Gender Issues

50 Years Of Silence: The Story Of Jan Ruff-O'Herne (57 min.)
D810.C698 A15 1994
Summary: The war-time experiences of Jan Ruff-O'Herne and other young Dutch women who were forced to be prostitutes in Semarang when they and their families were imprisoned in camps by the Japanese in Indonesia during World War II.

1970, Half the People (60 min.)
HQ1421.A2 1998
Summary: Inspired by the successes of the Civil Rights Movement, women began to challenge discrimination on the basis of gender. Discusses such topics as: Betty Friedan, birth control, the Equal rights amendment of 1972, Roe vs Wade, women and Islam, and the U.N. Women's Conference in Beijing in 1995.

Acting Our Age : [A Film about Women Growing Old] (58 min.)
BF724.8.A38 1988
Summary: Introduces six women, aged 65 to 75, from diverse backgrounds, and through their stories of personal struggle and triumph, dispells the myths and challenges the stereotypes which have defined the image of elderly women in American culture. Includes discussions of sexuality, being alone, financial difficulties, and dealing with death.

Afghanistan Unveiled
HQ1735.6 .A44 2003 (52min.)
Summary: In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video journalists and camera operators, traveled to rural regions of Afghanistan to interview their countrywomen. In the span of two months, they met and spoke with women eking out an existence in caves, women risking punishment by daring to appear on film and women whose lives and families had been destroyed by years of bombing and oppression.

All God's children (26 min.)
BL65.H64A45 1996
Summary: A look at some of the issues and concerns of Black gays and lesbians with comments from prominent political and religious leaders in the Black community.

And Still I Rise (29 min.)
HQ1587.A625 1993
Summary: Prominent black women comment on the history and experiences of the Afro-American slave woman in white European society. Focuses on the sexuality of black women as perceived by Western society, from the domesticity and servility of the slave era to the visual exploitation of stereotypes in modern media.

Baby Beauty Queens (47 min.)
HQ1220.U5 B33 1999
Summary: Parents, beauty pageant contestants and program directors talk about children's beauty pageants and what motivates them. Extensive footage captures every aspect of the pageants. Detractors discuss what they see as the negative influence of the thousands of such contests that are held every year.

Balancing Acts (23 min.)
JZ1318.L5413 2005 v.21
Summary: In Pakistan, seventeen-year old Hina is challenging tradition by trying to complete her education. In Afghanistan, returning refugees like Maa Gul want the government to honor their right to shelter. In Kenya, Rose, who is HIV positive, is championing rights of independece for widows. And in Nigeria, market trader Tematayo is demanding that the government acknowledge her worth as a successful businesswoman. These featured stories come together to highlight a women's rights movement with an international scope.

Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation (60 min.)
P96.C76B4 1997
Summary: Bell hooks discusses why and how we should critically analyze popular culture, and examine the motives behind the depictions of women, minorities, and sexuality in mass media.

Between Light and Shadow: Maya Women In Transition (27 min.)
F1435.3.A7 B44 1997
Summary: Interviews with Mayan women artists who work to preserve Mayan culture, improve the lives of the Mayan people and promote a Maya presence in their community. Includes Mayan popular art in the form of woven textiles, embroidery and paintings.

Beyond Killing Us Softly, the Strength to Resist: the Impact of Media Images on Women and Girls (34 min.)
HF5827.B49 2000
Summary: Examines the images of women in advertising and mass media and the effect they have on women and girls. Includes discussions with authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for recognizing and fighting these depictions.

Bionic Beauty Salon (22 min.)
HQ1219 .S76 1999
Summary: This film addresses the insecurities of women of all ages who learn to place their self-worth in the measure of their beauty. Six teenage girls speak about their struggles with this issue.

Birth and Belief in the Andes of Ecuador (28 min.)
GR450 .B57 1994
Summary: Covers women's beliefs and traditional medicine surrounding pregnancy and childbirth.

Body: The Value of Women (74 min.)
BF697.5.B63B63 2000
Summary: Interviews women in the United States about body image and self-esteem.

Body, Soul, & Voice (27 min.)
PN1995.9.A78B63 1993
Summary: Two short films look at issues facing Asian women. Picturing Oriental girls is a compendium of stereotypical portrayals of Asian women in film. In Open letter, a young woman writes her thoughts about sexual violence in a racist society through a letter to her lover in this fictional short.
Contents: Open letter : grasp the bird's tail (15 min.) /by Brenda Joy Lem -- Picturing Oriental girls : a (re)educational videotape (12 min.) / by Valerie Soe.

