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The Sari Soldiers Rough Aunties

A film by Julie Bridgham A film by Kim Longinotto 2008, 90 minutes, Color 2008, 103 minutes, Color US/Nepal UK/South Africa Subtitled (Nepali) DVD DVD Sale $350 Sale $295 Rental $120 Rental $90 Order No. L09960 Order No. L09950

“Unforgettable...exemplary. Filmed over three years during the most historic “A surefire Oscar nominee Fearless, feisty and resolute, the “Rough Reveals a changing and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, The for doc next year.... Aunties” are a remarkable group of women world and compels us to Masterful, gut-wrenching, Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six unwavering in their stand to protect and care for acknowledge the impor- uplifting.... A great story tance for reconciliation in women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s to which every person the abused, neglected and forgotten children of reconstructing our country. future in the midst of an escalating civil war can relate. Even though Durban, South Africa. This latest documentary These women are true against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crack- South Africa has so many by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longi- revolutionaries.” down on civil liberties. specific issues, this movie notto (Sisters in Law, Divorce Iranian Style) fol- Dr. Bidya Ranjeet is universal and somehow, lows the outspoken, multiracial cadre of Thuli, President, The Nepali When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, wit- more relevant than ever.” Women’s Global Network David Poland Mildred, Sdudla, Eureka and Jackie, as they nesses her niece being tortured and murdered Hotblog wage a daily battle against systemic apathy, cor- by the Royal Nepal Army, she embarks on a “Captures ordinary ruption, and greed to help the most vulnerable women’s extraordinary three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate “Inspiring...exemplary.... and disenfranchised of their communities. lives and reveals them as and see justice done. The Sari Soldiers follows A doc of complete important pieces of history. her and five other brave women: Maoist Com- wonder, it makes so many Despite the harsh realities of violence, poverty, Anyone concerned with other documentaries social justice, gender mander Kranti; Royal Nepal Army Officer Rajani; seem so self-indulgent.” and racism in the women’s work at the Bobbi justice and human rights Krishna, a monarchist from a rural community Charlie Phillips Bear child welfare organization and in the heart- should see [it].” who leads a rebellion against the Maoists; Man- Sheffield Int’l Documentary aches of their personal lives, the portraits that Rama Lohani-Chase dira, a human rights lawyer; and Ram Kumari, Film Festival emerge on screen are filled with grace, wisdom, Women’s & Gender a young student activist shaping the protests to friendship, and a deeply stirring conviction. Nei- Studies Dept., “In her trademark unobtrusive The College of New Jersey reclaim democracy. The Sari Soldiers delves into style, [Longinotto] captures ther politics, nor social or racial divisions stand the extraordinary journey of these women on the most intimate moments a chance against the united force of the women. “Highly Recommended... opposing sides of the conflict and the democratic —often painful, always Once again Longinotto has managed to bring us vivid and alive. An excellent poignant—as the ‘Aunties’ revolution reshaping their country’s future. an intimate portrait of change from Africa, this documentary of a people’s cope with a succession time from post-apartheid South Africa, a nation struggle to adapt to change ■ New York Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival, of wrenching tragedies within their country Nestor Almendros Prize and show a remarkable being transformed with hope and energy into a and bring about solutions.” resilience and rectitude.” ■ Rencontres Int’l du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), new democracy. Educational Media Thomas White “Camera as Activist” prize: best socio-political film Reviews Online Documentary.org ■ Sundance Film Festival ■ WATCH DOCS Int’l Film Festival, Special Mention ■ Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam (IDFA) ■ London Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival ■ Buenos Aires Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival ■ Tri Continental Film Festival, India ■ Pravo Ljudski Human Rights Film Festival, Sarajevo ■ Seattle Human Rights Film Festival ■ Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival

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Courting Justice Nollywood Lady

A film created by Ruth B. Cowan A film by Dorothee Wenner Directed by Jane Thandi Lipman 2008, 80 minutes, Color 2008, 54 minutes, Color Germany/Nigeria South Africa DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09962 Order No. L09955

