...ALL OUR LIVES Also in: Europe, Labor Studies, Political Science, Women's Studies, World History Examines the lives of several women who actively participated in the social revolution during the Spanish Civil War, women who are as dynamic in their 80s as they were in their youth. Featuring rare archival footage and photos from the period, this video provides a warm encounter with women whose ideal of "a more just and humane society" has lasted a lifetime.

ABORTION: STORIES FROM NORTH AND SOUTH Also in: Asian Studies, Health, Irish Studies, Latino Studies, Political Science, Psychology >> Sociology, Women's Studies This cross-cultural survey shows how abortion transcends race, religion and social class, and how differences in the practice and perception of abortion are mainly in the degree of secrecy and danger accompanying it.

AFGHAN WOMEN: a history of struggle Also in: Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Russia, Women's Studies >> World History The tumultuous history of Afghanistan from the perspective of the country's female population, Afghan Women: A History of Struggle chronicles the stories of women who have risked their lives to achieve political, economic, and social equality.

AFRICA BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY Also in: Showcases the view of African life featured in the paintings, drawings and etchings of Betty LaDuke, one of America's most accomplished multicultural artists.

AFTER THE BLACK BOOK Also in: Latin American Studies, Health, Media Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies In April of 1999, Chilean journalist Alejandra Matus wrote The Black Book of Chilean Justice, an exposé of the Chilean judicial system...

THE AGGRESSIVES Subjects: African-American Studies, American Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies >> Human Sexuality, New York City, Urban Studies, Women's Studies This dynamic film explores the lives of six New York City women who define themselves as "aggressives" through masculine behavior and dress, offering an appreciation of a little known subculture within society's gender tapestry.

THE ANGELMAKERS Subjects: Aging, Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Crime & Law, Death & Dying, Eastern Europe >> Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies In a sleepy Hungarian village, after the First World War, a series of arsenic murders took place. Over 140 bodies were discovered. The victims, all men, were apparently killed by their wives.

AS THE WIND ROCKS THE WAGON Also in: Actress Amy Warner vividly presents the experiences and feelings of these pioneers in her one-woman performance based on entries from diaries, letters and memoirs of pioneer women and a young girl who trekked the Oregon Trail.

BAD GIRL Also in: Human Sexuality, Media Studies, Women's Studies, Cinema Studies, Sociology In a Los Angeles film studio, the cameras roll on an X-rated film, and in the director's chair sits a woman. In New York and San Francisco, companies created by women market hard-core videos to the female consumer.

THE BEACHES OF AGNES Subjects: Cinema Studies, Art, Photography, Women's Studies, Performing Arts A reflection on art, life and the movies, The Beaches of Agnes is a magnificent new film from the great Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I), a richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave.

BENEDITA DA SILVA Also in: Latin American Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies A profile of the first black woman ever to be elected city councillor and member of the Brazilian Parliament from the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro.

BETTY LaDUKE: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY FROM THE BRONX TO TIMBUKTU Also in: American Studies, Art History, Cultural Studies, Short Films, Women's Studies This video takes us on a trip through six decades and over twenty countries in tracing the development of Betty LaDuke, one of America's leading multicultural artists.

BETWEEN US Also in: Health, Psychology, Women's Studies This video, conceived and produced by breast cancer survivors, will serve as an emotional first-aid kit for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients during the frightening time period immediately following diagnosis.

BEYOND BABYLAND Also in: African American Studies, American Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies >> Death and Dying, Women's Studies, Family Relations, Economics, , Health Beyond Babyland seeks to understand the causes behind the troubling rate of infant mortality in African-American communities while introducing us to the people and organizations working tirelessly to turn around this tide.

BEYOND CONVICTION Subjects: African-American Studies, American Studies, Criminal & Law, Peace & Conflict >> Women's Studies An eye-opening look at a pioneering program in which victims of violent crimes meet face-to-face with their perpetrators. This documentary, featured on Oprah, introduces us to a process that could have far-reaching repercussions for the ways we approach crime, criminal justice, and conflict resolution.

BIRTH STORIES Also in: Health, Psychology, Women's Studies This series of funny and frank interviews, in which women tell their personal stories of pregnancy and birth, is intercut with black and white footage of actual births.

BULLSHIT Subjects: Asian Studies, Biology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies >> Labor Studies, Women's Studies Her opponents gave her the "Bullshit Award" for sustaining global poverty. Time magazine hailed her as one of the great heroes of our time. She is Vandana Shiva and this is a film about globalization, genetic engineering, bio-piracy, food and water.

CHAMPIONS Also in: Latin American Studies, Women Studies Members of the 1978 world champion Cuban women's volleyball team discuss their long hours of training and discipline, the thrill of their victory, and the painful nostalgia of retirement.

