"Waging a Living"is an award-winning documentary and Academy Award nominee that chronicles the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners struggling to earn enough to pay their bills.  more »

Walking the Line offers a harrowing view of the chaos, absurdity, and senseless deaths of Mexican illegal immigrants along the US-Mexico border when some American citizens take the law into their own hands.  more »

The Mexican government has occupied the Indian village, Taniperla, in Chiapas in an effort to suppress the Zapatistas. In defiance, the community painted a mural to celebrate their autonomy. The mural has been reproduced around the world as a symbol of their movement  more »

This is a unique story of a leap across cultural boundaries as a Masai warrior from southern Kenya adapts to life on the fast track in suburban Massachusetts.  more »

This is an amusing parody of alarmist documentaries which "proves" people are getting "health benefits" from the noxious emissions from industrial pollutants. A hit at the Margaret Mead Film Festival.  more »

A powerful portrait of adults born as a result of wartime rape who now need to come to terms with their origins. Filmed in Bangladesh, Bosnia, Rwanda and Nicaragua.  more »

A compelling account of the brutalities of 21st Century war, told through the eyes of independent journalists. The film documents the lives of reporters and photographers who subverted military media control to get access to the real Iraq War.  more »

Water Flowing Together offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer, Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-year career. Soto’s journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the disparate worlds which shaped this important artist.  more »

Chronicles a successful development program in Togo, West Africa where villagers, especially women, undertook the drilling of a well to get clean, accessible water.  more »

Some women in Senegal emerged from their domestic roles into breadwinner roles after the economic crisis in the 1980's. They formed collectives, called Roscas, which are cooperatives very much in keeping with the African sense of community.  more »

We Are Family takes a look at what life is really like in homosexual families, focusing on parenting and well-being of the children.  more »

This video documents the inspiring example of Four Women, Inc., an independent abortion and gynecology clinic in a small, post-industrial Massachusetts town. It presents a rare and intimate look at the daily work of providing excellent abortion care.  more »

A look at the "Culture clubs" that sprang up in the townships of South Africa, providing an outlet for dance, music, and theatrical arts.  more »

This film focuses on the myths and realities of prostitution as related by seven women formerly in "the life."  more »

The filmmaker, an educated African-American journalist, celebrates her 35th birthday and acknowledges to her dismay that she is STILL unmarried. The fact is, there is a shortage of available professional men for women like her.  more »

This film, shot mostly covertly, shows the irony of a regime where 20 million people live in poverty, some on the brink of starvation, while former dictator Kim II Sung builds extravagant monuments to reflect his power.  more »

In today’s age of globalization, this film provides a portrait of how the local population of a “developing” African nation responds to influx of foreigners who strive to bring economic growth, but often stir up cultural conflict in the process.  more »

The first and largest federally funded artists’ colony in the United States, Westbeth became home to a generation of artists grateful for cheap rent and a place to live and work. Since 1970 the west Greenwich Village site has provided a home to artists who range from emerging to well-established and represent a wide variety of disciplines.  more »

Portrait of the daringly inventive woman science fiction writer whose visionary writing gained her a loyal following.  more »

One summer morning Kevin Morrissey dialed 911 to report a shooting and then turned his gun on himself. Discord between Kevin and his boss was later uncovered. Was the suicide a result of workplace bullying?  more »

This program looks at the human side of the health care crisis where millions of Americans lack insurance or are underinsured.  more »

An expose of the new chemicals and additives used in making plastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and food production that are changing the natural hormone balance in animals and humans.  more »

Barely one year after Conrad Hilton opened his new luxury hotel in Havana, Fidel Castro overtook the building for use as his revolution’s headquarters.  more »

Using hidden cameras, this film captures the interaction of three children with serious behavioral problems, and their parents. It shows how a whole family can be in turmoil if there is no intervention.  more »

A sensitive study of the effect on children when their mothers are incarcerated.  more »

In this documentary we hear from four women who have provided continuous care for a loved one, who speak candidly of the physical and emotional stress of this responsibility. They are in need of support systems as much as those they nurture  more »

Where Birds Don’t Sing chronicles the horrifying stories of two concentration camps in the Third Reich, Ravensbruck and Sachsenhausen, and ends with a moving reunion of the survivors.  more »

As life expectancy increases and we continue to amass more information, memory loss is becoming a growing epidemic. This film explores the world of recall and methods for improving memory.  more »

