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Kama Sutra
Lecture presented by Wendy Donniger, a leading scholar of
myth, mythology, and Hinduism. In this lecture she discusses
the main facets of Kama Sutra, dispelling the myths that it is
just about sex and sexuality.
Kay Boyle
Part of the Lannan Library Film Series. Kay Boyle (1902-1992), who had published
more than 30 books of fiction, criticism and poetry, was an eloquent advocate
for human rights in her work life. This program documents the final public
reading by an exemplary artist and activist. Kay Boyle read from Other
Poems and Testament for My Students. (60 min. 1989)
Killing Us
Softly 3
Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of
gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning films Killing Us Softly
(1979) and Still Killing Us Softly (1987) have influenced millions of college
and high school students across two generations and on an international scale.
In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women
in advertising has changed over the last twenty years, using over 160 ads and
commercials. (34 min. 1999) *Please note this video is for classroom
use and can only be reserved by an instructor. Students can feel free to view
the film here in 101 Fernald upon reservation. Call 581-1228
for more information.
Kypseli: Women
and Men Apart -- A Divided Reality
The village of Kypseli, located on the Greek island of Thera, is one where
women and men live together, yet apart. Following a centuries-old tradition,
everything has been designated as either male or female: buildings, rooms,
animals, tools. That which is male is believed to represent strength and goodness;
that which is female is considered unclean and potentially disruptive. The
filmmakers examine the effect this segregation has on female and male villagers'
perceptions of both their own and the opposite sex. (40 min.)
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Ladies First: Women
in Music Videos
Part of a video/book set that is not to be checked out individually. The book
and video are by Robin Roberts. Today in the music video industry women artists
have assumed a remarkable and refreshing new presence. More and more, women
are being presented as strong and positive. This video/book set takes a close
look at this exciting phenomenon and shows how, both on and off screen, strong
females have assumed larger roles in the industry, demolishing stereotypes
and exposing the flawed images that have restricted women. (20 min. 1990)
The Ladies
Room
Directed by the acclaimed Iranian actress Mahnaz Afzali and filmed entirely
inside a ladies washroom in a public park in Tehran, this absorbing documentary
shatters Western preconceptions of Iranian women. Populated by addicts, prostitutes,
runaway girls and others who simply enjoy the camaraderie and atmosphere, the
ladies room becomes one of the few places where women feel comfortable enough
to smoke cigarettes, discuss taboo subjects and remove their veils. In a series
of frank and intimate conversations, these diverse women debate everything
from drugs and family abuse, to sex, relationships and religion. Raw and provocative,
this engrossing film is a remarkable verite look at the hidden lives of Iranian
women. A film by Mahnaz Afzali, 2003, 55 minutes.
Lakota Woman
This film, which is narrated by a Lakota-Sioux woman, Mary Crow Dog, tells
the stories of her people and her heroes of the Black Hills. (90 min.)
Laramie Inside
Out
In October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten
and left to die. His shocking murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight
and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes.
Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, a Laramie native, returns home to the site of
her own closeted adolescence to investigate the impact of Shepard's murder.
She encounters students, teachers, parents, and clergy suddenly moved to speak
out and take social action. 2004, 56 minutes.
Lavender Limelight:
Lesbians in Film
This video goes behind the scenes to reveal America's most successful lesbian
directors. These talented moviemakers enlighten and entertain as they explore
their sexual identity, growing up gay, inspirations and techniques, Hollywood
vs. Indie, and of course, love and sex, on screen and off. The conversations
are intimate, the topics unlimited, and the clips from their work enthralling!
(57 min. 1997)
The Legend of Sigh
This strikingly feminist film draws on the lecture of
Azarbayejan prince. According to legend, Ah is a handsome
young man who materializes to succor those in need whenever
he hears a heartfelt sigh. The protagonist is a woman novelist,
suffering from writer's block, who, with the help of Ah experiences
the lives of four women from deferent social strata. (1991,
105 min.)