“A vivid testament to the From tyranny to democracy. Fourteen years “Fascinating... Of keen Peace Anyiam-Fibresima of Lagos, Nigeria is central role of diversity in after the defeat of apartheid, South Africa’s interest to feminists [and] an impresario of showbiz and an impassioned a healthy democracy of central importance to fledgling democracy is acclaimed for its spokeswoman for the thriving and innovative conveyed in the most com- anyone interested in ques- pelling terms. Invaluable for constitutional promise of comprehensive human tions of the local and global African film industry. She is “Nollywood Lady,” classroom discussions of rights and unprecedented judicial reform. in media studies today.” an ex-lawyer, producer, filmmaker, the founder comparative constitutional But what is essential for transformation to suc- Patricia White and CEO of the influential African Academy of law and civil rights and ceed? Courting Justice takes viewers behind Chair, Film & Media Studies, Motion Pictures, and she is reshaping the way generating discussion Swarthmore College of race and gender in the gowns and gavels to reveal the women Africans see themselves—and how the world a judicial [and] social who make up 18 percent of South Africa’s “Treats [Nigerian films] not sees Africans. movement context.” male-dominated judiciary. Hailing from diverse as some strange side Sharing her vision for transforming preconcep- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. backgrounds and entrusted with enormous phenomenon, but as part of Founding & Executive Dir., a genuine cinematic culture tions about Africa and African images with responsibilities, these pioneering women share The Charles Hamilton that plays by its own rules.” filmmaker Dorothee Wenner, Anyiam-Fibresima with candor, and unexpected humor, accounts of Houston Institute Cameron Bailey takes viewers on an all-access tour to film loca- for Race & Justice, their country’s transformation since apartheid, Toronto Int’l Film Festival tions, markets, and sit-downs with Nollywood Harvard Law School and the evolving demands of balancing their “Inspiring, lively and professionals in the vibrant production hub of courts, country, and families. “Highly recommended. exceedingly intense.... Lagos. Rounding out this insider’s primer to a Depicts the enormous Creator Ruth Cowan, a feminist and develop- Depicts a view of dynamic $250 million industry, are several clips potential for development Nollywood from the ing world scholar, is a leader in the fields of from the more than 1,500 direct-to-video, mostly when freedom and dignity inside, turning many Africa have a chance and microfinance, human rights, judiciary develop- clichés upside down.” low budget, culturally distinct, and immensely brilliantly brings the ment, and gender and race issues. With acuity Lena Blaudez popular films Nollywood produces each year. life of female judges as and spirit, her film chronicles the hard fought Pong Though some have yet to realize it, Africa’s film mothers, daughters, and progress of achieving gender and racial justice industry is the third largest film business on judiciary powers to “[The characters’] energy, the world’s attention.” in a burgeoning new judiciary. It is a pivotal charm, and spirited the globe (after Hollywood and Bollywood), the Dr. Kajal M. Rahmani work that examines the exciting transformation conviction in their work second largest employer in Nigeria (after oil), and Anthropology Dept., of an entire legal system, through the intimate, powers this film with a mighty enterprise uniquely captured in Nolly- Boston University an irrepressible energy.” unique, and inspiring stories of women working wood Lady with humor, intelligence, and verve. Dubai Int’l Film Festival to change it from the bench. ■ Toronto Int’l Film Festival Special 71 minute director’s cut also available. ■ Berlin Int’l Film Festival ■ Stockholm Int’l Film Festival ■ Encounters: South African Int’l Documentary Festival ■ Zimbabwe Int’l Film Festival ■ Durban Int’l Film Festival ■ Pusan Int’l Film Festival, South Korea ■ UNIFEM Women’s Int’l Film Festival ■ Dubai Int’l Film Festival ■ Parliament Film Festival, South Africa

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Special 2-Disc Educational Version Shooting Women Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema

A film by Alexis Krasilovsky A film by Kay Sloan 2008, 54 minutes, Color 2003, 35 minutes, Color/BW Subtitled (French, German, DVD Spanish, Chinese, Sale $250 Japanese & Gujarati) Rental $75 DVD Order No. L09964 Sale $295 Rental $90 Order No. L09963

“Its scope is breathtaking Featuring more than 50 camerawomen from “Very useful in illuminating In the days before movies could talk, silent and the women’s voices around the world, and shot over a period of the social and media context films spoke clearly of sexual politics, and in riveting.... Brings women in which the women’s six years, Shooting Women, by pioneering Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema, historian cinematographers around suffrage movement was the world clearly into view.” filmmaker and cinema studies professor Alexis active [and] helps viewers and writer Kay Sloan has assembled rare and Kathleen McHugh Krasilovsky, celebrates the amazing talent and consider connections to wonderful footage that opens a historic window Professor & Dir., unflinching spirit of image-making women from how women are treated onto how women’s suffrage was represented UCLA Center for the sets of Hollywood and Bollywood to the war by the media today.” in early American cinema. the Study of Women Eleanor Whitney zones of Afghanistan. This internationally-ac- Academic Programs Coord., Taking advantage of the powerful new medium, “An important film for claimed documentary, based on Krasilovsky’s Brooklyn Museum early filmmakers on both sides of the conten- EVERYONE who book “Women Behind the Camera,” broaches tious issue of suffrage used film to create collaborates on motion the persistent issues of the glass ceiling, sexual “This film won me over. pictures and all who Has archival value for powerful propaganda and images about women. harassment, and childcare for professional watch them.” identifying and compiling Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema contains camerawomen around the globe—working in Thomas McKenney surviving footage, and clips from many films from the era, including: Int’l Cinematographers Guild environments where raising such issues is seen good commentary. I see A Lively Affair (1912); A Busy Day (1914), which as “unprofessional.” a place for this in a “Beautifully empowering! women’s studies or film stars a young Charlie Chaplin in drag portraying Inspiring, especially for With wide-ranging access and rich diversity, unit on representation.” a suffragist; and the pro-suffragist film, What 80 the generation of youth Shooting Women offers insight from top direc- Joyce Follet Million Women Want (1913), which includes an who may be interested Sophia Smith’s Women’s tors of photography like Ellen Kuras (Eternal eloquent speech from president of the Women’s in pursuing cinematography History Collection, as their future profession. Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Sandi Sissel Smith College Political Union, Harriet Stanton Blatch. Everyone should do (Salaam Bombay!), while giving voice to stories Silent films may have passed into history, and themselves a favor by of groundbreaking women like African-American “Not only does [it] breathe watching this!” new life into an art form their representations of feminists abandoning Jessie Maple Patton, who sued the American Sinsu Co that barely even exists, babies or stealing bicycles to attend suffragette union and networks for the right to work. From Screen Actors Guild but it encapsulates a very meetings may now seem outrageous, but historic footage of Mao’s travels from China’s definitive time period in the struggle for gender equality and the issues first camerawoman, to the secretly filmed which women were working hard to surrounding representations of women in the beatings of women in Afghanistan, viewers are liberate themselves.” media remain as fascinating, engaging, and offered a glimpse of how women behind the Michelle Groene relevant as ever. camera are changing the world. CityBeat ■ Miami Int’l Film Festival Includes a bonus disc featuring 25+ additional ■ Women in Resistance Feminist Film Festival, Paris interviews with camerawomen from around the world, ■ Women’s Film Festival, Barcelona director’s Q&A, and downloadable study guide. ■ Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Venice ■ Filmor Int’l Women’s Film Festival, Istanbul

