentric bunch: leader Eileen, who takes her position--and chains--very seriously; cheese-mad Rose (or Margaret, depending on whether she's taken her medication); Delilah Stagg of the loose false teeth...
5) Queen Mimi
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kyra Johnson, a middle-aged divorcee, moves into her elderly mother's Brooklyn apartment while she looks for work and tries to get back on her feet. When her mother dies suddenly, Kyra is left without any support, both emotional and financial, and finds herself with very few options. Kyra can't accept that her once-tidy life has completely fallen apart. This leads her on a risky path of self-destruction that has devastating consequences.
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded).
Description
"Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most: real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of yearning, vulnerability, and resilience as she tumbles...
8) Brave girls
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In one of the oldest towns in India, a group of young women are rewriting tradition. The day before her final exam, Apsana runs from her arranged marriage so that she can continue going to school. Samira wants to marry for love, but chooses to listen to her parents. Two months later, her friend, Karishma disappears with her childhood sweetheart. The film follows their journey for self-determination and love.
9) Tár
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
10) Little stones
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Sophia Kruz, follows the uplifting stories of four women using rap, graffiti, fashion and dance to fight for women's rights around the world. Graffiti artist Panmela Castro has risen to the top of the male-dominated graffiti world in Brazil by using street art to raise awareness about domestic violence. Sohini Chakraborty is a dance therapist in India who is helping young sex-trafficking survivors learn to...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (356 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Appearances can be deceiving and never more so than with Agatha Christie₂s spinster sleuth. She may look like a sweet old lady, but her demure hat and sensible tweeds conceal a superior intelligence and steely resolve. And although her eyes twinkle, they don₂t miss a clue.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. Back then she played the role of an alluring young girl but now she is being asked to step into the older role. With her assistant Maria prepares to play opposite a young Hollywood starlet and finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an unsettling reflection of herself.
14) Dolores
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.
15) A perfect 14
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explore the world of plus size models fighting to reshape the fashion industry and the beauty standards of society.
16) Hope Gap
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Grace lives an idyllic life until her 29-year marriage to Edward abruptly ends, leaving their only son to pick up the pieces. As life unravels, Grace discovers it's never too late to be happy.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Britt-Marie is a 63-year-old housewife who has just left a 40-year marriage. The small town of Borg has lost its pride, except for the young soccer team, which Britt-Marie now has to coach. This journey will be filled with struggles and challenges, but also warmth and love.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Famed author Marianne Winckler goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of the working class in Northern France. She eventually lands a job as a cleaner on the cross-channel ferry and develops close connections with the other cleaning women, many of whom have extremely limited resources and income opportunities. As she learns more about the plight of these workers, Marianne struggles with her deception toward them and tries to rationalize that...
19) She is the ocean
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look into the lives of several women from different parts of the world who are united by their passion about the ocean.
20) Ziegfeld girl
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping...
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