Leila
Reza and Leila, an attractive and affluent young couple
deeply in love and recently married, discover that Leila is unable
to conceive. Although Reza steadfastly insist that it matters
not in the least, his mother feels otherwise: she is determined
that her son have children and continue the family line. Invoking
tradition, she convinces her daughter-in-law that Reza must,
out of necessity, take a second wife to produce an heir. This
provocative, eloquent and ultimately devastating story, is s
a stunning portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern
marriage; between manipulation and the power of love. (129 min.
1998)
Librarians, Quakers, and McCarthyism:
Political Activism and Moral Commitment in the 1950s (WIC
Luncheon 2002)
Lecture presented by Allison Hepler, Associate Professor
of History, University of Maine, Farmington. (Part of Peace Week)
Life of Oharu
The brutal restrictions of 17th-century Japan are ultimately responsible for
the downfall of a young woman from the life of a samurai's daughter to
that of prostitute. (136 min.)
The Life and Times
of Rosie the Riveter
Documentary footage is combined with contemporary interviews to create this
compelling visual history of the lives of women industrial workers during and
after World War II. (65 min.)
Lillian Hellman
and Dashiell Hammett:
A PBS American Masters Presentation The Lives of Lillian Hellman, followed
by Dashiell Hammett, Detective Writer are presented back-to-back on this Public
Broadcasting portrait showing the lives and work of these two lovers. Although
they met in 1930, Hellman and Hammett never married and their relationship
was an on-and-off affair. Even after they parted, they stayed in close touch
and were together when he died in January 1961. She died in 1984. (120 min.
1999)
Linda Hogan
Part of the Lannan Library Film Series. Linda Hogan is a member of the Chickasaw
Nation and is a poet whose compassion inspires hope and healing. Ms. Hogan
teaches at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is also a novelist
and a playwright. She read from The Book of Medicines, which was a finalist
for the National Book Critics Circle Award. (60 min. 1994)
The Little Foxes
In this play by Lillian Hellman, Bette Davis gives an unforgettable performance
as Regina Giddens, a vicious woman who destroys everyone around her while
trying to satisfy her desire for wealth and social position. (116 min.
1941)
Live Girls,
Stepping Out and Speaking Up
Real girls with real voices...live girls. On October 5, 2002,
twelve girls from the Diversity Coalition, a a coed group
of Maine High School Student Activists working to make a
positive difference in their world, opened the University
of Maine conference, "Girls Will Be Girls?". They brought their voices
center stage with an inspiring presentation of teenage girls voices on harassment,
body image and sexuality, receiving a standing ovation from over 400 educators,
researchers and parents. This film celebrates the amazing spirit, intelligence
and passion our youth possess. We want the world to see what real girls, not
he media girls, are thinking and talking about. You will be inspired by their
honesty and courage. 52 Minutes, Color, 2003, DVD.
Living in
the Hyphen-Nation
Guest Speaker Laila Farah. Part of the 2004 WIC/WST Women's History Celebration.
3-19-04.
Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
A documentary with vivid narrative recreations about the life and times of Ruth Ellis. Born July 23, 1899, she is the oldest "out" African American lesbian. In addition to exploring her rich past, the film offers a rare opportunity to experience a century of our history as lived by one inspiring woman. By example, Ruth Ellis show us what is possible and what can be realized, if one lives long, ages well and also lives with pride. (1999, 60 minutes, color)
Lizzie Borden
An A&E biography of a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her parents
with a hatchet. (105 min. 1994)
Look Us In The Eye: The Old Women's Project
In this video, Cynthia Rich, Mannie Garza and Janice Keaffaber take the stereotypes of an ageist culture and turn them on their heads. Wearing brilliant t-shirts that declare "Old Women are Your Future" and carrying their giant multi-ethnic old woman puppet, POWER (Pissed Old Woman Engaged in Revolution), The Old Women's Project refuses invisibility and proclaims that old women are part of every social justice issue. Look Us in the Eye is intended for high school girls, women of all ages, and the boys and men who care about us. (2006, DVD Format)
Louise Gluck
Part of the Lannan Library Film Series. Louise Gluck's poetry, finely crafted
and full of lyrical grace, offers a bleak landscape of disappointments
and broken lives. She reads from Firstborn, Descending Figure, The House
of Marshland and The Triumph of Achilles, for which she won the 1985 National
Book Critics Circle Award, and from work in progress. She is interviewed
by poet Lewis MacAdams. (60 min. 1989)
Love, Etty: The
Journal of Etty Hillesum, Two-act play by Jane Smith Bernhardt.
