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Gender Studies

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DOLORES
Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...
Director: Peter Bratt
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 96 min.
Year of production: 2017
Picture a Scientist
PICTURE A SCIENTIST is a documentary on women scientists overcoming bias, revolutionizing science, on a journey to meet diverse scientific luminaries
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 97/56 min.
Year of production: 2020
Half the Sky
Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 240 min.
Year of production: 2012
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 72 min.
Year of production: 2008
Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam
In the '60s, hippies ignited a sexual revolution. In 2020, Seyran Ateş, a Turkish-German feminist imam, faces fatwas and bullets for sparking a similar change in Islam. Her global journey fights extremism, fostering peace and love within the faith. Join her revolution!
Language: Chinese, English, German, Norwegian, Turkish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 55 min.
Year of production: 2021
RBG
Hero. Icon. Dissenter. RBG explores the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2018
Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition
The updated film features new research on girl’s education, video updates on the girls, and videos from the Girl Rising movement featuring students, teachers, and community leaders taking action for girls’ education
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 101 min.
Year of production: 2017
The Invisible War
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military
Director: Kirby Dick
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2012
The World Before Her
A provocative portrait of Indian women and their current cultural conflicts.
Director: Nisha Pahuja
Language: English, Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 57 / 90 min.
Year of production: 2012
Roll Red Roll
Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 min.
Year of production: 2018
She Rises Up
Gladys Yupanqui in Peru, Magatte Wade in Senegal, and Selyna Peiris in Sri Lanka are 3 women transforming their communities through business. Their stories reveal the power of local entrepreneurs and the barriers women face in accessing economic opportunities
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2024
My Name Is Happy
Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya’s journey from Turkey’s Got Talent star to shooting survivor fighting for justice against femicide. The documentary highlights her resilience as she heals, finds strength in her family, and empowers women through music and activism.
Language: Turkish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2022
Tempestad
The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Language: Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 105 min.
Year of production: 2016
Battleground
As the nation faces the end of Roe v. Wade, follow three women leading formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield at the intersection and future of abortion and politics in America.
Director: Cynthia Lowen
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 103 min.
Year of production: 2022
Budrus
It takes a village to unite the most divided people on earth. Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat.
Director: Julia Bacha
Language: English, Hebrew (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2010
The 8th
The 8th traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion, forging a new progressive path when reproductive rights are threatened all over the world
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2020
We Iranian Women
Through exclusive testimonies and clandestine videos, We Iranian Women gives voice to courageous women in Iran who risked their lives to share their stories. The film chronicles their ongoing battle against patriarchy, corruption, and rigid religious and ideological beliefs
Language: English, French, Italian, Persian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 61 min.
Year of production: 2023
Motherboard
Director Victoria Mapplebeck’s 20-year chronicle of motherhood, as a single parent to her son, Jim, captures life’s highs and lows. Shot across generations of smartphones, the film offers a raw look at resilience, growth, and the power of family amid hardship.
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 87 min.
Year of production: 2024
RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words
The improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job after graduating at the top of her law class, became a revered Justice of the Supreme Court and icon for gender equality and human rights
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 89 min.
Year of production: 2021
Preconceived
Where does someone turn when facing an unplanned pregnancy? The film is a window into the enigmatic centers that some call “pregnancy resource centers” and others call “fake clinics.”
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 Min.
Year of production: 2023
Surge
Is it a moment or a movement? Surge follows three, diverse female candidates who each ran in uphill battles to flip their deep red districts to blue in the historic, barrier-breaking 2018 midterm elections
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2020
I’m Doing My Job
I’m Doing My Job follows 6 young, female South Asian & Black emergency medical physicians’ lives throughout the pandemic in NYC.
Director: Aneri Shah
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 47 min.
Year of production: 2022
DRAW FOR CHANGE! (Series)
Six female cartoonists from Mexico to Syria defy censorship with powerful satire on social justice, facing threats and violence. Their stories of resilience, filmed by top female directors, showcase art’s role in activism and the unbreakable drive for truth.
Language: Arabic, English, Russian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 4 x 54 min.
Year of production: 2023
Trapped
With U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive, what remains of a woman's right to choose?
Director: Dawn Porter
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 83 min.
Year of production: 2016
The Hunting Ground
A startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families.
Director: Kirby Dick
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 102 min.
Year of production: 2015
Born Free: Birth in America
If birth and pregnancy are a lens on how society values its women, why has it become a fight that American women are losing?
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2022
$avvy
$avvy explores why it’s critical for women to understand and take control of their personal finances.
Director: Robin Hauser
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 56/79 min.
Year of production: 2020
Sabine Weiss, One Century of Photography
Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) created a monumental body of work: thousands of faces, top fashion collections, and global photo reports. As a 20th-century witness focusing on society's margins, she was a Humanist photography icon. This film captures her final words and legacy.
Language: French (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 58 min.
Year of production: 2022
Bambi, a French Woman
From birth in Algiers, Marie-Pierre wanted to wear dresses, rejecting her given name, Jean-Pierre. At 17, discovering a drag show changed her life. Becoming Bambi, she became a cabaret legend in 50s and 60s Paris.
Language: French (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 83 min.
Year of production: 2021
Judged Bodies: The Fight for Reproductive Rights (Cuerpos Juzgados)
In El Salvador, where abortion is completely illegal, women who have had obstetric emergencies have been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. The Citizen Group fights for women’s reproductive rights and works to free women unjustly imprisoned.
Language: Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 69 min.
Year of production: 2022
To See You Again (Volverte a ver)
Against a backdrop of epidemic levels of disappearances and deaths in Mexico—an estimated 360,000 have died since 2006—a group of women put pressure on the government in this powerful portrait of female solidarity.
Language: Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2020