The experiences of a generation of African-American women during the Great Migration north are described in this engaging portrait of a 77-year old washroom attendant.  more »

Rural communities face a crisis as farms are abandoned and young people leave for cities where there is more opportunity. Hard economic realities could reduce whole regions to wasteland if preventive measures are not taken.  more »

Mamoun, a quirky thirty-five year old Muslim man living in Skoura, Morocco, has never been married, although his culture demands it . Considering the separation of the sexes in Muslim society, the obsession with virginity, and the custom of arranged marriages, the film asks, how can love blossom?  more »

Many young people in their twenties face an uncertain future because of poor job prospects and emotional stress. This is a sobering look at this generation which will ultimately become the leaders of their country.  more »

A touching portrait of an Iraqi refugee family, resettled in the US, that holds on to hope for a better life while dealing with the challenges of adjustment.  more »

This personal film explores what it means to navigate racial identity in America as the filmmaker recounts the story of his own family across generations. His father's experience as a Jewish professor at a black college influences the filmmaker as he contemplates the i"preferred" race of the baby he and his wife hope to adopt.  more »

This award-winner addresses the concerns of working parents, the needs of both children and day-care providers, and the social risks of day-care shortage.  more »

This Academy Award-nominated film makes a powerful statement about racism in working-class America. It details the stark facts of the case of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was brutally murdered in a fight with a Detroit auto worker, and the ensuing trial and rally for justice.  more »

Despite America's extraordinary medical resources, our health care system fails a large part of the population. While denying routine preventive care to millions, dying patients are often given expensive care they do not want.  more »

This moving documentary has generated widespread public debate over the bioethical issue of doctor-assisted suicide, illegal in North America.  more »

The story of the St. Louis Journalism Review, an independent publication that acted like a watch dog of mainstream media.  more »

In recent years, more than one million Latin Americans in search of a better life have surged into the United States. The US has undergone one of its history’s most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts, with Latinos expected to emerge as an American majority by 2050. This film details how this influx has resulted in acute growing pains along with countless successes.  more »

After the Indian tribes were vanquished, the governments of the U.S. and Canada destroyed their cultures as well. For generations, youngsters were separated from their Indian parents and adopted by both well-meaning and exploitive adoptive families. This film reveals some of these complicated stories  more »

This film examines the harrowing experiences of three Muslim American teenagers effected by Special Registration, a post-9/11 security measure  more »

Shot over a three year period, this emotionally wrenching story reveals the bond that develops between two brothers who long to be reunited with their cocaine-addicted mother, and their grandmother’s struggle to keep the family together. When a family court threatens to terminate the mother’s parental rights after a failed rehabilitation attempt, the boys impress the judge with their strong desire to keep the family intact.  more »

This heartwarming film explores why people of a variety of ages, cultures, and gender orientation, still want to marry in an era when it is socially acceptable for couples to live together, forgoing wedding vows.  more »

This multi-award winning program about childhood sexual abuse dramatizes the life story of victims who grew up never feeling safe in their own home. It is delicately told, with no graphic, sexual or violent scenes.  more »

The turbulent life of Anna Larina, wife of Nikolai Bukharin, is entwined with 20th century Russian history.  more »

Chinese author Jung Chang's grandmother was born into a still feudal society, and became a warlord's concubine. Her mother, became a high ranking Communist Party official. This film brings to life the memories Chang recorded in her best-selling autobiography, Wild Swans.  more »

Willa Beatrice Brown was the first African American woman in the U.S. to be a licensed pilot. Her 
efforts were responsible for Congress' forming the renowned Tuskegee Airmen squadron, leading to the integration of the U.S. military service in 1948.  more »

Challenges the misconception that women do not get heart disease. In fact, they are often misdiagnosed.  more »

From the Disappearing World series, the film shows how a priest must share his influence with the witch doctor.  more »

An exploration of how women farmers could play a key role in alleviating famine in Africa, if they got the necessary support from men in their villages.  more »

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in the late 1970s, many Afghans fled, leaving behind homes, possessions and sometimes family members. Those who took refuge in the United States came to treasure the freedom and economic opportunities offered by their new country.  more »

The terrible anti-Semitic massacre that occurred on July 4, 1946 in Kielce, Poland is chillingly retold by the Polish people who were there. Some express horror but others seem indifferent.  more »