Part of the Peace Week events. Jane Smith Bernhardt combined the diaries that
Etty Hillesum wrote while at a holding camp in Holland and on her way to Auschwitz.
Bernhardt performs her series of monologues. (90 min. 1995)
Lucille Clifton
Part of the Lannan Library Film Series. Lucille Clifton, born in 1936, has
published nine books of poetry including The Book of Light, Quilting, Next,
and Ordinary Woman. Her graceful and humorous poetry celebrates the spiritual
revealed in the ordinary. Ms. Clifton received a 1996 Lannan Literary award
for Poetry. She read from The Book of Light and The Terrible Stories. (60
min. 1994)
Lucille Clifton
This is a different video than the above listing. Part of the Lannan Library
Film Series. There is spiritual power in Lucille Clifton's graceful, humorous
and insightful poetry. Lucille Clifton has written ten books of poetry.
Lucille Clifton read from good woman: poems and a memoir and Next: New
Poems. (60 min. 1989)
Luisa Capetillo:
A Passion for Justice
Dramatizes the life and work of Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922), a Puerto Rican
journalist, writer, suffragist, and labor organizer. Based on the book Luisa
Capetillo: History of a Proscribed Woman by Norma Valle Ferrer, the video highlights
the remarkable life of a little-known, turn-of-the-century feminist thinker
whose beliefs and activities were far ahead of their time. (42 min. 1994)
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Maine Educational
Equity Roundtable
This video was sponsored by the American Association of University Women. In
this video national and state educators discuss the inequalities between boys
and girls and address ways to deal with specific issues that pertain to girls
and boys in Maine schools. (60 min. 1992)
Maine Women's Studies Conference
The 21st Annual Maine Women's Studies Conference: Globalization, Immigration and Borderlands was held at the University of Maine on November 18, 2006. The Plenary Speaker was Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director of Women's Research and Resource Center and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies at Spelman College, Atlanta. Her talk was entitled "Global Black Feminisms." Mazie Hough, Nasra Mohamed, Safia Nur, and Carol Toner of The University of Maine Somali Narrative Project also presented "Telling Somali Women's Stories: A Reader's Theatre." AM and PM sessions of the conference are available in both DVD and VHS format.
The Making of a
Lesbian Encyclopedia
Part of the WIC Lunch Series. The speaker was Prof. Bonnie Zimmerman from San
Diego State University. (1998)
The Making
of Tres Vidas: A Play About Three Latina Women (WIC Lunch
2003)
The author, Marjorie Agosin, is a well-known spokesperson
for the plight and priorities of people in Latin American countries.
She talks about the inspiration for and development of her play,
which features three legendary Latin American women.
Male Faculty in the Women's Studies Classroom:
Why Integrate Feminism into the Curriculum?
Stephen Marks, Professor of Sociology, Eric Peterson, Professor of Communication & Journalism, Marwin Spiller, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Nathan Stormer, Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism. Part of the Fall 2007 Women in the Curriculum Lunch Series. November 27, 2007. DVD and VHS format.
Mann Ke Manjeere:
An Album of Women's Dreams
This story of a woman's journey from a battered wife to truck driver is portrayed
by well-known actor, Mita Vashist. Shot in Pushkar, the story was inspired
by the life of Shamim Pathan from Ahmedabad who left an abusive marriage to
become a matador taxi driver. The video raises important issues of violence
against women, women in non-traditional occupations and their access to public
space.
