Tag: women
Scandalous Women of the 19th Century
Explore the status of married women in Victorian England. They had no rights to property, earnings, children or even their own bodies - all...
And Along Came a Spider
Between July 2000 and July 2001, 16 women were murdered in the holy Iranian city Mashhad, all but one of them with a prior...
Saudi Solutions
How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing documentary about the lifestyles and attitudes of ambitious career womenin...
Speaking Out: Women of Uganda
"Speaking Out: Women of Uganda" is a powerful and thought-provoking documentary that delves into the ongoing struggle for gender equity and education within Uganda....
Unusual Suspects: Bathtub Killer
Unusual Suspects: Bathtub Killer - Crime DocumentaryIn 1996, two women are murdered in the same Texas apartment complex. Authorities follow every lead but the...
Rosie: Stories from the Home Front
Women who worked during WWII as part of the war effort, or Rosie the Riveters as they became known, recount stories and talk about...
Slavery – A 21st Century Evil – Sex Slaves
There are an estimated 1. 4 million sex slaves in the world today; most of them are women, although there are some men and...
Islam: Empire of Faith
What is Islam? Who is Muhammad? This is the first of 3 part documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley about Islam and attempts to answer...
The Cut – Female Genital Mutilation
Director Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon takes a personal – and local – look at the controversy involving infant male circumcision in his documentary, Cut. A graduate...
Her War: Women Vs. ISIS
In the Syrian town of Serekaniye, the people live under constant threat from the unimaginable atrocities of ISIS. The revealing documentary Her War: Women...