CHARLES DANA GIBSON: PORTRAIT OF AN ILLUSTRATOR Also in: American Studies, Women Studies, Short Films, Art History This video, produced by Gibson's great-grandson, explores the origins of the Gibson Girl, with an in-depth look at her creator and his life's work. The documentary features numerous pen and ink drawings, interviews with family members and illustration experts, plus rare archival footage of Gibson.

CISSY HOUSTON: SWEET INSPIRATION Also in: African American Studies, Music, Women Studies This biographial profile of a woman whose career has successfully combined gospel and popular music moves from smoky clubs to a Sweet Inspirations reunion concert, from nostalgic gospel singing with The Drinkard Singers to a sold-out concert with Cissy's daughter Whitney.

CODY: the first step Subjects: Disabilities, Health, Women's Studies, Science, Sociology, Political Science >> Celebrity Narrators Narrated by actress Glenn Close, this heartfelt documentary follows Cody Unser, a remarkable young woman left paralyzed from a rare neurological disorder, as she learns to live with her disability while working to raise awareness, improve quality of life and find a cure for those afflicted with spinal cord related paralysis.

CONTRACEPTION: THE STALLED REVOLUTION Also in: AIDS, American Studies, Health, Human Sexuality, Sociology, Women Studies Journalist Linda Ellerbee examines the state of contraception in the U.S. today, including women's dissatisfaction with the methods currently available.

LA CORONA Subjects: Criminal & Law, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Latin American Studies, Women's Studies >> Human Sexuality, Sociology 2008 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject, La Corona (The Crown) explores the lives of female contestants in an unusual beauty pageant at a high security prison in Bogotá, Colombia. The film addresses issues of female identity, sexuality, crime and equality.

COUNTERCLOCKWISE Also in: Short Films, Women Studies This short drama describes the twenty-year friendship of four lively but vastly different women who gather for a three-day reunion after having drifted apart over the years.

COUNTERPOINT FOR HER Also in: Women Studies, Criminal and Law, Europe, Sociology Counterpoint For Her exposes the brutal reality of human trafficking. This eye-opening documentary follows several men and women intimately involved in the trade, including a local Bosnian girl who, while living in Italy in 1992, was sold into the trade by a good friend of her brother.

CZECH WOMEN: NOW WE ARE FREE Also in: Women Studies, Eastern Europe, Sociology The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" of November 1989, which put an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, has led to a remarkable transforamtion of people's day-to-day lives.

DANCING WITH MY FATHER Also in: Women Studies, American Studies, Psychology, Family What do daughters learn from their fathers about men? This video is an intimate family view of how adult love is often shaped by what a child learns at home.

DAUGHTERS OF FREE MEN Also in: Women Studies, American Studies, Labor Studies, World History This video tells the story of Lucy Hall and other young Yankee farm women who enter a new world of factory labor and boarding house life in the textile mills of 1830s Lowell, Massachusetts.

DAUGHTERS OF THE TROUBLES: BELFAST STORIES Also in: Irish Studies, Sociology, Women Studies This timely documentary offers first-person accounts of the lives of two working-class Belfast women told against the violent history of the last twenty-five years in Northern Ireland.

DEAR GABE Also in: Gay & Lesbian, Sociology, Women Studies Dear Gabe tells the story of six college friends – five female and one male, queer and straight, black, white and in-between, Jewish and uncertain, biological and adoptive-moms – who had children in their thirties.

DOING AS THEY CAN: slave life in the american south Also in: African American Studies, American Studies, American History, Labor Studies >> Women Studies, World History This video features a fugitive woman slave describing life, work, and day-to-day resistance to slavery on a North Carolina cotton plantation during the 1840s and 1850s.

DOLORES Also in: Family, Latino Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Women Studies This short drama on domestic abuse, based on extensive research with battered Latinas, focuses on a Hispanic family, showing how the father's machismo has intimidated both wife and daughter into continual fear of physical abuse and alienated the son who resents his father's authoritarian attitudes.

THE DOUBLE DAY Also in: A look at working women in Latin America and their efforts to achieve equality in the home and workplace. Most combine their participation in the labor market with their family functions as mothers and wives, thus working a 'double day.'

DREAMS ENSNARED: DOMINICAN MIGRATION TO NEW YORK Also in: This documentary examines the situation of Dominican immigration into New York City, detailing the economic pressures of unemployment and poverty in the Dominican Republic which have led to a rapidly growing Dominican community in New York.

THE FALL OF WOMENLAND Subjects: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Women's Studies, Human Sexuality, Cultural Studies >> Sociology A fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people, a small minority situated in the southwest of China, and one of the last remaining matriarchal societies in the world. The Fall of Womenland explores their history and present reality as well as the dangers that threaten their inherited way of life.

