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Women’s Studies

Celebrate women’s contributions and examine gender identity, equality, and feminism through an intersectional lens. Expertly curated and focused, these films aim to fill historical gaps and reshape narratives for accelerating our path towards equality.

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Surge
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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
Director: Hannah Rosenzweig | Wendy Sachs
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2020
Activism American History Current Affairs Gender History Politics Women
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I’m Doing My Job
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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
Activism African American Studies Asian Studies Conflicts Diversity Family Gender Health Personal Story Society Women
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Picture a Scientist
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Picture a Scientist
PICTURE A SCIENTIST is a documentary on women scientists overcoming bias, revolutionizing science, on a journey to meet diverse scientific luminaries
Director: Ian Cheney | Sharon Shattuck
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 97/56 min.
Year of production: 2020
Activism Education Science Women
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America to Me
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America to Me
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series. Witness it through their eyes.
Director: Steve James
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 10x60 min.
Year of production: 2018
Children Current Affairs Education Family Gender Politics Society Youth
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DOLORES
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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
Activism American History Biography Human Rights Immigration and Migration Labor Latin American Studies Women
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Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition
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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
Director: Richard E. Robbins
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 101 min.
Year of production: 2017
Activism Education Gender Globalization Human Rights Society Women Youth
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Battleground
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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
Activism Current Affairs Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Social Justice Society
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The 8th
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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
Director: Aideen Kane | Lucy Kennedy | Maeve O’Boyle
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2020
Activism Current Affairs Health Human Rights Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Social Justice Society
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Roll Red Roll
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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.
Director: Nancy Schwartzman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 min.
Year of production: 2018
Activism Crime Current Affairs Law and Justice Media Personal Story Sexuality Society Sports Technology Women Youth
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The World Before Her
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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
Activism Anthropology Asian Studies Children Conflicts Current Affairs Education Gender Globalization Investigative Journalism Politics Society Women Youth
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Trapped
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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
Activism Crime Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Media Politics Poverty Religion and Spirituality Science Sexuality Society Women
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The Hunting Ground
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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
Activism Current Affairs Education Gender Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Society Women
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RBG
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RBG
Hero. Icon. Dissenter. RBG explores the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Director: Betsy West | Julie Cohen
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2018
Activism American History Biography Gender History Jewish Studies Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Society Women
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RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words
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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
Director: Freida Lee Mock
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 89 min.
Year of production: 2021
Activism American History Arts and Culture Creative Current Affairs Diversity Education Family Gender History Human Rights Humor Jewish Studies Law and Justice Military Personal Story Politics Senior Citizenship Social Justice Women Youth
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Tempestad
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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
Cinema Conflicts Creative Human Rights Latin American Studies Personal Story Politics Women
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Budrus
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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
Activism Conflicts Education Family Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics Society War Women
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CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
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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
Children Current Affairs Education Gender Internet Media Society Technology Women
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Half the Sky
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Director: Maro Chermayeff
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 240 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism African Cinema and Culture Business Current Affairs Education Gender Human Rights Labor Politics Poverty Women
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia
Director: Abigail Disney | Gini Reticker
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 72 min.
Year of production: 2008
Activism African Cinema and Culture Anthropology Conflicts Gender History Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Women
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The Invisible War
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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
Activism Conflicts Crime Current Affairs Education Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Military Personal Story Politics Society War Women
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Born Free: Birth in America
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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?
Director: Paula James Martinez
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism American History Children Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Humor Law and Justice Mental Health Social Justice Society Women Youth
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