Marjorie Agosin
Reads From Her Work: New Writers Series
Agosin is the author of nearly 20 books that include
poetry, fiction, and literary criticism. She has received numerous
literary awards including the Letras de Oro Prize for Poetry
and the Latino Literature Prize. (2003)
Maryann Hartman
Awards Ceremonies
Each year, the Women in the Curriculum Program honors Maine women of distinction
with the Maryann Hartman Awards. Named for the late Dr. Maryann Hartman, an
Associate Professor of Speech Communication, a distinguished educator, feminist
scholar and humanist, the awards are given to recognize those Maine women whose
achievements in the arts, politics, business, education and community service
provide inspiration for women.
1987 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Doris Twitchell Allen, for her work as a psychologist and
peace activist; Eileen Farrell, for her accomplishments as a singer, and Lenore
Thomas Straus, for her work in sculpting.
1988 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were JoAnn Fritsche, educator and policy maker; Joan Benoit
Samuelson, Olympic Gold Medal winner, and Dorothy Clarke Wilson, playwright
and biographer.
1991 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Gilda Nardone, for her work with the
Displaced Homemakers Program; Lillianne Labbe, for her
accomplishments in helping to preserve the Franco-American
heritage in Maine; and Margaret Chase Smith, for her role
in national politics.
1992 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Glenna Atwood, for her work in community health education;
Constance Carlson, for her accomplishments in higher education, and Harriet
Henry, for her work in the legal system.
1993 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Joan Brooks, for her accomplishments
in scientific research; Mary "Winnie" MacDonald,
for her work as an activist for women with AIDS, and Mary
Philbrook, a spokesperson for the Micmac Nation.
1994 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Mary Mitchell Gabriel, for her contributions to the craft
of basket making; Emily L. Muir, for her accomplishments in architecture and
visual arts; and Alice Stewart, for her contributions to the field of Canadian
Studies.
1995 -- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Gladys Hasty Carroll, for her distinguished career as an
author and preservationist of Maine traditions; Kay Gardner, for her nationally
known accomplishments as a flutist, composer and conductor; and Katherine Musgrave,
for her distinguished career in service to the community through nutrition
education for women, children and the elderly.
1996-- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Judy Guay for her welfare rights activism; Patricia Riley
for her activities on behalf of the elderly; and Clarice Yentsch for her scientific
achievements and her work for gender equity in science.
1997-- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Madeleine Giguere for her work in preserving and promoting
Franco-American culture in Maine; Constance Hunting for her achievements as
an educator, poet, and publisher; and Dale McCormick for her political leadership
and her training of women for nontraditional careers.
1998-- Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Eleanor Humes Haney, a feminist theologian and community
activist; Lucy Poulin, the president and cofounder of H.O.M.E., Inc., a cooperative
community dedicated to economic and social reconstruction for individuals and
families in transition from homelessness to independence; Eleanor Sargent,
a practicing nurse who has raised more than $2,000,000 in hospital- equipment
and supplies for hospitals in Guatemala and El Salvador and has arranged for
Feed the Children to deliver food to Aroostook County's temporary shelter for
the homeless and the Diocesan Human Relations of Caribou; and Barbara Cooney
Porter, the author illustrator of over 100 children's books for which she has
received two Caldecott Medals and one American Book Award.
1999--Maryann Hartman
Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Donna Loring, Glenna Smith, and Esperanza Stancioff.
2000--Maryann Hartman
Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Theodora Kalikow, Ruth Lockhart, and Jude Spacks.
2001--Maryann Hartman
Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Phyllis Austin, senior reporter for the Maine Times and
pioneer of environmental journalism; Laura Fortman, executive director of the
Maine Women's Lobby and the Women's Development Institute; Tabitha King, author,
philanthropist, and fundraiser. Also included is Lindsay Richardson, the first
recipient of our Young Women's Social Justice Award, who is a senior at Edward
Little High, who identifies herself as a socially conscious, liberal, and outspoken
activist for equal rights and reproductive rights and is involved in many groups.