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License to Thrive: The Feminist Title IX at 35 Initiative

A film by Theresa Moore A film by Liv Weisberg 2008, 48 minutes, Color 2009, 97 minutes, Color DVD Sweden Sale $250 Subtitled (Swedish) Rental $75 DVD Order No. L09965 Sale $295 Rental $90 Order No. L09961

“An informative and “No person in the United States shall, on the ba- “An excellent film for The Feminist Initiative reveals the passion, pit- entertaining way to explore sis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be Women’s Studies and falls and promise of a diverse group of women the unique story of [this] Political Science, especially denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimi- working to establish the world’s first feminist legislation, as well as its students of social move- impact on past, current, nation under any education program or activity ments and third parties... political party in Sweden in the spring of 2005. and future generations.... receiving Federal financial assistance.” Captures the essence of Even in one of the most gender-equal societ- [Title IX] has made a huge the movement towards real ies in the world, the advancement of women’s In June of 1972, Congress passed a piece of difference in the lives of democracy. I highly recom- agenda within the patriarchal establishment millions of people.” legislation called Title IX of the Education mend this film and I will be requires a revolution. Beginning from the inno- Bernice Sandler Amendments, to provide educational access rooting for F! in the future!” Senior Scholar, JoAnne Myers vative and inclusive decision to elect three party and opportunity for women and young girls Women’s Research Political Science & Women’s leaders rather than one, the film charts every throughout the United States. Although most & Education Institute Studies, Marist College trail-blazing step (and misstep) of the Feminist closely associated with sports, no other piece of Initiative (F!) from their energetic start to the “A history lesson every legislation since the 19th Amendment has been “An inspiring, educational climactic moments of their inspiring, celebrity- student should see.... more crucial to opening doors and creating journey.... Despite the odds The best production I’ve against electoral success supported rally. seen showing how Title IX leadership opportunities for women in all arenas and hostility they encounter, has been a major factor including education, science, math, finance, en- these women remain In the face of internal discord, public backlash, in the dramatic changes tertainment, the arts, business, law, and politics. positive and determined— and a worrisome lack of funds, the Feminist of women’s roles in feminists who dream that Initiative forges a new path towards parliament, American society over the License to Thrive: Title IX at 35 is a smart and ‘if you build it, they will raising critical questions along the way about past three decades, from the highly-entertaining exploration of the unique come’...eventually.” home, to the corporate Ruth B. Mandel what women really want from their government history of the Title IX legislation and its critical boardroom and, possibly, Dir., Eagleton Institute of and about gender differences in leadership. This role over the past 35 years in creating female the White House.” Politics, Rutgers University is an invaluable story about the struggle to have John Gillooly leaders. From the classroom to the boardroom women’s voices heard in a patriarchal, modern The Providence Journal to the courtroom to the green room to the locker “Compelling story of the society, and an amazing behind-the-scenes film room, women are making their mark via the need for ongoing feminist activism. Reveals not only about what women do with power, and what impact of Title IX. their achievements, but also power can do to women. the magnitude of opposition Includes a downloadable study guide. to gender equity and the power of media to perpetuate the status quo.” Susan Wefald Ms. Foundation for Women

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We Want Roses Too Who’s Afraid (Vogliamo Anche Le Rose) of Kathy Acker?

A film by Alina Marazzi A film by Barbara Caspar 2007, 84 minutes, Color 2007, 76 minutes, Color Italy Austria/Germany Subtitled (Italian) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09966 Order No. L09949

© BARBARA CASPAR

“Recommended. Fascinat- This stunning visual masterpiece is an exuber- “This documentary A multi-layered work featuring animation, ing...transcends time and ant testament to the resolve of women of the provides a fascinating archival footage and interviews with the likes culture.... From start to finish, and challenging portrait ’60s and ’70s sexual revolution and feminist of William Burroughs, Carolee Schneemann bombards viewers with a of Acker’s life and multitude of images... movement in Italy. Acclaimed director Alina works.... [It] inevitably and Richard Hell, Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker the creative genius [of Marazzi takes viewers on a gorgeous storytelling will provoke debate.” by Austrian artist Barbara Caspar and co-pro- which] mirrors the chaos of journey through archival footage, advertise- Tamara Harvey, Ph.D. duced by Annette Pisacane (Nico Icon) and the women’s movement.” ments, and colorful images juxtaposed with the Asst. Professor of English, Markus Caspar, is a thoughtful and creative film Educational Media Women & Gender Studies, Reviews Online true-life struggles and first person narrations of George Mason University biography/essay on the late outlaw writer and three diverse Italian women: Anita, who is strug- punk icon, whose formally inventive novels, “Provides us with a rich gling with an oppressive father and the strict “An important contribution to published from the ’70s through the mid-’90s, basis for comparison, the rules of her Catholic faith; Teresa, who must American feminist history.” challenged assumptions about gender roles, means to make connections Tamara Straus resort to a heartbreaking illicit abortion; and Val- sexuality, and the literary canon. across time and geography San Francisco Chronicle entina, a militant feminist caught between love that expand our understand- A beguiling and intensely contradictory figure, ing of women’s struggles for and her commitment to the movement. “Cleverly approximates both bread and roses.” Acker’s own playful, Acker is best known for books which creatively Sara K. Gould The feminist slogan “We want bread, but we confrontative ‘cut-up’ appropriated texts from Great White Male writ- President & CEO, want roses too,” was first chanted by thousands approach to art.” ers, retelling them in an emotionally raw, sexu- Ms. Foundation for Women of striking female textile workers in Massachu- Dennis Harvey ally blunt, and politically questioning female Variety “A treasure trove of setts in 1912. Marazzi’s vibrant film is a celebra- voice. With her conceptual art videos in the ’70s, perfectly chosen Italian tion of women who fought for a world where her close-cropped dyed blond hair, her tattoos, film clips.... Intelligently both the essentials of bread and the poetry of and her piercings, Acker was a performance edited, these glimpses roses have a place. The artistic and educational, artist, proto riot grrl, and living link to the trans- of the past eloquently personal and political, converge beautifully in gressive authors of the ’50s and ’60s US and speak for themselves.” Seattle Film Festival this fascinating film that transcends time and French experimental fiction scenes. Caspar has culture to reveal many of the universal struggles made a film that captures the essence of both and inspirations of women’s equality. Acker the writer and Acker the person while cel- ebrating the avant-garde legacy of an artist who ■ Locarno Int’l Film Festival ■ Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam (IDFA) forever expanded the limits of self-expression. ■ BFI London Film Festival —Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine ■ Seattle Int’l Film Festival ■ Rotterdam Film Festival ■ DOK.FEST München ■ Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival ■ Torino Film Festival, Italy ■ Hot Docs Int’l Documentary Film Festival ■ Int’l Women’s Film Festival in Seoul ■ Vancouver Int’l Film Festival ■ It’s All True Int’l Doc Film Festival, Brazil ■ Mill Valley Int’l Film Festival

