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Touted as one of the first major feminist writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman spent her life fighting to liberate women from the yoke of domesticity. This is a BBC dramatization of Gilman's autobiographical account of a woman driven to madness by the repressive mores of Victorian culture.
A tough, disturbing and moving film features sets of interviews with women who were abused and killed their abusers in self-defense. The accompanying study guide gives help with discussion and follows up on what has happened to these women. (Video, 1997, 43 minutes)
This video takes up the questions of how cartoonists approach their work and the role of stereotypes in cartoon messages. Nationally syndicated editorial cartoonists Jeff MacNelly, Mike Peters, Paul Szep, and Ann Telnaes (one of few women in the profession) comment on portrayals of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a former First Lady who has tapped deep gender-based sentiments on the part of the U.S. public.
This video profiles the famed civil rights leader: from her birth in the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest areas in the country for blacks, to her unplanned rise to national prominence as a result of her civil rights activities in the ’60s.
Soar into the remarkable story of the Women Air force Service Pilots (WASPs), the 1,830 young women who traded their pearls and high heels for planes and helmets during World War II. Featuring first-hand accounts, "Fly Girls" brings the WASPs' once-in-a-lifetime adventure into clear view.
The storytelling tradition of the southern Appalachians comes to life through actress/writer Clarinda Ross’ portrayal of four generations of her maternal ancestors. 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.
This documentary introduces viewers to third wave “grrl ‘zines.” Short and quirky, this film is an edgy mix of interviews and film clips.
A 14th-century English mystic who enclosed herself for life in order to fully develop her relationship with God after a series of revelations, Julian of Norwich and her writings are still studied by Christian theologians. Her prose, some of the most terrifying and compelling, is the first to refer to God as "She," forging the way for inclusive language that is used in many Bibles today. This program offers a concise overview of Julian's life, times, and writings, along with commentary on contemporary trends.
This multicultural video – filmed within African American, Latino, white ethnic and Native American communities –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.
African-American women describe the politics and aesthetics of their hair. This is a good example of a third wave feminist approach to how gender is performed.
Viewers walk with the leaders of the women's suffrage movement as they set off shock waves across the country, insisting for the first time in American history that women share equal rights with men. Strikingly different in their backgrounds, Stanton and Anthony nonetheless stood on common ground as lifelong friends and tireless companions in the cause of women's rights.
A celebration of American women, from the 18th century to the present. Title song written and performed by Kay Weaver.
Witness the 70-year struggle for women's suffrage -- from the fledgling alliances to a sophisticated mass movement. From the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the last battle for passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, discover why the crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared that the women's vote would ignite a social revolution.
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Learn about the cultural politics of America as they affect gay and lesbian people.
In this down-to-earth program, the unconventional yet extremely demanding sports of rugby, synchronized swimming, and double-Dutch rope jumping provide the context for teenage girls from a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds to probe the issues of adolescence. Issues these teen girls touch
on in their own words are self-esteem, stereotypes, body image, mentors, bulimia, self-injury, suicide, teen pregnancy and more.
This complex and brilliant film includes music clips and thoughtful interviews with Ani De Franco, Tori Amos, Sinead O’Connor and others.
When Evelyn Fox Keller ventured forth to become a scientist in the 1950s, she discovered it was a man's world. Training as a theoretical physicist and working in both mathematical biology and the history of science, she wondered why most scientists were men and why the language of science reflected masculine metaphors and values. In this video she speaks with Bill Moyers on gender issues she encountered in the field of science.
With dowries reaching fifty percent of a family’s income, a second daughter is often called "the girl born for the burial pit." This program assesses second- and third-world abuses of women’s rights by the male establishment – and examines how female collaboration sometimes contributes to their perpetuation.
One of the leading philosopher-novelists of the French existentialist school, Simone de Beauvoir was also a champion for women's rights. In this last in-depth television interview she gave before her death in 1986, de Beauvoir candidly discusses her controversial life and dedication to writing.
Speech videotaped March 1988 at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Sonia explores how women can leave patriarchy behind and begin living in a new world right now. "Fairness" and "practicality" reasons for their passive resistance have been used for 5,000 years and found lacking, so different methods should now be tried.
This film encourages women to take responsibility for their own healthcare. It covers gynecological exams, birth and reproductive issues. (Video, 1974, 33 minutes)
This video, directed at a general student audience, analyzes masculinity as a social construction, a performance, or role; in short, tough guise. Jackson Katz, a former all-star football player and pre-eminent gender violence prevention trainer, takes viewers on a harrowing tour of contemporary masculinity using stunning imagery and popular music. "Tough Guise" extends the feminist critique of gender developed over the past thirty years to men’s most intimate experiences of themselves.
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." In this program, the actress Eileen Atkins re-creates Virginia Woolf's 1929 speech, one of the greatest feminist polemics of the 20th century in which she discussed the problems of the writer and of women in general.
By the Middle Ages, women's roles as defined by the Church were strictly circumscribed; however, alternate role models were also available, beginning with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and the transvestite saints from the early Church. This program examines the options available to women living in the 12th through 15th centuries and how some of them subverted traditional roles in order to discover and express their own freedom, dignity, and power.
Celebrates the campaign for the vote, the ultimate victory, and the paths that contemporary women are taking in politics. Sets archival photographs, stock footage and current live action to narration, music from the Suffrage Movement, and a new verse, written and recorded especially for this film, to Kay Weaver's classic anthem, "One Fine Day."
Leila Ahmed, professor of women’s studies at Amherst, argues the case for revision of the widely-held views in the Islamic world about the role of women, using examples from history and the role played by women in the contemporary world. She explains the origin of the veil, and discusses the issues of marriage and women’s rights within marriage.
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Videos for the Gender Studies Department can be viewed at Cayvan Services (second floor of the Hekman Library). Faculty may check them for three days with a renewal to preview and use for classes and research.