FICTION AND OTHER TRUTHS: A FILM ABOUT JANE RULE Also in: Profiles the life and work of lesbian novelist, essayist, teacher and political activist Jane Rule.

THE FLAPPER STORY Also in: American Studies, Sociology, Women Studies Offers a lively mixture of contemporary interviews and archival film footage in a thoughtful examination of the social phenomenon of the 'flapper,' the provocative 'New Woman' of America's Roaring '20s.

THE FORGOTTEN GRAVE Also in: This video tells the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a 20-year-old woman who, disguised as a man, enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War.

FREEHELD Subjects: Gay & Lesbian, Criminal & Law, Political Science, Media Studies, Women's Studies >> Death & Dying, American Studies 2008 Academy Award® winner for Best Documentary Short Subject, Freeheld examines the rights accorded to gay partners in today's America. It chronicles the efforts of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a 25-year police veteran, to secure pension benefits for her partner, Stacie Andree. Freeheld is being adapted into a feature film written by Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) and starring Ellen Page (Juno).

FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S GRANDMOTHER UNTO ME Also in: The video takes viewers on an intimate tour through the past, following the family's lineage from an 1890 homesteader to a modern-day actress who left the mountains to pursue her craft in the big city.

FRONTRUNNER: The Afghan Woman Who Surprised the World Also in: The heroic story of the first woman to run for President of Afghanistan. Frontrunner introduces us to Dr. Massouda Jalal, a mother of three children, whose campaign inspired thousands of women across the country to participate in the democratic process.

GILLES' WIFE Also in: Set in the 1930's, a haunting tale of a devoted wife who suspects her husband is having an affair with another woman, featuring an extraordinary performance from Emmanuelle Devos.

GIRL BEAT: POWER OF THE DRUM Also in: This video profiles members of Banda Dida, an all-girl drumming and vocal group in Salvador, Brazil.

GOLUB: LATE WORKS ARE THE CATASTROPHES Subjects: American Studies, Art History, Crime & Law, Jewish Studies >> Latin American Studies, Media Studies, New York City, Photography, Sociology, Terrorism Studies, Women's Studies An acclaimed documentary on American artist Leon Golub, whose politically charged work calls attention to human rights violations and the abuse of power around the world.

THE GOOD MOTHER Subjects: Women's Studies, American Studies Every year, mothers from all over America leave their families and homes behind (albeit briefly) to compete in the "Mother of the Year" pageant - in the hope of becoming the reigning representative of American motherhood. A surprising documentary that both explodes and reinforces feminist ideals.

GRANDMA'S TATTOOS Subjects: Women's Studies, World History, Human Sexuality Grandma's Tattoos uncovers the fate of thousands of women, mostly teenagers and young girls, who survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide but were forced into prostitution by their captors. This powerful documentary investigates an aspect of history that is too often ignored - the fate of women in conflicts and wars.

HANAN ASHRAWI: A WOMAN OF HER TIME Also in: Profiles Hanan Ashrawi, former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization during the Middle East peace talks with Israel, but who later turned down a position in the new government in favor of continuing her efforts on behalf of peace and human rights.

HEAVEN WILL PROTECT THE WORKING GIRL Also in: American Studies, Women's Studies, Labor Studies, New York, World History This video tells the story of the 1909 shirtwaist strike is told through vignettes that explore immigrant women's lives in turn-of-the-century New York.

HER CHINA TODAY Also in: This documentary is about five women in China from different age, social and economic groups whose lives reflect the lives of many women all over China today.

HIDE YOUR WORDS Also in: As they walk toward the salt springs, two young girls talk about a fellow classmate, a 14-year-old girl who was forced to marry a 73-year-old man. An intimate look at the reality of arranged marriages in Iran.

HOLY TERROR Also in: Examines the political activism of the religious New Right, focusing on their anti-abortion efforts.

HOPE OF AWAKENING Also in: Features interviews with former victims of domestic violence who discuss the various forms of violence, both physical and emotional, in abusive relationships, the psychological patterns that keep women from leaving abusive spouses or boyfriends, and related issues of fear and low self-esteem.

HOSTAGE OF TIME Also in: This documentary focuses on the experience of a young woman doctor who in August 1993 returns to her village in South Lebanon to find it badly damaged after a massive Israeli attack which destroyed fifty villages and displaced 450,000 people.

HULL HOUSE: THE HOUSE THAT JANE BUILT Also in: In 1889, amidst the slums of Chicago's Near West Side, pioneer social worker Jane Addams (1860-1935) opened Hull House to aid the poor, largely immigrant residents of the neighborhood.