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In Sickness Searching 4 and In Health Sandeep

A film by Pilar Prassas A film by Poppy Stockell 2007, 56 minutes, Color 2007, 56 minutes, Color DVD Australia Sale $250 Subtitled (Punjabi dialect) Rental $75 DVD Order No. L09952 Sale $295 Rental $90 Order No. L09953

PHOTO: TANIA LAMBERT

“A moving narrative that A deeply affecting film by newcomer “A raw, captivating journey Single, frustrated, and lonely in the middle of engages the viewer Pilar Prassas and edited by Peter Heacock, between two women of Sydney’s thriving gay community, director Poppy on a deeper level of divergent backgrounds... In Sickness and In Health cuts through abstract Stockell decides to “research” a light-hearted understanding of what the [portraying] the joys, fight is all about.” ideologies, politics, and legalities to the human fears, and struggles of look at the lesbian Internet-dating scene. To her Deborah Edel heart of the same-sex marriage debate in this human connection and love surprise and delight, she forges a deep online Founder, amazing story of love, hope, and courage. in the digital age. connection with an English woman, Sandeep Lesbian Herstory Archives The viewer has no choice Virdi. When their innocent flirtation turns into true In 2002, filmmaker Pilar Prassas began following but to cheer them on.” attachment, Poppy sends Sandeep a camcorder “May the State declare seven couples in their effort to legalize same-sex Dr. Lori Horvitz, Ph.D. who can be your soul mate Assoc. Professor of and viewers watch as Poppy and Sandeep’s marriage in the state of New Jersey. Two years in life—and in death? Literature & Language, virtual relationship blooms into a poignant love into filming, plaintiff Marilyn Maneely, mother Puts human faces on the UNC-Asheville complicated by the reality that Sandeep is Sikh, abstract academic debate of five, was diagnosed with the incurable, lives at home with her conservative family, and about the social taxonomy terminal disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, “Truly timeless. Lesbian, has kept her sexuality a secret. of relationships. Its length, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. On the gay, bisexual, transgender its sensitivity, and its clarity, and straight ally audiences make it perfect for students day Marilyn passed away, her life partner of 14 alike will be able to Humorous and thoughtful, this film explores learning about social years, Diane Marini, was not even allowed to relate to this universal the collision of love and ethnic, religious, and and legal issues.” sign her death certificate. documentary about two sexual identity. Filmmaker Stockell raises Jillian T. Weiss, J.D., Ph.D. people whose love for serious questions about a new kind of global Assoc. Professor & In traditional marriage vows, “‘til death do us each other can cross both romance at odds with the cultural, social, and Convener of Law & Society part” is the phrase that follows “in sickness cultures and oceans.” Major, Ramapo College Jody M. Huckaby geographical distances between people. Will and in health,” but to many gay and lesbian National Executive Dir., Sandeep’s family overcome their homophobia? Americans, saying these words and enjoying their Parents, Families, & Friends Will the star-crossed lovers surmount the subsequent rights is not an option. With a tender of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) obstacles separating them? Through raw, touch, Prassas delicately balances tragedy and incredibly frank footage, Searching 4 Sandeep triumph in this film about the civil rights issue “Depicts the realities of a cross-continental, follows the couple’s tumultuous relationship of our time—the fight to marry, and care for, the cross-cultural same-sex across two years, and three continents, in a ones we love, in sickness and in health. relationship.” touching examination of sexuality, religion, Dan Avery ■ Philadelphia Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Time Out New York globalization, and culture seen through the lens Jury Award for Best Documentary, Festival Favorite of this uniquely modern love story. ■ NewFest: The NY LGBT Film Festival ■ Santa Fe Film Festival ■ Sydney Film Festival, ■ Outfest Film Festival World Movies Channel Audience Award ■ Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival ■ WOW Film Festival, Best Documentary & Audience Award ■ Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival ■ Hot Docs Int’l Documentary Film Festival

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Club Native ARUSI Persian Wedding

A film by Tracey Deer A film by Marjan Tehrani 2008, 78 minutes, Color 2008, 63 minutes, Color Canada US/Iran DVD Subtitled (Farsi) Sale $295 DVD Rental $90 Sale $295 Order No. L09959 Rental $90 Order No. L09958