2002--Maryann Hartman
Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Elizabeth (Libby) Mitchell for her political
leadership in the Maine Legislature and beyond; Valerie Osborne
for her innovative library work and her advocacy for girls; Jan
Symonds for her wide ranging leadership in areas from women's
health to the Maine lobstering community, and Alicia McConkey,
recipient of the Young Women's Social Justice Award, a 2002 graduate
of Oxford Hills High School.
2003--Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The Recipients were Dahlov Ipcar for her artistic creativity,
both visual and literary; Joyce Longcore for her path-braking
work in the natural sciences; Lillian O'Brien for her wide-ranging
leadership both in her own community and in the state legislature,
and Mallory Cyr, recipient of the Young Women's Social Justice
Award.
2004--Maryann
Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Denise Altvater for her integration
of traditional cultural practices into her work with and on behalf
of Wabanaki youth; Vivianne Holmes for her support and celebration
of women farmers, combined with humor and environmental ethics;
Leigh Saufley for bringing a focus on families to her position
as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; and Safia
Nur, recipient of the Young Women's Social Justice Award.
2005--Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Judith Isaacson for her critically acclaimed writing and public speaking lectures on her Holocaust experience and that of others; Jean Lavigne for her HIV/AIDS activism and leadership in making benefits available to same-sex partners in the UM system; Dorothy Schwartz for making the Maine Humanities Council a major cultural institution in the state and a model for the nation; Brooke Hayne, recipient of the Young Women's Social Justice Award, for initiating Gay/Straight activities in her high school, despite opposition.
2006--Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Mary Cathcart for her political advocacy for women in the Maine legislature and beyond; Lee Sharkey for her poetry and her ability to connect her community with the issues women face in the Middle East and Central America; Sarah Hudson for creating and improving emergency medical care systems on shore and on the high seas; Amelia Butman and Hazel Stark - recipients of the Young Women's Social Justice Award. DVD and VHS format.
2007--Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony
The recipients were Alicia Anstead for her nationally recognized career in journalism; Sally Jacobs for her dedication to the preservation and enjoyment of Maine's great outdoors; Harriet H. Price as an activist and writer promoting peace, social justice and diversity; Hannah Hudson, recipient of the Young Women's Social Justice Award. DVD and VHS format.
Meeting at the
Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girl's Development
An on-campus lecture by Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown, Assistant Professor of Human Development
at Colby College. Brown discusses how adolescence is a watershed period in
women's psychological development; a point in time at which many women experience
a drop in self-esteem and a rise in depression. (75 min. 1994)
The Member of the
Wedding
Based on the book and play by Carson McCullers, this film follows a young girl
through her brother's wedding and beyond. (91 min. 1992)
Men and Violence:
Why the Denial and Anger?
Myriam Medzian, Visiting Libra Professor in Peace Studies. Co-sponsored by
Peace Studies, the UM Safe Campus Project, and Cooperative Extension. Part
of the 2003 WIC Lunch Series.
A Midwife's Tale
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Laurel Ulrich, A Midwife's
Tale unfolds like a detective story - true tale of two women, 200 years
apart, linked by the massive yet cryptic diary one of them left behind.
A Midwife's Tale takes place in a small Maine town during the turbulent
decades following the American Revolution time when social change and religious
conflict are rife, and survival is a full-time job. (88 min. 1997)
Mighty Times:
The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks struck the match that lit the fire of the
Civil Rights Movement. Hardly an old lady too tired to give up
her bus seat, she was a 42-year-old NAACP activist committed
to social change. The 50,000 foot soldiers of this second American
Revolution were her neighbors. Their stories are told with sparkling
humor and rich detail, against a backdrop of archival footage
and "faux doc" reenactments using vintage cameras.