Body Politics (48 min.)
HQ798.B63 1997
Summary: Looks at women's efforts to change societal attitudes about the "ideal" female form and the history of the "ideal" female form. From the series Women, a True Story

China Dolls (28 min.)
HQ76.2.A8 C55 1990z
Summary: A portrayal of gays of Asian descent in Australia that explores the relationship between race and sexuality and probes the uncomfortable reality of racial stereotyping and discrimination in the gay world through interviews with Asian men who talk frankly, and often humorously, of their experiences living within a double minority. The filmmaker himself tells a highly personal story of his journey from denial to self acceptance.

Classroom Climate Workshops: Gender Equity (26 min.)
LC212.82.C53 1996
Goals of the workshop: to increase awareness of gender issues in the classroom, to explore teachers' attitudes, and to consider steps to improve the classroom climate.

Counseling Girls to Bridge the Technology Gap (60 min.)
LC212.82 .C68 2001
Summary: Exams girls educational experiences in science and practical strategies to ensure gender fair counseling and assisting girls and young women in making good academic and career choices.

Daddy & Papa (57 min.)
HQ75.28.U6 D33 2002
Summary: A documentary exploring the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men who are making the decision to raise children themselves. Taking us inside four gay male families, this documentary traces the issues that intersect their private lives: the ambiguous place of interracial families in America, the precariousness of surrogacy and adoption, the complexities of marriage and divorce within the gay community, and the legality of their own parenthood.

Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (60 min)
HQ76.8.D44 D36 2005
Summary: Explores the lives of gay and lesbian people in non-Western cultures, where most occurrences of oppression receive no media coverage at all. By sharing the personal stories of gays in developing nations, the film documents an emerging global movement to end discrimination and violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.

The Day I will Never Forget (91min.)
GN484 .D39 2002
Summary: This film examines the practice of female genital mutilation in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the candidly about the practice and explain its cultural significance within Kenyan society. From testimonials by young women who share the painful aftermath of their trauma to interviews with elderly matriarchs who stubbornly stand behind the practice, the filmmaker paints a complex portrait of the current polemics and conflicts that have allowed this procedure to exist well into modern times.

Desire (84 min.)
HQ798 .D47 2005
Summary: Five young women, of various racial and economic backgrounds, tell their stories to filmmaker Julie Gustafson.

The Double Shift (47 min.)
HD6060.D68 1997
Summary: Looks internationally at the question of equality for women in areas of work: opportunity, pay, career and family, value placed on traditional activities, exploitation, self-employed women, househusbands. From the series Women, a True Story

Dreamworlds: Desire/sex/power in Rock Video (56 min.)
PN1992.8.M87D74 1990
Summary: Focuses on ways in which women are represented in music videos and how sex is used to market record, tapes, and CD's.

Dreamworlds 2: Desire/sex/power in Music Video (57 min.)
PN1992.8.M87D742 1995
Summary: A controversial film that MTV tried to ban. Shows scenes from over 165 music videos to illustrate how women are portrayed in male-created videos, examining such issues as masculinity, femininity, sex, and sex roles. Questions the impact that the portrayal of sex and sexual relations in mass media have on society and culture in our everyday life. Includes a scene of a brutal gang rape from the movie, The Accused.
"Warning: this video contains a very brutal and shocking scene of sexual violence. It is imperative that instructors view the tape beforehand, provide adequate warning to students, and ensure that they can leave the screening at any time, if they desire"--Cassette label.

Equality (55 min.)
LA212 .S34 2001 no.3
Summary: Describes the inequalities, based on gender and race, in American public education in the 1950s, issues raised by equal rights proponents, and changes made.

Fair Play (57 min.)
LC213.2.F35 2000
Summary: Exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain. Professionals in education scrutinize issues including equal computer access in the classroom, attitude barriers both in class and out, and efforts to develop software and Web sites that enfranchise female users rather than reinformce gender stereotypes.
Originally broadcast in 1999 as a segment of the television program Digital Divide: Teachers, Technology, and the Classroom.