PHOTO: LIAM MALONEY PHOTO: ALEX TEHRANI

“Moving and poignant.... In Kahnawake, the hometown of Mohawk direc- “A delicate, elegant, moving For filmmaker Marjan Tehrani and her brother sure to open discussions of tor Tracey Deer (Mohawk Girls), there are two portrayal of an Iranian- Alex, growing up Iranian-American has always the intersection of politics American family, divided by unspoken rules: Don’t marry a non-Native, and meant being caught between two worlds. With and identity in the First politics, united by love.” Nations and Indigenous never, ever have a child with a non-Native. In a Nada Elia unique perspective and intimate storytelling, Studies classroom. Highly community where tribal membership rests on President, Tehrani brings to life a compelling examination recommended.” the equivocal measurement of blood quantum Association of Middle East of US-Iranian relations through the personal Stephanie Fitzgerald (literally the measurement of blood “purity”), fol- Women’s Studies journey of her brother Alex and his fiancée Asst. Professor, Global Indigenous Nations lowing one’s heart requires risking one’s Mohawk “Convey[s] a message that, Heather’s trip to Iran to hold a traditional Persian Studies, University of Kansas status, as well as one’s family and community. despite its personal nature, wedding—just as the filmmaker’s Iranian father Iran is not as uncanny as it and American mother did at a time when Iran With warmth, intelligence and humor, Deer “Deals with the volcanic has been portrayed to be. and the US were close allies. problem of political turns her camera on her own family and the When the American bride membership and belonging lives of four proud Mohawk women deeply walks down the stairs amid As a tense dinner party between the couple’s in a contemporary First impacted by racism and prejudice rooted in enthusiastic and heartfelt families soon illustrates, relations between the Nation with great care, cheers of the family, one complexity, compassion and Canada’s highly discriminatory 1876 Indian Act, inevitably asks, ‘How can US and Iran have changed significantly over the humor. There is simply no and exacerbated by lingering preconceptions you bomb these people?’” past 50 years, from the CIA-led coup that placed other film like it today.” about blood quantum that have left a divisive Kamran Talattof Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in power, to Audra Simpson legacy in her community. Club Native raises Professor of Iranian Studies, the wary political climate of today. Tehrani Asst. Professor of The University of Arizona Anthropology, critical questions about belonging and idigenity, sheds light on history largely unknown by her Columbia University the heartbreak of “marrying out” of the Mohawk “I recommend it highly. generation with honesty, care, and a thoughtful Nation, and the unjust patriarchal laws that Intelligent, well-crafted, collection of archival segments featuring “A very direct and personal disenfranchise Native women. It is a candid and heart-warming. historical footage, intelligence documents, and look at Indian identity, Packed into one hour are and engrossing work about the pain, confusion, beautiful photographs taken by Alex himself. [and] an issue that affects a brief history lesson, a love thousands of our relatives and frustration suffered by many First Nations story, a travel guide, and A universal love story set against a fascinating in all tribes. The women women, but also a testament to the triumph of an ode to a country rich history, this heartfelt film offers a rare glimpse are strong to have shared love and the resilience of the human spirit. in history and culture. ” of Iran beyond politics, revealing its people and these important stories Valentine M. Moghadam history in a personal, hopeful and human light. with us, the public.” ■ Documentary Film & Video Festival (DOXA), Dir., Women’s Studies Ava Hamilton, Arapaho Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Documentary Program, Purdue University ■ Santa Fe Film Festival Independent Documentary ■ ImagineNative Media Arts Festival, Honorable Mention ■ Urban World Film Festival Producer, Native American for the Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award ■ Tacoma Film Festival Producers Alliance ■ First Peoples’ Festival (Land InSights), Kodak-Vision Globale Award for Best Canadian Film ■ Hot Docs Int’l Documentary Film Festival

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Salata Baladi My Israel – (An Egyptian Salad) Revisiting the Trilogy

A film by Nadia Kamel A film by Yulie Cohen 2008, 105 minutes, Color 2008, 78 minutes, Color Egypt/Switzerland/France Israel Subtitled (Arabic) Subtitled (Hebrew) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $395 Rental $90 Rental $125 Order No. L09957 Order No. L09956