(40 min. 2002)
Military Sexual Trauma (NOW - PBS Home Video)
Roughly one in seven of America's active duty military soldiers is a woman, but a NOW investigation found that sexual assault and rape is widespread. One study of National Guard and reserve forces found that almost one in four women had been assaulted or raped. Last year alone, almost 3,000 soldiers reported sexual assault and rape by other soldiers. In one of the only national television broadcasts of the issue, NOW features women who speak out for the first time about what happened. One woman recounts her ordeal of rape by her superior officer. Many more don't report the incidents for fear of how it will affect their careers. The shocking phenomenon has a label: military sexual trauma, or MST. NOW meets women courageously battling to overcome their MST, bringing light to an issue that's putting the Army in shame. (30 minutes, 2007, DVD)
Modern Heroes,
Modern Slaves
Each day, thousands of women leave underdeveloped countries
like the Philippines to seek work as domestics in more prosperous
places. What little money they earn they send home to their
families. This crucial source of revenue to their country's
economy has prompted the Philippine government to call these
contract workers "modern day heroes." Starting
from the case of Flor Contemplacion, the Philippine maid
hanged in Singapore for the killing of her abusive employer,
this film shows the human and sometimes tragic side of this organized labor
trade: failed marriages, family break ups, and exploitation and abuse at the
hands of unscrupulous employers. The film also takes us to a shelter in Saudi
Arabia where abused domestics seek refuge. These women will ultimately return
home penniless. The Philippine government sponsors training courses for young
women to become nightclub dancers abroad, and facilitates their transportation.
When it comes to human rights violations, however, the government is reluctant
to pressure foreign governments for fear of losing revenue. This leaves women
migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation. (45 min. 1997)
Modern Women in
Crisis: Dramatic Scenes by Women Playwrights Performed by
UMaine Acting Students
Part of the WIC Lunch Series. Sandra Hardy, Associate Professor of Theatre,
directed the scenes and addressed questions. (1998)
The Modest Maiden
Transformed, or Sexuality, Family Lives and the Construction
of Race in Colonial New England: A Study of European and
Algonquin Cultural Exchange
Algonquin women, described by 17th-century English explorers
as "maidenly
modest": became by the 18th century, the most frequent targets of infanticide
prosecution. Ann Plane, an Assistant Professor of History at the University
of California, Santa Barbara, describes the process of inter-cultural encounter
in Southern New England which led to this transformation and shows that differing
sexual mores lay behind a shift from a grudging respect for cultural differences.
Part of Women's History Celebration. (90 min. 1996)
The Motherhood Manifesto
Did you know that...only four countries in the world - Lesotho, Swaziland, Papua New Guinea and the United States - fail to provide paid maternity leave to all workers? Canada now guarantees a full year of paid parental leave and California recently became the first state in the U.S. to provide such paid leave? Businesses that create flexible work environments find that productivity goes up, they attract more talent, turnover is reduced and their bottom line is improved? Moving personal stories combined with humorous animation, expert commentary and hilarious old film clips tell the tale of what happens to working mothers and families in America. See how enlightened employees and public policy can make paid family leave, flexible working hours, part-time parity, universal healthcare, excellent childcare, after school programs and realistic living wages a reality for American families. (57 Minutes, DVD)
Motherhood, Politics and the Environment
Part of the 2005 WIC/WST Fall Luncheon Series with guest speaker Winona LaDuke. 12/06/05
Mountain Wolf Woman:
1884-1960
Narrated by Mountain Wolf Woman's granddaughter, Naomi Russell;
based on the autobiography edited by Nancy Oestrich Lurie
(Univ. of Michigan Press). An authentic Winnebago wedding
song is sung by Irene Thundercloud, baskets, beads, ribbon
appliquŽ, cranberry marshes, moccasins, wigwams, frybread,
and scenes from a powwow. (17 min. 1990)
Moving the Unmovable:
Strategies for Institutional Change
Dr. Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar in Residence for the National Association
for Women in Education and published author, discusses strategies to improve
women's education and the classroom climate for women, as well as the history
of gender equity (or lack thereof) at universities. (75 min. 1997)
Multiplying Options
and Subtracting Bias: Eliminating Sex Bias from Math Education
Narrated by actress Marlo Thomas, this short film examines how women are socialized
to avoid the study of math. The mistake of believing that math is not necessary
for further education or a career is emphasized. Also provided are suggestions
for overcoming math bias. While the material and format may seem somewhat dated,
the message and intent are still relevant. (30 min. 1979)
My Girlfriend Did
It
A documentary about domestic violence in lesbian relationships. (42 min. 1995)
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NARAL: One Year
Later
This short film, produced by NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League),
is a retrospective look at NARAL's political campaigning in the wake of the
1989 Supreme Court decision (Webster v. Reproductive Health Services) that
gave the states the power to restrict abortions. (12 min. 1990)
The Nationalism
of Women in Fascist Italy
An on-campus lecture by Dr. Victoria DeGrazia, Professor of History at Rutgers
University in New Jersey, explores the diversity of women's experiences under
fascism in the realms of politics, popular culture, the workplace and the church.