I AM JUANA BACALLAO Also in: A profile of the colorful singer who uses the street Spanish of Cuba to sing, swagger and slang her way into the hearts of her audience.

I WITNESS Also in: Portrays religious terrorism in Pensacola, Florida, which has become the epicenter of the national debate over abortion, including a 1984 clinic bombing, the 1993 murder of a clinic physician, and the 1994 murder of another clinic physician and his escort.

IN AND OUT OF FOCUS Also in: This video is about women in the film business and how they balance children, love lives and career—or how they don’t. When a female filmmaker discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant, her life is turned upside down, as she struggles to balance family and career.

IN BAD FAITH Also in: This video exposes the deceptive activities of so-called "Crisis Pregnancy Centers," which advertise themselves as women's health clinics.

IN THE BAG Also in: Handbag, purse, pocketbook, pouch, clutch-call it what you will-but just about every woman carries one. The relationship between a woman and her bag is both intimate and universal.

IT'S OUR BABY Also in: Examines nurse-midwifery as a significant and increasingly popular alternative to traditional hospital childbirth methods.

JANE RULE...WRITING Also in: Novelist Jane Rule's discussions of the craft and her philosophy of writing are blended with readings from Rule's novels and stories and an interview with Smith College professor Marilyn Schuster, who discusses plot, characterization and other aspects of fiction, moral statements in literature, and issues of freedom of expression and censorship.

JENI LEGON: LIVING IN A GREAT BIG WAY Also in: Examines both sides of the controversy surrounding the death penalty, providing a cross- cultural survey, explaining which countries use the death penalty, how often, for what reasons, and the various methods used.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE Also in: This investigative documentary deals with the brutal murder of two young Puerto Rican men, Antonio Rosario and Hilton Vega, who were shot by NYPD detectives (one of them a former bodyguard for Mayor Rudy Giuliani) in the Bronx in early 1995.

KABABAIHAN: FILIPINA PORTRAITS Also in: Profiles some of the key women involved in the grassroots organizing of the 'People's Power' revolution in the Philippines which brought down Ferdinand Marcos and swept Corazon Aquino to power in 1989.

LA OPERACION Also in: Puerto Rico has the highest incidence of female sterilization in the world. Over one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age have been sterilized.

LADIES OF THE LAND Subjects: American Studies, Business, Economics, Environmental, Health, Labor Studies >> Women's Studies As small farms continue to disappear at an alarming rate, a growing number of women are venturing into this tradition-bound, male-dominated industry - and revitalizing it from within. Ladies of the Land explores the recent emergence of the woman farmer and its connection to the boom in organic agriculture.

LAURA CLAY: VOICE OF CHANGE Also in: A biographical profile of Laura Clay (1849-1941), a key figure in the Women's Rights Movement who devoted her life to the struggle for equal educational opportunities, child custody rights, equal pay for equal work, and the right to vote.

THE LEGENDARY GIRL OF THE SKIES: SABIHA GOKCEN Also in: Sabiha Gokcen was the world's first female combat pilot, yet the story of this extraordinary Turkish woman is relatively unknown in the United States . The Legendary Girl of The Skies incorporates rare archival footage and interviews to recount her amazing life story and accomplishments in aviation history.

THE LIFE AND POETRY OF JULIA DE BURGOS Also in: This docudrama portrays the life and work of the great Puerto Rican poet, from her impoverished childhood in Puerto Rico, to her political involvement as a young woman in the nationalist movement, to her subsequent exile in Cuba and New York where she died in 1953.

LIVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK Also in: Interweaves the stories of six women who were profoundly affected by the choices available to them prior to the legalization of abortion.

LUISA CAPETILLO: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE Also in: Dramatizes the life and work of Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922), a Puerto Rican journalist, writer, suffragist, and labor organizer.

LUMO Subjects: African Studies, Health, Political Science, Women's Studies Filmed inside a unique hospital for rape survivors in eastern Congo, Lumo follows a young woman after a brutal attack on her uncertain path to recovery. It is an intimate look at the widespread use of rape as a tool of political terror across central Africa.

MAGIC WOOL Also in: Tells the story of the Bordadores of Isla Negra, a group of Chilean peasant women who embroider beautiful tapestries of wool on flour sacks depicting colorful images from their daily lives.

A MAN'S WOMAN Also in: This docudrama offers an intriguing analysis of the ideological and social implications of the anti-feminist women's movement.

MAXINE SULLIVAN: LOVE TO BE IN LOVE Also in: A portrait of Maxine Sullivan (1911-87), the legendary jazz singer who rose from humble origins in Pittsburgh to become one of the foremost black vocalists in America.