“A beautiful and powerful Award-winning Egyptian filmmaker Nadia “With a searing honesty, Few filmmakers have probed issues of Israeli film.... Uncompromising in Kamel’s heritage is a complex blend of religions leads you through a nationalism and Israeli-Palestinian relations its honesty, [it] explores personal and sometimes and cultures. Her mother is a half-Jewish, half- more completely or intimately than Tel Aviv- biases without pointing grueling process of trying fingers... Ideal for issues Italian Christian who converted to Islam when to make sense of the born Yulie Cohen. In My Israel, Cohen revisits concerning nationality, she married Nadia’s half-Turkish, half-Ukrainian relationship between past her acclaimed trilogy My Terrorist (2002), religion, ethnicity, gender, father. Prompted by the realization that her and present, the individual My Land Zion (2004), and My Brother (2007) generational divides, and 10-year-old nephew Nabeel is growing up in an and the collective, with new footage, fresh perspective, and her political consciousness.” the self and the ‘other.’ ” Jillian Schwedler Egyptian society where talk of culture clashes is Emily Gottreich trademark fearlessness. Chair of the Board of all too common, she urges her feminist, pacifist, Vice Chair, Center for Middle For Cohen, Israel is the land of her ancestors, Directors, The Middle East activist mother, Mary Rosenthal, to share their Eastern Studies, University the land her parents fought for during the 1948 Information Project diverse family history. of California at Berkeley war and the land she herself served as an Air “A welcome reminder that But, as she and Mary weave their way through “The ethic of dissent and its Force Officer during the Entebbe crisis. In 1978, beyond politics lie people the family’s multiethnic fairytales, they bump importance in remaking a working as an El Al stewardess, she survived a with much more in common world gone wrong is a core than their leaders are unexpectedly into the silence around old tenet of Judaism and one terrorist attack in London that killed a colleague willing to acknowledge.... prejudices concerning the estranged Egyptian- which is too often forgot- and left her with shrapnel in her arm. Embark- [A] multilingual, multiethnic Jewish branch of their family living in Israel ten.... Shows why we must ing on a difficult and emotional journey, she documentary.” since 1948. Bravely inspired to further challenge try to create a world where attempts to free the surviving terrorist who Jay Weissberg affirmation is possible and Variety the boundaries between cultures, religions, and dissent is mandatory.” attacked her, to question the myths of the state nationalities that are used to divide people, Dr. Sarah Roy that she grew up in, and to reconcile with her “Exceptional... [it] hits a Kamel embarks on an amazing personal journey Senior Research Scholar ultra-orthodox brother after 25 years of sensitive nerve in a region with her mother and nephew to Israel and Italy, Center for Middle Eastern estrangement. My Israel is an account of where long wars... Studies, Harvard University confronting with an open heart, fears and preju- remarkable courage and understanding set still constitute an integral part of the people’s dices along the way. “[Yulie Cohen’s] belief in against the last turbulent decade of Israeli collective memory.” love endure[s], a stubborn history, successfully combining Cohen’s 10-year ■ Mumbai Int’l Film Festival, Golden Conch, Best Long Noha El-Hennawy corrective to the politics Documentary, Special Prize, Int’l Critics Jury FIPRESCI oeuvre in an incisive and refreshing new way. Los Angeles Times of hatred and division ■ San Francisco Arab Film Festival, swirling around her.” Includes a special 3-film collection of the original Noor Award, Outstanding Documentary Tim Teeman full-length versions of My Terrorist (2002), My Land Zion ■ Int’l Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) The Times ■ Locarno Int’l Film Festival in Switzerland (2004) and My Brother (2007). ■ San Francisco Arab Film Festival ■ Int’l Women’s Film Festival, Rehovet ■ Munich Int’l Doc Film Festival ■ Adelaide Film Festival, Australia ■ Lisbon Int’l Documentary Film Festival ■ Encuentro del Otro Cine Int’l Doc Film Festival (EDOC), ■ Middle East Int’l Film Festival Ecuador ■ Ayam Beirut Festival

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New Educational Version Tiger Spirit The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

A film by Min Sook Lee A film by Lisa F. Jackson 2008, 73 minutes, Color 2007, 52 minutes, Color Canada Subtitled (French, Swahili, Subtitled (Korean) Lingala, Mashi) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09968 Order No. L09930

PHOTO: JOO HYUN KWON PHOTO: CHEN YERUSHALMI

“A rare look at what happens Korea is a divided nation. Millions of families “This film will long endure. Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize in when mindsets from were split apart in the 1950s when war broke A brave, extraordinary film Documentary and the inspiration for a 2008 U.N. the two drastically different in the great, courageous out between the Soviet-occupied North and the Resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war, societies have the chance tradition of all who’ve to mingle. [Lee] pursues American-controlled South. For more than a spoken up for the rights of this extraordinary film, shot in the war zones of these moments of connec- generation, families have not been able to visit, women for centuries.” the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), shat- tion and healing with speak to, or even write one another. Tragi- Adam Hochschild ters the silence that surrounds the use of sexual her inquisitive camera... cally, the last survivors to remember a unified Author, “King Leopold’s violence as a weapon of conflict. Many tens situating them within her own Ghost: A Story of context of the emigrant’s Korea are dying without ever having seen their Greed, Terror and Heroism of thousands of women and girls have been relationship to her country grandchildren–nobody knew their good-byes in Colonial Africa” systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and of birth and ancestry.” would be forever. tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias J.R. McConvey “★★★★ stars. A moving, and the Congolese army. A survivor of gang filmCAN Korean-Canadian director Min Sook Lee’s search powerful, and deeply rape herself, Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker for both the real and symbolic “Tiger Spirit” of disturbing documentary. ★★★ Lisa F. Jackson travels through the DRC to un- “ 1/2 stars. Korea leads her on an amazing journey along the ...Fills a crucial information Explores the division of void...Highly recommended derstand what is happening and why. Korea into North and South, Koreas’ border where she encounters a wild-eyed Editor’s Choice.” and its slow reunification.... tiger hunter, a courageous woman who defected Video Librarian Produced in association with HBO Documen- A thoughtful exploration into from the North years ago, a young bus guide tary Films and the Fledgling Fund, this film the current state of Korea.” whose job it is to shuttle workers across the DMZ “Highly Recommended. An features interviews with activists, peacekeepers, Katie Clancy extraordinary document that border everyday, and many hopeful families physicians, and even—chillingly—the indiffer- A’n’E Vibe gives voice to the silent, and dreaming of the day they can once again see asks the profound question, ent rapists who are soldiers of the Congolese their lost loved ones. With unprecedented access ‘If a society can’t protect Army. Harrowing moments of the film come as and never before seen footage of North Korea’s women and kids, what kind dozens of survivors recount their stories with of society is that?’ ” industrial zone and state-sanctioned reunifica- an honesty and immediacy that is pulverizing Patricia B. McGee tion centers, Lee brings us an emotion-charged Educational Media in its intimacy and detail, but this powerful film journey into Korea’s broken heart, exploring the Reviews Online also provides inspiring examples of resiliency, rhetoric and realism of reunification through the resistance, courage and grace. extraordinary stories of ordinary families. Special 76 minute director’s cut also available. ■ Hot Docs Int’l Documentary Film Festival ■ Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize: Documentary ■ Rencontres Int’l du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) ■ London Human Rights Watch Int’l Film Festival, Best of Fest ■ Calgary Int’l Film Festival ■ One World Int’l Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, ■ United Nations Association Film Festival Prague, Best of Fest ■ Toronto Reel Asian Int’l Film Festival ■ Int’l Black DocuFest, Best Human Rights Watch Documentary ■ Whistler Film Festival