The Fairer Sex? (17 min.)
HQ 1237.5.U6F25 1994
Summary: In this segment of the television program Primetime Live, two people, a man and a woman, equipped with hidden cameras and microphones, are sent to Cincinnati, Ohio to see if bias based on gender still exists. Posing as new residents, they attempt to purchase cars and household items, and try to find jobs. In the process they uncover disturbing differences in the ways men and women are treated in American society.

Family (48 min.)
HQ1410.C426 1994 pt.2
Summary: Focuses on traditional roles for women and some notable American women instrumental in undermining those stereotypes.

Farm Song (57 min.)
HQ682 .N38 1997
Summary: This documentary follows a family of rice farmers in rural, northeastern Japan over a one-year period. Explores how each member of the four-generation family comes to terms with his or her traditional role, with special emphasis on the role of the mother and daughter-in-law.

Four Women (7 min.)
GV1783.F68 1990z
Summary: A dance interpretation of the ballad by Nina Simone about four common stereotypes of Afro-American women. Originally produced in 1978.

Free a Man to Fight: Women Soldiers of World War II (55 min.)
D810.W7 F74 1999
Summary: Uses archival footage and interviews with women who served in various capacities in all branches of the military: gunnery instructors, pilots, mechanics, code breakers, nurses, flight instructors and others. These women reflect on their lives behind the lines, facing danger from without and often prejudice from within.

Game Over (41 min.)
GV1469.3.G36 2000
Summary: This educational documentary addresses the questions of gender, race, and violence in video games. Asks: what are the messages of video games, why are the majority of game players men, do video games desensitize children to violence, and how are race, masculinity, and women represented?

The Gender Chip Project (54 min.)
Q141 .G46 2005
Summary: Filmmaker Helen de Michiel profiles five young women majoring in traditionally male-dominated fields, following them from their first year at The Ohio State University to their graduations 3 years later.

The Gender Tango (48 min.)
HQ1154.G465 1997
Summary: Looks at the different ways women define themselves and are defined by others in diverse cultures. From the series Women, a True Story

Girl Inside (70 min.)
HQ77.9 .G57 2007
Summary: Following Madison during three years of her transition from male to female, raising issues about the nature of gender, femininity, and sexuality. Girl Inside highlights Madison’s loving relationship with her 80-year-old grandmother, their discussions together further illustrate the complex set of questions and issues surrounding the choices transsexuals face.

Girl Wrestler (53 min.)
GV1196.4.S63 G57 2004
Summary: Documentary that follows 13 year-old female wrestler Tara Neal through the last year that she will be allowed to compete with boys under Texas state guidelines.

The Good Wife of Tokyo (52 min.)
HQ1762 .G66 2001
Summary: Kazuko Hohki goes back to Tokyo with her rock band after living in England for 15 years. This film records her re-experiencing of Japan after a long absence, examining traditional attitudes towards women and those of Kuzuko's friends who are trying to expand their roles as Japanese women.

Guidance Counselors Share Strategies for Encouraging Girls in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology in their Schools (58 min.)
LC212.82.G85 2001
Summary: David Sadker and four public school guidance counselors discuss the strategies that counselors and teachers can use to ensure gender fair school environments and assist girls and young women in making good academic and career choices regarding the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering. From the series Counseling for Gender Equity

Halving the bones (70 min.)
E184.J3 H35 2002
Summary: Traces the filmmaker's journey into personal identity and the cultural interpretations of three generations of women.

The Healing Years (52 min.)
RC560.I53 H43 1999
Summary: Three prominent women share their experiences as incest victims, and describe the effect it has had on their lives.

Hip-hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (61 min.)
ML3531 .H57 2006
Summary: A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics.

Honouring Our Voices (33min.)
HQ809.3.C2 H66 2002
Summary: Six Native women of different ages and backgrounds in the Canadian province of Alberta tell of their experiences of being victims of domestic (primarily spousal) abuse and how each one resolved her particular situation. Through the far-reaching changes in their lives, they reveal the rewards of empowering themselves and their families, as well as the strengths of counseling based in Native healing strategies and traditions.

In My Country: an International Perspective on Gender (85 min.)
GN479.65.I55 1993 v. 1-2
Summary: Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their cultures with regard to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan, Mexico, Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean), Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire, England, China, El Salvador, and Japan.
Contents: part. 1. Daily life (45 min.) -- part 2. Social issues (40 min.)