ME BRONI BA (MY WHITE BABY) Subjects: African Studies, Women's Studies, African-American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology Weaving together sequences of hair-braiding salons in Ghana, voice-over of Oprah rhapsodizing brown-skinned dolls and animated clips of signature hairstyles, Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) is an artfully composed, thought-provoking work that investigates the fraught relationship between images of beauty and power.

MIDWIVES: A LIVING TRADITION Also in: This video presents the mission and practice of American midwives, explaining the benefits and advantages of natural childbirth through interviews with midwives and childbirth educators, the testimonies of new mothers, footage and photos of actual births, and many touching stories.

MISGUIDANCE Also in: This video, focusing on the experience of a frightened teenager, exposes the deceptive practices of so-called "Crisis Pregnancy Centers," which advertise themselves as women's health clinics, but which are actually staffed by anti-abortion volunteers who use misinformation and scare tactics to dissuade women from having abortions.

MISS NAVAJO Subjects: American Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Native American, Women's Studies For most of us, pageants conjure up smiling beauty-queen hopefuls parading around in bathing suits or glittery gowns. But most of us have never witnessed the Miss Navajo Nation competition - a unique pageant established in 1952 to celebrate women and tradition in Navajo culture.

MISS...OR MYTH? Also in: Examines beauty pageants and the images of women they promote, allowing both pageant supporters annd protestors to express their viewpoints.

A MOTHER'S JOURNEY Also in: Chronicles the experience of 46-year-old Suzanne, an unmarried American woman who, desiring to create a single-parent family of her own, adopts a baby abandoned on the streets of China in the wake of that country's notorious population laws.

MOTHER IRELAND Also in: Examines the imagery which for centuries has portrayed Ireland as a woman and discusses the social function of these romantic stereotypes of Irish womanhood and their relationship to the nationalist struggle and Irish women today.

MOTHERLESS: A LEGACY OF LOSS FROM ILLEGAL ABORTION Also in: Through interviews with people whose mothers died due to complications from abortion before its legalization, this video examines the tragedy of deaths from illegal abortions and the trauma of losing a mother at a young age.

MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Also in: Examines the increasing participation of women in motorcycle riding, whether as hobby or profession.

MOVING FORWARD Also in: Micro credit may just be a theory to some, but to three low-income women in Cali, Colombia, it has become a source of hope as they work hard to take the stigma out of poverty.

MY YIDDISHE MOMME McCOY Also in: Filmmaker Bob Giges focuses on his spirited 90-year-old grandmother, Belle Demner McCoy, for an intimate portrait of one woman's struggle with the conflicts between family, religion and love.

THE NAKED FEMINIST Also in: Provocative, enlightening and revealing, The Naked Feminist challenges the myths surrounding women in the porn industry while exploring preconceived notions of control, pleasure and exploitation.

NEVER PERFECT Subjects: American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Asian-American Studies >> Cultural Studies, Health, Media Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies How are ideals of beauty influenced by race, history, and geopolitics? And how are these ideals reinforced in ethnic communities? With a rich selection of film clips and archival footage, Never Perfect examines the dramatic rise in popularity of cosmetic surgery among Asian-American women.

THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA (Series) Also in: This two-part documentary examines the social and artistic roots of the national cinemas of Latin America, tracing the evolution of its theoretical and esthetic positions, the development of new forms of representation, repression against filmmakers, and the emergence of a new women's cinema.

THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: CINEMA OF THE HUMBLE Also in: Explores the movement's origins, traces the evolution of its theoretical and esthetic positions, and focuses on the development of cinema in Cuba and Nicaragua.

THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA: THE LONG ROAD Also in: Examines the development of new forms of representation, repression against filmmakers, variations of strategy in response to different circumstances in different countries, and the emergence of a new women's cinema.

NO OFFENCE: IRELAND'S OTHER PROTESTANTS Also in: This video examines the status of Protestants in the Republic of Ireland and the perceptions of Northern Protestants about their co- religionists.

NO OFFENCE: HOLY GROUND? Also in: This video examines the changing face of Catholicism, including the recent sexual abuse scandals and controversies surrounding contraception, abortion, and the role of women in the Church.

NO OFFENCE: LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG Also in: This video examines the changing status of women in Ireland and the struggle to gain women's rights from the government, the Church, and employers.

OCTOBER COUNTRY Subjects: American Studies, Women's Studies, Anthropology, Psychology A beautifully rendered portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. Winner of multiple awards, October Country intimately examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life.

ON A WING AND A PRAYER Also in: This video profiles legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, using interviews and archival footage and photos to portray Earhart’s colorful character, her mysterious disappearance, and her impact on other women flyers.

