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21) Autumn Gem
Publisher
Adam Tow
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Meet the "Chinese Joan of Arc,"Qiu Jin (秋瑾) (1875-1907), a radical women’s rights activist who defied tradition to become the leader of a revolutionary army. Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles and demanded equal rights and opportunities for women. She was the first woman to lead an armed uprising against the corrupt Qing Dynasty, for which she was arrested and executed. She became the first female martyr for China’s 1911 Revolution...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Neither lawyers nor politicians, they were ordinary women from Mississippi, and descendants of African slaves. They had come to their country’s capital seeking civil rights, the first black women to be allowed in the senate chambers in nearly 100 years. A missing chapter in our nation’s record of the Civil Rights movement, this...
24) Annabel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child born neither fully boy nor fully girl in Labrador, Canada, in 1968, is raised as Wayne by his parents, even though his mother and midwife/neighbor, the only person outside the family to know the truth, secretly nurture his feminine side, and it is not until he is able to leave his hometown and settle in St. John that he has the freedom to explore his dual identity.
25) Lone wolf
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
So many people think Maple is a wolf that she starts to believe them, but after exploring the world outside her home, she returns to her pack--the Parker family.
26) Heir of fire
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.
Publisher
Brennan Studio
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Agnes Martin is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Before she died in 2004 at the age of ninety-two, her paintings sold for millions of dollars and were displayed in the world's greatest museums.. Through interviews with friends, lovers and classmates who knew her well, insight is gained into Agnes Martin’s personality and the development of her creative process before she became known for her grid paintings.
28) Say My Name
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In a hip hop and R&B world dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of SAY MY NAME speak candidly about class, race, and gender in pursuing their passions as female MCs. This worldwide documentary takes viewers on a vibrant tour of urban culture and musical movement, from hip hop’s birthplace in the Bronx, to grime on London’s Eastside, to Philly, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, and L.A., and points in between. Featuring...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
In this accomplished documentary, acclaimed filmmaker Pratibha Parmar explores the intersection of feminism with popular music, focusing on the role of female recording artists in the 1990s and their influence on modern women. Parmar (A PLACE OF RAGE, WARRIOR MARKS) argues that, far from being dead, feminism has thrived and expanded its reach through the direct, aggressive, and revolutionary medium of rock music, and through the role models of performers...
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Saint Louis University women’s basketball was a longstanding Division I program with a lack of tradition and success. Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds of overcoming the losing culture of the program, Shimmy Gray-Miller, a young, dynamic coach with a personal history of playing and coaching success, is brought in to turn things around. She embarks on her first head-coaching position and is armed with her first class of determined recruits....
32) Women in Science
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three physicists - Claudia de Rham, Jenny Nelson, Joanna Haigh - and one mathematician - Ian Stewart - discuss the issue of gender in the mathematical sciences.
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A landmark 1992 film, Framing Lesbian Fashion looks at the evolution of lesbian attire and identity -butch/femme, flannel, androgyny, cross-dressing and drag, queer fluorescent, S/M and leather, lipstick and more. Featuring interviews with Sally Gearhart, JoAnn Loulan, Arlene Stein, Kitty Tsui and others, Framing Lesbian Fashion incorporates archival photos and personal stories to document the sociology and history of lesbian fashion as it existed...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A series designed to record, share and celebrate the personal stories of transgender women and men, their stories of struggle, of courage and of triumph. Each program reflects the broad diversity that exists within the trans community. Though they vary in age, ethnicity and socioeconomic backgrounds, each person has fought to cast off the gender assigned to them at birth and embrace their true selves. These documentaries take us firsthand into the...
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
This film explores the passion and the creative process of doll making.. Learn from world-renowned artists Olga Roehl, Shelly Thornton, Gail Lackey, Nancy Wiley, the Creagers and more as they discuss their inspiration, approach to craft, and design techniques. Viewers will get a look at the work of these amazing artisans through up-close and vivid photography. For newcomers and long time fans of doll making, THE WORLD OF THE DOLL ARTIST will serve...
36) Girl Model
Publisher
Carnivalesque Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. GIRL MODEL follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the center of Tokyo with...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
54-year-old Sandy Leo Laframboise has led an extremely tough life, beginning prostituting at age 12. This led to drugs and a destructive lifestyle. Once Sandy got clean she could begin healing. Through her first nation culture, she realized she is Two-Spirited, neither male or female. She embraces both genders. She spends her life now helping others full time, paying it forward.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
51-year-old Stefonknee Wolscht risks everything in her life to transition from a man to a woman. This documentary follows the struggles of Stefonknee Wolscht, a transgender woman trying to rebuild her life. In his 40’s Stefonknee risked everything to transition from male to female. In this intimate documentary, learn about her journey, how it shaped her and what she hopes her tomorrow will look like. Follow her path that has been both liberating,...
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