Invisible Rules: Men, Women and Teams (34 min.)
HQ1075 .I48 1997
Summary: Dr. Pat Heim examines how women and men have radically different ideas of what it means to be a team player and how meeting behaviors and non-verbal communication are different. These differences can be traced to the fact that men and women grow up in different cultures, learning different lessons about what it means to be a leader and what it means to be a team player.

Islam & Feminism (27 min.)
HQ1745.5.I75 1991
Summary: Examines the inequities in Pakistan's Islamic law, which does not distinguish among rape, adultery and fornication. Under this law, the testimony of two women is valued as equal to that of one man. A rape victim can be charged under Islamic law with having had extramarital sex. Examines these contradictions, and introduces efforts of women's organizations to battle the severe discrimination which Pakistani women must endure.

It's a Girl's World: A Documentary about Social Bullying (68min.)
BF637.B85 I77 2004
Summary: Examines the relationships among young girls. Through audio and video diaries, a disturbing picture emerges of how girls use friendships to hurt each other and win social power in the group. At the same time, their parents struggle through considerable denial and disbelief to accept and deal with the serious consequences of this behavior. Discusses a true story of a fourteen-year-old girl who committed suicide. Shatters the myth that social bullying among girls is an acceptable part of growing up. Online resource guide contains discussion suggestions and a list of related resources. Online user's guide for classroom version contains content outline and suggested follow-up activities, and list of selected resources.

Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women (30 min.)
HF5827.K55 1979
Summary: Explores the image of women presented by modern advertising. Illustrates with examples the use of women as sex objects.

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women (34 min.)
HF5827.K56 2000
Summary: Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on their images of themselves.
Sequel to: Killing Us Softly (c1979) and Still Killing Us Softly (c1987).

Lip (10 min.)
PN1995.9.N4L57 1999
Summary: A video collage of film footage illustrating Hollywood's primary depictions of black women as maids.

Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100 (60 min.)
HQ75.6.U5 L58 1999
Summary: Documentary with narrative recreations about the life and times of Ruth Ellis, the oldest "out" African American lesbian. Includes archival footage.

Man Oh Man (19 min.)
HQ1090.M36 1987
Summary: Using interviews with men, family films, and a pastiche of sounds and images, documents what it is like to grow up as a male in America today. Looks at what shapes a boy into a man and the roles and stereotypes men have to deal with in today's society.

Mary Catherine Bateson (30 min.)
HA1154.M37 1994
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson. "In this program she talks about how the idea of 'home' as a place to give and receive nurture might become a new metaphor for the workplace. Bateson also discusses how women can create order and sense out of their conflicting commitments.”

Men, Women, and Language (58 min.)
PE1072.L364 1981
Summary: Men, women, and language discusses the sexist nature of the English language and suggests both advantages and drawbacks to modifying current practices. The written word examines the process of writing and the links between writing and thinking.

Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus: But We Have to Live on Earth (90 min.)
HQ734.M463 2001
Summary: Share the successes and failures of six couples as they test the martial advice offered by John Gray, author of the bestseller Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. Hosted by Barbara Walters.

The Motherhood Manifesto (57 min.)
HQ759 .M674 2006
Summary: "Moving personal stories combined with humorous animation, expert commentary and hilarious old film clips tell the tale of what happens to working mothers and families in America. See how enlightened employers and public policy can make paid family leave, flexible working hours, part-time parity, universal health care, excellent childcare, after-school programs and realistic living wages a reality for American families" – Container
Contents: Introduction (10 min.) -- Maternity/paternity leave (7 min.) -- Open flexible work (10 min.) -- Television we choose & other after-school programs (5 min.) -- Health care for all kids (9 min.) -- Excellent childcare (7 min.) -- Realistic and fair wages (2 min.) -- Conclusion (6 min.) -- Credits (1 min.)

My Feminism (55min.)
HQ1180 .M94 2004
Summary: A documentary by the makers of Thank God I'm a Lesbian. Interviews with feminist leaders including Bell Hooks, Gloria Steinem, and Urvsahi Vaid are intercut with documentary sequences to explore the past and present status of the women's movement. Discussing the unique contributions of second wave feminism, they explore their racial, shared vision of achieving equality for women. Introduces feminism's key themes while exposing the cultural fears underlying lesbian baiting, backlash, and political extremism.

