bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation

Night Witches

Documentary about the female fighter pilots in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Union. In small planes made out of plywood and canvas the

2008

Ain't No Time For Women

The hairdressing salon “Saïda” is a space where people speak openly, laugh and argue. The subject rarely is hair. In the run-up to the presidential el

2020

Pornography: Andrea Dworkin

Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.

1991

Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but complex in its analysis, it explores the divergen

1983

T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s

The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their w

2013

Rape Culture

That documentary helps to shape consciousness about sexism and violence against women.

1975

Perfect Image?

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.

1989

Fogelstadgruppen

2006

She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century

This documentary goes back to the turn of the century to show how women shaped the nation’s history.

1981

Retreat

Marina and Perla join thousands of women on an annual Catholic pilgrimage. Perla's coming of age accentuates a generational divide as she struggles to

2019

Virtuoso: The Olga Samaroff Story

As America's first international woman concert pianist, renowned lecturer, author, music critic, famous conductor's wife and champion for equal rights

2009

Karen: Women In Sports

Guest speakers from "Women In Motion" Conference, Vancouver, B.C. 1975.

1977

Men's Madness - The Myth of Male Reason

Provocative, feminist critique of man’s technological progress.

1991

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West

In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a f

1999

Wild Women

At the beginning of winter, a filmmaker retires for six months to a hermit's cabin in the middle of the forest, cut off from the world and its means o

2022

Women Composers

Female composers' names are mentioned throughout history.

1976

What Will I Be?

Vancouver s two leading authorities on sexism in the school system, Linfa Shuto and Reua Dexter, relate their opinions on the problem and some solutio

1975

Pornography: A Respectable Lie

A video essay using images and interviews to critically explore the history and current role of pornography.

1980

Fashion As A Social Control

A look at the ways fashion has been used to socially control women in Canada, both historically and in the 20th century.

1976

The Women's Suffrage Movement In Canada

Moira Mulholland narrates the history of (European) women's rights through images, interviews, and performances focusing in on the Women's Suffrage Mo

1975