OTHER PEOPLE'S PICTURES Subjects: American Studies, Photography, Psychology Why would anyone buy someone else's family photographs? In this surprising look at the world of vintage snapshot collecting, nine obsessive collectors hunt for images/ that feed their fantasies and quiet the voices in their heads.

THE OTHER SIDE OF BURKA Also in: An award-winning documentary about one of the most extreme examples of face-veiling in the Middle East.

OUR BODIES, OUR MINDS Also in: This provocative video examines the relationships between contemporary feminism, free speech, and the sex industry.

PARENTS OF THE YEAR Also in: Beginning every midnight for the past twenty-one years, Yolanda Garcia has scoured the alleys of Venice Beach, California.

PERIOD: THE END OF MENSTRUATION? Also in: Seasonale. Depo-Provera. Lybrel. As pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs that allow women to stop their periods for months and years at a time, this film investigates the social, cultural and medical implications of this increasingly popular new trend.

PERSISTENT WOMEN ARTISTS Also in: In this video, artist and art educator Betty LaDuke presents the lives and work of three American women artists of diverse heritages—Lois Mailou Jones, Mine Okubo, and Pablita Velarde.

PERSONAL DECISIONS Also in: Examines a woman's right to control her own reproductive life and the complex considerations she faces in deciding whether to have an abortion.

A PYRAMID OF WOMEN Also in: A group of women in India are challenging the male domination over a dangerous religious custom, where a human pyramid is formed to break decorated pots that hang several stories in the air.

RAISING FACE: A MENSTRUAL JOURNEY Also in: Features intimate discussions among women, as well as a class of fourth and fifth grade girls, about their menstruation experiences and their difficulties in talking about their periods.

RAPE/CRISIS Also in: A compelling investigation of the trauma of rape, portraying the aftermath of a rape and the work of the Rape Crisis Center in Austin, Texas.

RAPE FOR WHO I AM Also in: African Studies, AIDS, Gay & Lesbian, Women's Studies, Human Sexuality An intimate look at the lives of South Africa's black lesbians who were raped because of their sexuality but refuse to become victims. This insightful and moving film shatters all preconceptions of homosexuality in Africa.

RED RAIN Also in: This documentary profiles Gina ‘Boom Boom’ Guidi and her rise to the top ranks of women’s professional boxing.

REEL IRISH Also in: This video examines the world of amateur Irish dancing, featuring interviews with Irish women in Great Britain who have passed on this cultural tradition within their own families and the wider Irish immigrant community.

ROAD OF NO RETURN: THE BANISHMENT OF MARIA DE LAS MERCEDES BARBUDO Also in: This short drama portrays the efforts of a young woman photographer to uncover the fragmentary and little-known history of an early nineteenth-century Puerto Rican feminist and political activist who was deported for her nationalist beliefs by the Spanish colonial government of the era.

THE ROAD OF WOMEN Also in: The voices of women prisoners take us on a journey to Northern Ireland, a journey into and out of prison, a journey of personal and political struggle and growth.

SARI'S MOTHER Subjects: AIDS, Middle Eastern Studies, Health, Political Science, Women's Studies From the director of the Academy Award® nominated Iraq in Fragments, this short powerful documentary follows an Iraqi mother struggling under U.S. occupation to care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS.

THE SEAGULL'S LAUGHTER Also in: A story of love and murder in a remote Icelandic fishing village, The Seagull’s Laughter is a delicious dark comedy about a woman’s place in the days before feminism.

SEE ME: FIVE YOUNG LATINAS Also in: Five teen-aged Latinas living in San Francisco's Mission District-most of them recent immigrants from Mexico or other Central American countries-talk frankly about their lives, from discrimination and school , to friends and family relationships, experiences with gang activity and violence, and plans for the future.

SEED OF SARAH Also in: This stylized collage of song and remembrance, based on the highly-acclaimed memoirs of Judith Magyar Isaacson, recounts the real-life story of a young Hungarian girl growing up during the tumultuous years of WWII and the Holocaust.

SEEN BUT NOT HEARD Also in: This video follows the lives of four Mexican women and their families whose undocumented husbands and partners, as workers at the World Trade Center, lost their lives in the tragic events of 9/11.

LA SEÑORA EVA PERON Also in: This historical documentary, filmed in Argentina, chronicles the life of Eva Peron (1919-1952) through a wealth of archival footage, rare photos, and interviews with many of her colleagues, closest confidants, and contemporary political leaders.

SEX IN A COLD CLIMATE Also in: This historical documentary is a deeply disturbing portrait of Magdalene Asylums run by Catholic nuns in Ireland. For over a hundred years girls and young women were sent to live and work in the Magdalene Asylums’ Laundries after they’d had sexual or 'sinful' contact with men.