Nazzen moksori 2 = Habitual Sadness (72 min.)
D810.C698 N39 1997
Summary: Documents the lives of "comfort women", mostly Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II.

The Need to Know (47 min.)
BL458.N44 1997
Summary: Looks at the religious attitudes that support denied access to education for women and examines what the world has lost by excluding women from the intellectual loop. From the series Women, a True Story.

One in 2000 (26 min.)
RC883 .O54 2006
Summary: "Each year an estimated one in two thousand babies is born with anatomy that doesn’t clearly mark them as either male or female - with what is known as an intersex condition... [The film] profiles several people born with ambiguous sexual anatomy, who have managed to deal with some very difficult family and social issues, but today are living ’ordinary’ and productive lives" -- Container.

The Orientation Express (14 min.)
HQ1075.O75 1987
Summary: A fast-moving animated collage, using magazine photographs and product logos to satirize the role of women in popular culture. It re-exposes the horrors of sexual stereotyping.

Out in Suburbia (29 min.)
HQ75.6.U5O92 1988
Summary: Eleven lesbians discuss their lives, including marriage, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes, and female roles.

Performing the Border (43 min.)
F787.P47 1999
Summary: Examines socioeconomic problems of the Mexican-American border region, focusing on hardships faced by women in newly urbanized areas.
English and Spanish with English subtitles.

Picture Perfect (43 min.)
BF697.5.B63 P53 2007
Summary: "Explores the impact [sexualized] images [in the media] have on young women’s physical, psychological and emotional health. Through the voices of a racially and culturally diverse group of women and girls, the film examines the interplay of race and ethnicity, body image, dieting and eating disorders, and the early influence of toys and cartoons. The contrasts between how these women see themselves and the idealized imagery that dominates TV and print advertising are particularly stark" -- Container.

The Pursuit of Pleasure (58 min.)
HQ29.P877 2004
Summary: Challenges commonly held beliefs about female sexuality, gender roles, relationships and satisfaction, as seven articulate women from diverse backgrounds discuss marriage, celibacy, sexuality, sensuality, incest, gender roles, beauty, sisterhood, community, intimacy, and work.

Postcards from the Future (46 min.)
HQ1154.P67 1997
Summary: Features women throughout the world who are working toward gaining power and making a difference. From the series Women, a True Story

The Power Dead-even Rule: and Other Gender Differences in the Workplace (36 min)
HF5549.5.M5 H44 1995
Summary: The purpose of this program is to promote the best possible communication between men and women in the workplace. As we move between male and female cultures, we sometimes have to change how we behave (we need to "speak" the language of the other gender) if we hope to make people understand what we want and need from them in any given situation.

The Power of Diversity (75 min.)
HF 5549.5.M3P68 1993,v.1-4
Summary: Facilitates the understanding of issues surrounding the managing of diversity.
Contents: Module 1. Sexual harassment and gender discrimination ; Disabilities, hiring and promotion -- Module 2. Career development, minority issues ; Career development, reverse discrimination and age-ism -- Module 3. Performance appraisal ; Balance of work/family issues -- Module 4. Sexual orientation ; Career mobility, language.

The Power Game (47 min.)
HQ1154.P69 1997
Summary: Examines what female power means, both to those who exercise it and to those who are affected by it. From the series Women, a True Story

Raising Cain (116 min.)
HQ775 .R35 2006
Summary: "Explores the emotional development of boys in America today... Provides surprising new research about boys’ inner workings, dispelling a number of commonly-held misconceptions, and highlights innovative programs that are bringing out the best in boys" -- Container.

Reviving: Saving The Selves of Adolescent Girls (35 min.)
HQ798.R48 1998
Summary: Mary Pipher discusses the challenges facing today's teenagers, especially girls, as well as the role of media and popular culture in shaping their identities. Offers concrete ideas for girls, boys, families, teachers, and schools.

Reviving Ophelia: Saving The Selves of Adolescent Girls (35 min.)
HQ798.R48 1998
Summary: Mary Pipher discusses the challenges facing today's teenagers, especially girls, as well as the role of media and popular culture in shaping their identities. Offers concrete ideas for girls, boys, families, teachers, and schools.