(90 min. 1993)
Native American
Women and Music
Presented by Rayna Green as part of Women's History Celebration.
Green, the Director of the American Indian Program at the
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. Green examines
historical and contemporary forms of multi-tribal Native
women's music, explores its social and cultural meaning to
women, and discusses this music in relation to a new recording, "Heartbeat: The Voices
of First Nations Women." (90 min. 1997)
Negotiating the
Nineties: Women, Politics and the Past
The keynote address for Women's History Celebration. Barbara Ehrenreich, author
of Remaking Love and For Her Own Good, looks at the political issues facing
women in the 1990s with humor and perceptiveness, in the process of placing
them within an historical context. (85 min. 1992)
Never Too Old To
Dance
A documentary about using dance therapy with elderly and disabled people. (60
min.)
Nicole Brossard
(WIC Luncheon 2002)
Renowned Quebecoise Poet and Novelist Nicole Brossard
discusses her work.
NO! Confronting Sexual Assault In Our Community
NO! provides a comprehensive lens through which to examine the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls - calling to task in particular the behaviors and attitudes of Black men in reinforcing a cultural assault. NO! includes messages from violence prevention advocates as well as testimonials from survivors who defy victimization. Sociologists, historians, anthropologists and other leading scholars provide an interdisciplinary contexts with which to examine sexual violence. A media literacy segment encourages viewer analysis of music videos and popular films. Bound to incite controversy, another chapter critiques the marked absence of gender analysis from civil rights politics and institutions - including the Black Power movement and the Black church. 2006, 94 minutes, DVD.
No Safe Place:
Violence against Women
This documentary goes behind the headlines to explore the origins of violence
against women. It includes the moving stories of women who have been assaulted,
as well as interviews with me who commit the most intimate of crimes. Gloria
Steinem, Robert Bly, and other nationally known experts look at causes and
solutions. (56 min. 1996)
None Of Our
Business? Maine Employers Address Domestic Violence in the
Workplace
Guest speakers include Margaret Beckman, Dawn Simpson, and Francine Stark.
Part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program Fall 2004 Lunch
Series. 10-20-04.
Not a Love Story
An extraordinarily influential documentary from the National Film Board of
Canada, which interviews an erotic dancer, a publisher of pornography,
a photographer, and anti-pornography activists, among others. This film
is sexually explicit and includes a tour of pornographic bookstores and
peepshows. NOTE: Due to the sensitive nature of this program, instructors
who use this film in classes generally require that students attend a discussion
following the film. (70 min.)
Not For Ourselves
Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B.
Anthony
A two part PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes. (1999)
Not Without My
Daughter
This true story of terror and escape chronicles Betty Mahmoody's desperate
bid to escape a foreign land and centuries of local custom and the oppressive
might of a police state that supports her husband. Two-time Oscar winner Sally
Field adds another powerful acting triumph to her gallery of great roles in
this suspense thriller. (116 min. 1990)
Not Without My
Veil
This film breaks down the Western stereotypes of Islamic women as oppressed
and confined, introducing us to educated, independent women who dress in the
traditional way, yet are moving into new areas for women within their society
and culture. (29 min. 1994)
NOVA - Secret
of Photo 51
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published
their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure
of DNA, the molecule essential for passing on our genes and the "secret
of life". But their crucial breakthrough depended on the
pioneering work of another biologist - Rosalind Franklin. She
would never know that Watson and Crick has seen a crucial piece
of her data without her permission. This was an x-ray image, "Photo
51", that proved to be a vital clue in their decoding the
double helix. (60 min. 2003)
Nu Shu: A
Hidden Language of Women in China
In feudal China, women, usually with bound feet, were denied
educational opportunities and condemned to social isolation.