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A film by Tamar Yarom A film by Kylie Grey 2007, 59 minutes, Color 2006, 52 minutes, Color Israel Australia/Iraq Subtitled (Hebrew) Subtitled (Arabic) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09937 Order No. L09935

To See If I’m Smiling My Home – Your War In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female This film is an exceptional look at the effect of the Iraq war through the Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful eyes of an ordinary Iraqi woman. Shot in Baghdad over three years emotional punch. The young women revisit their tours of duty with before, during, and after the invasion of Iraq, this film tells the story of surprising honesty and strip bare the stereotypes of gender differences Layla Hassan and her family with vibrant scenes of Baghdad, and foot- in the military. With personal material and compelling testimonies, the age shot by Layla herself. The film vividly portrays how the War has documentary explores the ways that gender, ethics, and moral respon- created a situation where the rise of fundamentalism is putting women’s sibility intersect during wartime. rights increasingly at risk.

A film by Ibtisam Salh Mara’ana A film by Beate Arnestad 2007, 74 minutes, Color 2007, 58 minutes, Color Israel/Palestine Norway/Sri Lanka Subtitled (Arabic, Hebrew) Subtitled (Tamil) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09933 Order No. L09934

3 Times Divorced My Daughter the Terrorist When Gaza-born Khitam’s abusive Arab Israeli husband divorces her and What compels a woman to become a suicide bomber? Dharsika and gains custody of her six children, she suddenly finds herself fighting two Puhalchudar braid each other’s hair and prepare to strap bombs to their heartbreaking battles: against the Sharia Muslim court to get her chil- chests as part of the Black Tigers, the elite force of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) dren back, and against the state of Israel, which considers her an illegal of Sri Lanka. In a rare inside look at an organization largely blacklisted resident and denies her protection that could literally save her life. With as a terrorist group, this even-handed documentary offers important remarkable access this film captures Khitam’s astonishing courage as she insights into the psychology and motivations of people firmly commit- faces an impossible situation with no country or court to protect her. ted to doing what many find unthinkable.

A film by Nahid Persson Sarvestani A film by Xiaoli Zhou 2007, 76 minutes, Color 2006, 22 minutes, Color Sweden/Iran US/China Subtitled (Persian) Subtitled (Mandarin) DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $195 Rental $90 Rental $60 Order No. L09939 Order No. L09928

Four Wives – One Man The Women’s Kingdom From Nahid Persson Sarvestani (Prostitution Behind the Veil) comes an With breathtaking imagery shot in a remote area of southwest China, intimate portrait of a polygamist Iranian family that reveals the intricate this film offers a rare glimpse into Mosuo culture, one of the last matri- relationships between four wives, their husband, their astoundingly archal societies in the world. Mosuo women enjoy great freedoms and free-spoken mother-in-law, and their numerous children. Humorous and carry great responsibilities. As the outside world encroaches, bringing often heartbreaking, this film follows the women’s daily lives as they are 21st century conveniences, tourism, pollution, and mainstream ideas both bitter rivals and co-conspirators against their abusive husband. It about femininity, these extraordinary women must meet complex new is a rare and unique insight into the practice of polygamy and its effect challenges to preserve their extraordinary culture. on the women involved. A film by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson 2006, 41 minutes, Color US/Cuba Subtitled (Spanish) DVD Sale $250 Buy Five Rental $75 Order No. L09942

For Only $495 Motherland Cuba Korea USA For millions of immigrants in a global society, the concept of “Moth- Offer valid for 2008 titles erland” is divided between the land of their birth and the country in which they choose to live. With varied perspectives and interviews with two lively Cuban and US families descended from the same ethnically listed on pages 10-11 Korean lineage, Motherland raises issues of economic and social justice in socialism and capitalism, and complex issues of ethnic, national, and cultural loyalties.

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A film by Ann Hershey A film by Kim Longinotto 2007, 66 minutes, Color 2007, 100 minutes, Color DVD UK Sale $250 DVD Rental $75 Sale $295 Order No. L09940 Rental $90 Order No. L00936

Tillie Olsen: A Heart in Action Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go An inspiring homage to Tillie Lerner Olsen—renegade, revolutionary, Acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Sisters in Law) turns her camera distinguished writer, feminist, humanist, labor organizer, and social ac- on the troubled children of England’s progressive Mulberry Bush School, tivist. Class conscious and deeply joined to the world, Olsen countered where the children’s problems are real, deep, and stubborn—but the the very core of American writing by immortalizing the lives of work- long arc of recovery is clear, with hope for these kids just over the hori- ing class women and single mothers. Interviews with Olsen during the zon thanks to child psychologists and teachers, who display enormous last years of her life are interspersed with commentary from notable restraint and sensitivity. This is an up close and unforgettable tale of feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Alice Walker. our human capacity to hurt and to heal.

