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Gender Studies

Women and Gender studies has transformed from a fringe political position to a central tenet of modern academic study. These films showcase some of the conflicts that preoccupy gender theory today.

Films in this subject

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
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
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
Slaves of the Sword: Golda
The ultimate Jewish Mother, Golda Meir, turned out to be the Israeli Iron Lady, neither more civilian nor more feminine in her decisions than her male counterparts. She continued the power politics of Israeli leaders and personified Israel’s unyielding stand
Director: Ruth Walk
Language: English, Hebrew (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 55 min.
Year of production: 2003
Winnie
This is the story of Winnie Madikizela Mandela, one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2017
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
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
A documentary about body image and industry leaders challenging society's dangerous and unrealistic standards of beauty
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 60/82 min.
Year of production: 2017
A German Life
Brunhilde Pomsel got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else presently alive: she was the secretary for Joseph Goebbels. Now 105 years old, she tells her story
Language: German (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 113 min.
Year of production: 2016
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
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Debugging the Gender Gap: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there?
Director: Robin Hauser
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 78 min.
Year of production: 2015
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
Girl Rising
Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 101 min
Year of production: 2013
Leaving Africa
A film about the quest for gender equality in Africa, told through the eyes of a Finish Aid worker in Uganga experiencing homophobic blackmail.
Director: Iiris Harma
Language: English, Finnish, Luganda (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 58/84 min.
Year of production: 2015
Girl Model
Girl Model follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modelling industry. The story is told through the eyes of a scout and a 13 year-old model.
Language: English, Japanese, Russian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 78 min.
Year of production: 2011
#chicagoGirl
From her childhood bedroom in suburban Chicago, Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl coordinates the revolution in Syria
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 74/54 min.
Year of production: 2013