But in Jian-yong county in Hunan province, peasant women
miraculously developed a separate written language, called
Nu Shu, meaning "female writing." Believing women
to e inferior, men disregarded this new script, and it remained
unknown for centuries. It wasn't until the 1960's that Nu
Shu caught the attention of Chinese authorities, who suspected
that this peculiar writing was a secret code for international
espionage. This thoroughly engrossing documentary revolves
around the filmmaker's discovery of eighty-six-year-old Huan-yi
Yang, the only living resident of the Nu Shu area still able
to read and write Nu Shu. A videotape by Yue-Qing Yank, 1999,
59 minutes.
O
O, Pioneers
A made-for-television film based on Willa Cather's novel of the same name,
about one woman's struggles and hardships on the 19th-century western frontier.
(120 min.)
On My Own: The
Traditions of Daisy Turner
Fascinating 102-year-old Daisy Turner vividly recalls stories, recitations,
and poems about her African American family's struggle for freedom from slavery
and discrimination. (28 min.)
On the Job: Women
Launching a New Tradition
An inspirational and educational look at the experiences of three New England
women who worked in the previously male-dominated shipbuilding industry during
World War II and how their experiences differed from those of tradeswomen today.
Narrated by the Honorable Elizabeth H. Mitchell, 93rd Speaker of the Maine
House of Representatives. (29 min.)
On The Surface
This engaging and informative interview with three female deep sea biological
scientists who work in the deep sea submersible Alvin, provides valuable
insight into what is like to conduct deep sea biological research. It also
covers such topics as scientific discovery, women in science, life on board
research ships, and the marvel of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. A viewer's
guide is included with the video. (40 min. 1992)
One Person's
Struggle with Gender-Biased Language
Gender-biased language unnecessarily differentiates
between women and men, thereby perpetuating discriminatory attitudes
and practices. Examples of gender-biased language are denying
women the right to name themselves (referring to all females
as "ladies" rather than as "women"), using
sex to differentiate job titles (chairman/chairwoman), and using
referents that deny self-esteem (broad, dame), withhold adulthood
(girl), and exclude women (mankind). This program portrays one
person's struggle with accepting new ways of looking at language.
Our "struggler" views various scenes in which gender-biased
language is used, and then he discusses these experiences with
experts on language and diversity. The objective is to foster
an awareness of problems associated with gender-biased language
and to encourage the use of alternative word choices. (1994)
An Oral Historian's Work
You will accompany Professor Sandy Ives through a series of tape-recorded interviews with woodsmen and riverdrivers who worked in the Maine woods in the 1920s. Watching this oral history project unfold, you will learn the techniques Professor Ives has refined in thirty years of work in the field. This film explains and demonstrates all you need to know to complete a successful oral history project. Whether your interest is folklore, local history, business history, or genealogy, the basics are the same and this tape will take you step by step through each phase. (1987, 33 minutes, color)
Orlando
Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane and Quentin Crisp star in this film based on the
gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton stars as Orlando, an English
nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal
and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations,
which humorously, hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes.
Visually stunning and beautifully acted, this video is an intoxicating
blend of romance, adventure and illusion. (93 min. 1994)
Ozzie and Harriet, Same -Sex Marriage and the Culture Wars: LGBT Families in Maine 1960 - Present
Howard Solomon, Scholar in Residence, LGBT Collection of the Sampson Center on Diversity, University of Southern Maine. Part of Gay Pride Week. Part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program Spring 2006 Lunch Series. (4/19/06, VHS, DVD)
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