SHEPHERD'S PIE AND SUSHI Also in: In 1993, Mieko Ouchi, a half-white, half-Japanese actress, began researching a documentary about her Japanese immigrant grandfather.

SIMPLEMENTE JENNY Also in: Examines women in Latin America and the cultural values that shape their lives. Scenes of urban slums, abandoned children, reform schools and broken homes are juxtaposed against romanticized media images.

SING! HEALING, COMMUNITY, CELEBRATION Also in: This documentary profiles three women who are reviving a musical legacy, a birthright, which so many of have lost the simple act of singing.

SISTERHOOD ALIVE AND WELL Also in: African-American Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies This video documents the Million Woman March in Philadelphia on October 25, 1997, when black women from all over America gathered to demonstrate their concerns for Black America and to express their sense of unity as a movement that can play an influential role in American society.

SONIA Subjects: Architecture, Art History, Cultural Studies, Eastern Europe, Jewish Studies >> Literature, Performing Arts, Russia, Women's Studies A magical portrait of Russia's revolutionary artistic avant-garde - Mayakovsky, Voloshin, Blok, Malevich, Tatlin - through the life of Sonia Dymshitz-Tolstaya, an impassioned artist whose life reflected the social upheavals of her time. She was one of the few Jewish women who became part of this inner circle.

STAND UP FOR CHOICE: ESCORTS Also in: This remarkable, three-part video series thrusts viewers into the front lines of the struggle over abortion rights between members of Operation Rescue, pro-choice demonstrators, clinic staff and patients.

STILETTO Also in: This video examines the high-heeled pump and why so many women continue, despite the physical discomfort and damage, to wear these outrageous shoes.

STITCHING OUR FUTURE Also in: This poignant and inspiring documentary tells the story of Coopa-Roca, a cooperative of seamstresses in a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro who, in an effort to provide an income for their families, design and manufacture women’s clothing and accessories.

STRIPPED AND TEASED: TALES FROM LAS VEGAS WOMEN Also in: This video goes behind the Showgirls mythos to tell the true story of real women who live and work in Las Vegas, the mothers, maids, wives, casino executives and showgirls, who struggle against the sex-object stereotype.

SUDDEN CHANGES: POST HYSTERECTOMY SYNDROME Also in: Examines the reasons for the high number of hysterectomies performed on women every year, the alternatives available, the side effects and after-effects. Includes interviews with doctors, other professionals, and women who have undergone the operation.

SURVIVORS Also in: This inspirational video features testimony from a wide variety of rape survivors who explain how their lives were affected by the experience, how they have overcome their previous sense of isolation by discussing their feelings with other women, the emotional healing process they have gone through as well as the emotional burden they still carry.

A TALE OF TWO TEENS Subjects: African Studies, AIDS, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Health Care >> Human Sexuality, Women's Studies, Young Adults The AIDS pandemic in Africa as seen through the eyes of two young girls, an American and South African teenager, featuring the music of the Dave Matthews Band and U2.

TEA PARTY ETIQUETTE Also in: This video is based on the life of Boston shoemaker George Robert Twelves and reveals how working people helped make the American Revolution.

TEEN MOTHERS Also in: A stark and honest look at the explosion of teen pregnancy in Brazil, Teen Mothers is an award-winning documentary that follows four young girls, aged 13 to 15, through the course of their pregnancies and into the early days of motherhood.

TEENAGE MOTHERS: A GLOBAL CRISIS Also in: Examines the worldwide crisis in teenage pregnancies through four case studies of teenage mothers in Ghana, England, Cuba, and the U.S., thereby providing a cross-cultural survey of the underlying reasons for the increasing rate of adolescent pregnancies and also discussing the hazards to the health and well-being of such young mothers.

THESE SHOES WEREN'T MADE FOR WALKING Also in: Filmmaker Paul Lee explores the lives of four generations of Chinese women in his family, using their shoes-from the four-inch silk sandals made for his great- grandmother's bound feet during the Ching Dynasty to the Italian leather pumps of his career-minded sister-as a reference point for the cultural and social forces which have shaped their lives.

THIN ICE Also in: Forget the NHL! Real stories of triumph and determination are being played out on a makeshift ice rink in India. Thin Ice is the inspiring story of a group of young girls who broke gender and religious barriers to compete in the national ice hockey tournament.

THROUGH THE WIRE Also in: Reveals the shocking conditions at the Female High Security Unit at the federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, where three women political prisoners, currently serving sentences ranging from thirty-five to fifty-eight years in solitary confinement, have been subjected to psychological experimentation and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment.