Running in High Heels (84 min.)
HQ1236.5.U6 R85 20
Summary: "Follows the political campaign of Emily [Csendes], an engaging but inexperienced 29 year-old woman, as it posits the question: Should women vote for women, regardless of politics? Interwoven with Emily’s story are a chorus of powerful women from the left and right of American politics, from comically conservative old-timer Phyllis Schlafly to Rosalind Wiseman, whose books begat the movie ’Mean girls’" -- Container.

Señorita Extraviada (77 min.)
HV6535.M63 S46 2001
Summary: Over 250 young women from the city of Juárez, Mexico have been kidnapped, raped and murdered. The perpetuators have not been apprehended, even though these crimes have been occurring regularly since 1993.

Sexual Stereotypes In Media: Superman and the Bride (35 min.)
P96.S5S49 1993
Summary: Examines the stereotypes of masculinity as represented on film and in television

Shinjuku Boys (53 min.)
HQ77 .S55 1995
Summary: A documentary about three onnabes who work as hosts at the New Marilyn Club in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; the club is patronized almost exclusively by heterosexual women. Annabes are women who live as men and have girlfriends, although they don't usually identify themselves as lesbians. Follows them at home and at their jobs, where all three discuss their lives, and views about women, sex, transvestitism, and lesbianism.

Sisters of '77 (54 min.)
HQ1403.N34 S65 2005
Summary: Uses interviews and archival footage to examine the first National Women's Conference, held in Houston, TX in 1977, and the debates held there over issues including reproductive freedom, sexual preferences, and minority rights.

Slaying the Dragon (58 min.)
PN1995.9.A78S53 1988
Summary: Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures, television programs, commercials, newsreels and news broadcasts. Includes interviews with Asian historians, sociologists, actors and actresses and broadcasters.

Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness (31 min.)
BF697.5.B63S5 1995
Summary: Illustrated lecture which explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self images of women and girls.

The Smell of Burning Ants (22 min.)
HQ783.S53 1994
Summary: Raises gender issues and provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness. Through the formative events of a boy's life, documents the ways in which men can become emotionally disconnected and alienated from their feminine side. Illustrates how boys are socialized by fear, power and shame.

Some Real Heat (54 min.)
HD6073.F5 S66 2001
Summary: Offers a portrait of six women who are part of the small and relatively new world of female firefighters in San Francisco and who demonstrate their strength and character as they put their lives on the line every day.

Soul Gender: The Dance of Love (51 min)
BF692.2 .S69 2004
Summary: The film discusses issues of spirituality, gender, and sexuality with fashion model and spiritual adviser, Love Chen, who believes that she is an incarnated female soul born with male genitalia. Her main topic of discussion is androgyny and the gender of the soul. Chen contends that humans are inherently androgynous, and recognizes the importance of this in relation to the concepts of yin and yang. Chen also describes ways in which fashion and dance can be ways in which soul gender can be expressed. The film also contains Chen dancing, accompanied by a reading of an original poem and a one person fashion show.

The Southern Sex (29 min.)
HQ1438.S65S68 1992
Summary: Twelve Kentucky women discuss their hopes, joys, and regrets and reflect on the stereotypes and myth of the Southern woman.

Stale Roles and Tight Buns: Images of Men in Advertising (29 min.)
HF5827.S73
Summary: Presents a selection of images of men as found in consumer advertising. Raises questions concerning the definition of a "real man", his relationships, and the societal pressures involved.

Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women (32 min.)
HF5827.S77
c1987.
Summary: Discusses the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on women and their images of themselves.

These Shoes Weren't Made for Walking (26 min.)
HQ1767 .T44 1995
Summary: Through family photos, films and interviews, three generations of Chinese women discuss their lives and their relationships to one another.

Through Chinese Women's Eyes (53 min.)
HQ1767 .Y35 1997
Summary: Presents the transformations in the lives of Chinese women over the 20th century. Documents the attempts to erase gender differences under Mao, today's changing ideas of femininity, and the crystallization of Chinese feminism at the UN Women's conference in Beijing.

Tokyo Girls (58 min.)
HQ247 .T64 2000
Summary: This film explores the phenomenon of Western women who work as nightclub hostesses in Japan. A hostess is hired to talk and flirt with her customers. Although she is well paid, sex is usually not part of the transaction. The film traces the stories of several Canadian women.