A film by Maya Gallus A film by Siatta Scott Johnson 2007, 70 minutes, Color & Daniel Junge Canada 2007, 77 minutes, Color DVD Subtitled (Liberian English) Sale $295 DVD Rental $90 Sale $295 Order No. L09929 Rental $90 Order No. L09941 PHOTO: CYLLA VON TIEDEMANN Girl Inside Iron Ladies of Liberia Following 26-year-old Madison during the crucial three years of her tran- After surviving a 14-year civil war and a government riddled with cor- sition from male to female, Girl Inside is a beautiful film that tracks her ruption, Liberia is ready for change. Enter Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and physical journey of self-discovery. freely elected female head of state in Africa, and her remarkable team of Together with Vivien, her glamorous 80-year-old grandmother, the two women appointees who now face the daunting task of lifting their country discuss profound issues of gender, femininity, and sexuality. Sometimes from debt and devastation. With exclusive access, the film chronicles funny, sometimes painful, this thoughtful portrait is a heartfelt explora- Liberia’s historic transition from authoritarianism to democracy, providing tion of what it means to be a woman. Broadcast on LOGO. an inspirational testimony of women’s leadership and diplomacy.

A film by Cynthia Connop A film by Christine Welsh 2008, 52 minutes, Color 2006, 73 minutes, Color Australia Canada DVD DVD Sale $295 Sale $295 Rental $90 Rental $90 Order No. L09932 Order No. L09943

Bloodlines Finding Dawn A moving meditation on guilt and reconciliation, this film explores the With an alarming lack of notice, more than 500 cases of missing and unwritten cost of war and genocide on future generations – of both vic- murdered Canadian Aboriginal women from the last 30 years have tims and perpetrators. Bettina Goering, descendent of Nazi war criminal gone unsolved to this day. Mètis filmmaker Christine Welsh embarks Herman Goering, comes to Australia to meet Ruth Rich, artist and the on an epic search for Dawn Crey and countless other lost women. daughter of Holocaust survivors. With astonishing honesty and courage, Interviews with victims’ families and abuse survivor-activists reveal both women attempt to reconcile the traumas in their bloodlines. the deep historical and socio-economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of impunity and violence against women, not only in Canada, but worldwide. A film by Marion Lipschutz & Rose Rosenblatt 2005, 74 minutes, Color DVD Sale $295 Rental $90 Save More with Order No. L09944 Special Promotions The Education of Shelby Knox Shelby Knox is a devout Baptist teenager who has pledged abstinence Sign up for our until marriage. When her interest in politics leads to her involvement in a campaign for comprehensive sex education in her town’s public Special Promotions & E-News schools, and then to a fight for a gay-straight alliance, she must make a choice: Stand by and let others be hurt, or go against her parents, her at www.wmm.com pastor, and her peers to do what she knows is right.

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Divorce Iranian Style A film by Kim Longinotto & Ziba Mir-Hosseini, 1998, 80 minutes, Color, England, DVD List Price: $295, Order No. L09619 With the barest of commentary, veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto shares this hilarious, tragic, stirring, fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court in a film showcasing the strength, ingenuity, and guile of Iranian women. The Films of Jane Campion Films by Jane Campion, 49 minutes, Color/BW, DVD List Price: $295, Order No. L09197 Three lively and humorous shorts from director Jane Campion (The Piano, Holy Smoke) compiled here for the first time in a rare collection that includes A Girl’s Own Story, Passionless Moments, and the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Peel. Guerrillas in our Midst A film by Amy Harrison, 1992, 35 minutes, Color, DVD List Price: $275, Order No. L09338 Responsible for putting racism and sexism on the art-world agenda since 1985, the Guerilla Girls, an anonymous group of art terrorists, have successfully changed the face of political and cultural art activism since the 1980s. My Feminism A film by Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert, 1997, 55 minutes, Color, Canada, DVD List Price: $295, Order No. L09593 This excellent feminist primer debunks mass media’s demonization of feminism through incisive interviews with leading activists and intellectuals. It presents equality, gender, race, reproductive rights, sexualities, women’s health, abortion, parenting, breast cancer, poverty, and power as interlocking planks of the feminist global agenda. Paradise Lost A film by Ibtisam Salh Mara’ana, 2003, 56 minutes, Color, Subtitled (Hebrew), Israel, DVD List Price: $295, Order No. L09828 This thought-provoking film diary about Mid-East relations follows the Arab-Israeli director’s attempt to find her childhood hero, “bad-girl” Suuad and recreate her Mediterranean village’s lost history, amidst the modern cultural and political shifts brought on by Jewish settlements. Riddles of the Sphinx A film by Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, 1977, 92 minutes, Color, Great Britain, DVD List Price: $395, Order No. L09656 In arguably one of the most visually stimulating, theoretically rigorous films to emerge from the 1970s, seminal feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey invokes the Oedipus story to probe representation in film in this landmark work fusing feminism and experimentation. Seven Women – Seven Sins Produced by Maxi Cohen, 1987, 101 minutes, Color, Subtitled, DVD List Price: $295, Order No. L09017 Seven of the world’s best-known women directors produce their own version of celluloid sin in this smart, fun, omnibus film. It includes Helke Sander (Gluttony), Bette Gordon (Greed), Maxi Cohen (Anger), Chantal Akerman (Sloth), Valie Export (Lust), Laurence Gavron (Envy), and Ulrike Ottinger (Pride). Ticket of No Return A film by Ulrike Ottinger, 1979, 108 minutes, Color , Subtitled (German), DVD List Price: $395, Order No. L09674 A haunting and gorgeous classic from legendary filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger (Madame X, Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia) about two women from disparate backgrounds, both on an alcohol-laden, self-destructive tour of a lonely Berlin. Special Offer Save 50% off DVD replacement copies for already purchased VHS titles. Upgrade your library today!

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