THROUGH YOUNG PEOPLE'S EYES Also in: African-American Studies, Children, Family Relations, Latino Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies An insightful documentary portrait of young black and Hispanic teenagers, primarily girls, growing up in a poor urban neighborhood.

TOO MUCH, TOO SOON Also in: Profiles Sue Ann McKean, one of the most charismatic personalities involved in women's bodybuilding, who sees herself not as an athlete but as an artist.

TROKOSI: WIFE OF THE GODS Also in: Examines the West African religious institution of trokosi, where young women are chosen to serve an indefinite period of servitude for crimes committed long ago by their grandparents and even great-grandparents.

TWO BELLS / TWO WORLDS Also in: As an outgrowth of the Spanish-American War, in 1899 the U.S. attempted to annex the Philippine Islands, which led to a decade-long war against the Filipino people, a conflict that has been called 'our first Vietnam.'

THE ULTIMATE TEST ANIMAL Also in: Examines the birth control injection Depo Provera and the international controversy over its use, raising disturbing questions about racism and sexism in health care, population control vs. birth control, and how drugs are tested and marketed.

THE UNAPOLOGETIC LIFE OF MARGARET RANDALL Also in: This portrait of Margaret Randall—activist, poet, writer, teacher and photographer—comes at a particularly appropriate time, as patriotism is being equated in some quarters with keeping silent about important issues.

UNDER FIRE Also in: Under Fire captures powerful first-person accounts by five decorated Soviet women as they describe stepping into a man’s world and fighting amid blood and death.

UP SOUTH Also in: African-American Studies, American Studies, Labor Studies, Women Studies, World History This video tells the vivid tale of the African-American exodus from the rural South to northern industrial cities during World War One.

VI: PORTRAIT OF A SILENT STAR Also in: A documentary portrait of American silent screen star Viola Dana who began her career with the Edison Company in 1910 and starred in more than 100 productions before her retirement in 1929.

WE DIG COAL Also in: Examines the situation of women coal miners in the U.S., their struggle to be hired, their day-to-day lives in the mines, the economic necessity that first made them seek work as miners, and the opposition they face from their families, the community and their male coworkers.

WHO BUILT AMERICA? (series) Also in: American History, American Studies, Education, Labor Studies, Sociology, World History This ten-part series on nineteenth and twentieth-century American history uses period graphics and innovative computer animation to make history accessible and exciting for high school, college and adult education students.

WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING HAPPY Also in: Profiles the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil, the largest left-wing political party in the world today, and the most important political opposition to emerge in Brazil since the formal return to democratic rule in 1985.

WOMEN IN BLACK (by Donna Baillie) Also in: This video documents the activities of Women in Black, a multinational organization that holds vigils for peace around the world, focusing on their efforts to promote a peaceful resolution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

WOMEN IN BLACK (by Claudia Sherwood) Also in: Two prominent playwrights whose past works have reflected their Catholic school experiences, Chris Durang and Albert Innaurato, are featured, as well as a contemporary nun, a former nun and brother, and a psychologist/author whose primary study is school punishment in America.

THE WOMEN OF BRUKMAN Also in: When Argentina's economy collapsed, the owners of Brukman's Clothing Company abruptly closed their factory and retreated overseas. Spurred on by simple necessity, the workers, almost entirely women, took over the abandoned business. This film documents their efforts to run a transparent and profitable business.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: UNTOLD STORIES OF WWII Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: Nurses On The Battlefield Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: Eyewitness To War Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: Rescue From Sumatra Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: Showtime At The Front Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF COURAGE: A Time For Courage Also in: The Women of Courage is a five part series based on true, untold stories of remarkable and courageous women who served in the Second World War.

WOMEN OF VIEQUES Also in: This video shows the involvement of Puerto Rican women in the continuing protest movement against U.S. Navy use of the island of Vieques as a military training site.

WOMEN OF VISION: 18 HISTORIES IN FEMINIST FILM AND VIDEO Also in: Profiles a variety of women active in independent-feminist film and video, including production, distribution and education, whose work expresses a variety of political and esthetic viewpoints.

WOMAN OF THE WOLF Also in: This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author Rene Vivien, tells two opposing versions of the same narrative: one told verbally by Pierre Lenoir, a male narrator at a Victorian dinner party; the other told visually through the behavior of a woman who meets him on a fantasy cargo boat.

WOMEN ON PATROL Subjects: Asian Studies, Peace and Conflict, Sociology, Women's Studies This stirring new documentary follows two women's journey as they learn the skills needed for the streets on the dirt roads of East Timor.

ZANDILE: IN THE LIGHT OF UBUNTU Also in: African Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies Examines the social and political struggle of South Africa's black community today, when they must deal with the after-effects of decades of apartheid rule.