This film relates the remarkable story of Wojtek, the soldier bear, one of the most beguiling wartime animal personalities who became a legendary mascot during World War II.  more »

The third in the Springroll trilogy, this film interweaves a love of food with cultural and psychic survival  more »

Soul searching interviews with women around fifty, amusing animated sequences and enchanting re-enactments of early memories are intertwined to create this one-of-a-kind exploration of the transforming emotional experience of menopause.  more »

What does the veil mean to Muslim women? Is it a symbol of repression or faith? Journalist Samira Ahmed travels from her home in Britain to the Middle East, Asia, Malaysia and Africa interviewing a wide variety of men and women -- spiritual leaders, educators, and activists to understand the roots of the Islamic view of women.  more »

The focus is on three vulnerable women refugees who must cope with being uprooted. One is a 13 year-old Vietnamese girl living in a camp in Malaysia, another a widow from Mozambique and the third is a Salvadorian mother living precariously with three children in Costa Rica.  more »

Introduces us to women of diverse ages and backgrounds who have developed large, successful businesses.  more »

Taslima Nasreen, Bangladesh writer, gained international attention when Islamic leaders issued a fatwa calling for her death.  more »

A two-part documentary on the conditions of women in today's economically oriented Chinese society. It visits four diverse parts of China  more »

A series of three videos that gives insight into the complex position of the educated Muslim woman.  more »

This video focuses on Soraya Altorki, originally from Saudi Arabia, who is now a professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo.  more »

Toucan Faisal of Jordan is the first and only woman in the Jordanian parliament. A former television personality, she decided to go into government to rectify the abuses her investigative reports uncovered.  more »

Focuses on Aicha Belarbi, professor of sociology at the University of Rabat, who has written books about gender roles, child welfare, women and power, and the modern Muslim woman..  more »

Focusing on war-torn areas of the world, this inspiring program profiles women living with the day-to-day tragedy of war. Part I begins in Israel and moves to Northern Ireland where we meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Meiread Corrigan who formed Peace People. Part II is dedicated to the women of El Salvador, working for the popular front movements for a more just society, and moves to the U.S. where women are fighting to reclaim their neighborhoods from crime.  more »

Part I begins in Israel, where the Palestinian uprising has escalated the conflict between Jews and Arabs. It shows women on both sides willing to bear arms but also involved in the peace-making process. In Northern Ireland we meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Corrigan. She, along with Betty Williams, have formed Peace People, a ground-breaking movement for ending violence in that country.  more »

Part II is dedicated to the women of the Americas. It begins in El Salvador, a country where torture and terrorism are part of every family's history. Salvadorean women are assuming leadership positions in the popular front movements for a more just society. In Boston, New York, Washington and Los Angeles, we meet women who are leading the fight to reclaim their neighborhoods from crime.  more »

Profiles of women who have championed human rights both in their own country and internationally. They mobilize to improve conditions for workers in foreign -owned factories in Mexico.  more »

A group of septuagenarians in the South Bronx, after a life of hard work and struggle, now have time for themselves. They have immersed themselves in a drama group at the local senior citizen center where they create theater pieces from their own life experiences.  more »

]The Women of Summer is the emotionally riveting and previously untold story of the seventeen hundred blue collar women who participated in a controversial and inspired educational experiment known as The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers from 1921 to 1938.  more »

This BBC film takes us to the heart of rural China, where one woman about to have her third child is in trouble with the family planning officials, and another excitedly plans for her traditional wedding.  more »

Educates women about safe sex and other issues that relate to women regarding this epidemic.  more »

Four deaf performers, an actress, a dancer, a percussionist and a mime explain how their art transcends the spoken word  more »

Mike Van Oman, married and the father of two sons, lost both his sight and hearing when he was in his thirties. With the help of the Helen Keller National Center, he overcame despair and found a renewed sense of life and purpose.  more »

This film tells the remarkable story of the villagers of one district of North Vietnam who found themselves on the frontlines of an increasingly brutal war. They survived by digging a series of tunnels and moving their entire community underground.  more »

In the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world, witchcraft is an enshrined element of their legal system—formally treated as a crime. Each year thousands are tried, imprisoned, and even killed in accordance with the law.  more »

This fascinating documentary filmed in Mosuo Province near the Tibetan border shares the story of a matriarchal society where there are no fathers, husbands, or marriages.  more »