Tomboys!: Feisty Girls & Spirited Women (28 min.)
HQ1075.5.U6 T66 2004
Summary: A look at tomboys of all ages, and how society reacts to them.

Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity (85 min.)
P96.S5T68 1999
Summary: The program looks systematically at the relationship between the images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the United States in the late 20th century. In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution, such as rugged individualism and violence, come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men.

Transparent (61 min.)
HQ755.8 .T746 2005
Summary: Looks at 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few cases, gone on to raise their biological children, despite the assumed or actual challenges such individuals and families face. Interviews with the parents provide a re-examination of traditional gender roles, and the various and diverse ways in which pre-defined cultural identities are reconciled with personal understanding.

Valuing Diversity (230 min.)
HF 5549.5.M5V35 1990v.1-7
Summary: Describes how management must consider race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and culture in order to promote productive work relations and effective communication at the work place.
Contents: pt. 1. Managing differences (30 min.) -- pt. 2. Diversity at work (29 min.) -- pt. 3. Communicating across cultures (30 min.) -- pt. 4. You make the difference (25 min.) -- pt. 5. Supervising differences (31 min.) -- pt. 6. Champions of diversity (27 min.) -- pt. 7. Profiles in change (58 min.).

A Veiled Revolution (26 min.)
HQ1170 .V44 1990z
Summary: Examines the transformation of modern Egyptian women to wear the traditional Islamic dress and veil. Also discusses their struggle for the right to work and to study the Koran within the framework of their own Islamic traditions.

Voices Heard, Sisters Unseen (77 min.)
HV6626.2 .V65 1995
Summary: Shows how survivors of domestic violence are working to change the way the system treats battered women in search of justice and safety. Interviews, poetry, dance and music combine to present a feminist analysis about how courts, police and social services ’re-victimize’ battered women who are deaf, disabled, lesbians, prostitutes, HIV-positive and without official immigrant status.

The Way Home (92 min.)
HQ1410.B87 1998
Summary: Over the course of eight months, 64 women come together to share their experiences of oppression through the lens of race. Separated into eight ethnic councils, Indigenous, African-American, Arab, Asian, European-American, Jewish, Latina, and Multiracial, the women explore their stories of identity, oppression, and resistance.

Welcome to My World (28 min.)
HV6626 .W45 2004
Summary: Through interviews with survivors of spousal abuse, the film depicts the challenges that domestic violence, both physical and emotional, presents to its victims, their families, social workers, and to society as a whole. Traditional reenactments are replaced with a stylized narrative music video performed by singer-songwriter Natasha Williams, a violence survivor herself.

Wet Dreams and False Images (11min.)
BF697.5.B63 E67 2004
Summary: A documentary film that uses humor to explore serious concerns about marketing illusions and unrealizable standards of physical perfection in women. Explores the art of photo-retouching and how it affects society's perceptions of beauty. The filmmaker shares her interview footage of people who retouch photographs with the employees and patrons of a Brooklyn barbershop where magazine cutouts of women line the walls.

Women in the Active Voice (30 min.)
HQ1438.M3W66
(U-matic format)
Summary: Examines the story of the immigrant in our society through interviews with four Maryland women whose American roots span from seven to two-hundred years.

Women of Islam: Veiling and Seclusion (50 min.)
BP173.4 .U43 2004
Summary: Farheen Umar travels throughout Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the United States to interview Muslim women about Western assumptions about the practice of wearing veils. Explores the historical origins about veiling and confronts common misconceptions about the tradition of covering in Muslim society.

The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military (52 min.)
HQ1765.5.W68 1995
Summary: Documentary about young South Korean women who work in sex related enterprises adjacent to American military bases in South Korea. Also explores the lives of Korean women who came to the United States as wives of American servicemen.

Women of Vision: 18 Histories in Feminist Film and Video (83min.)
PN1995.9.W6 W64 1998
Summary: Explores the history and diversity of feminist film and video makers, women who are drawn to the media because they have something urgent and opinionated to say.

Working Sister = Da Gong Mei (28 min.)
HD6200 .W67 1998
Summary: Seventeen-year-old farm girl Xu Li Li works in a factory in the south, and travels the 1000 miles home to her family farm for the New Year. One of the 'da gong mei', the working sisters, she talks about her life at the factory and back home on the farm.

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