10 Things I Hate About You
Director Gil Junger
Year 1999
Subject Feature Film
Language English
Running Time 97 minutes
Distributor Touchstone Home Video
Comments: A modern day, high school variation on Shakespeare's The
Taming of the Shrew, with Heath Ledger as a boy (last name Verona) who
takes a bribe to take the school's brainy outcast girl (last name Stratford,
played by Julia Styles) to the prom. What starts as a cruel hoax turns into
real love, of course, with plenty of comic confusion along the way. With Larry
Miller and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Abuse
Director Arthur Bressan, Jr.
Year 1983
Subject Feature Film
Language English
Running Time 93 minutes
Distributor Cinevista Video
Comments: A young boy, abused by his parents, finally discovers some much
needed emotional gratification when he becomes the focus of a documentary about
abuse. He becomes close to the gay man directing this film. Shot in a
documentary style, this film raises tough questions about the nature of
intimacy between an adult man and a 14-year-old boy.
After the Montreal Massacre
Director Gerry Rogers
Year 1990
Running Time 27 minutes
Distributor Women Make Movies
Comments: On December 6, 1989, a gunman entered the engineering building at
the University of Montreal and killed fourteen women. This forceful, moving
documentary situates this extraordinary crime within the context of other kinds
of violence against women. A wounded survivor and other students describe the
harrowing event, widely understood as a backlash against feminism. Activists
and journalists explain its impact, linking the massacre with cases of rape,
sexual harassment and torture worldwide. This lucid and thought-provoking tape
is indispensable for organizations dealing with violence against women, as well
as for women's studies classes.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Director Martin Scorsese
Year 1974
Subject Feature Film
Language English
Running Time 112 minutes
Distributor Warner Communications Company
Comments: Widow, unskilled, 35, one son. Alice Hyatt's credentials don't
carry much clout in the world. But look out world. In her remarkable Academy
Award winning portrayal, Ellen Burstyn stars as Alice, a recently-widowed
housewife who packs herself and her son into a station wagon and heads off for
a better life.
Year 1978
Subject Documentary
Language English
Running Time 19 minutes
Distributor Women Make Movies
Allison, Dorothy. Author.
Interview on "CBS Sunday Morning"
American Women
Director Aileen Ritchie
Year 2000
Running Time 99 minutes
Distributor CD universe
Comments: A group of ordinary Irish fellows are bored and dissatisfied with
the local women in their small town. Led by fashion-conscious butcher Ian, they
decide to pool their resources and put an ad in an American newspaper inviting
American women to their town dance in the hope of attracting some exciting
potential mates. The local women, including Ian's smitten assistant Siobhan,
decide to retaliate in their own way. A sweet and charming romantic comedy from
the producer of THE FULL MONTY.
Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra
Year 1987
Subject Documentary
Language English
Running Time 52 minutes
Distributor Women Make Movies
Director Ngozi Onwurah
Year 1993
Subject Educational Documentary
Language English
Running Time 30 minutes
Distributor Women Make Movies
Comments: Inspired by a poem by Maya Angelou, this powerful film explores
images of Black women in the media, focusing on the myths surrounding Black
women's sexuality. Like Color Adjustment, in which Marlon Riggs looked
at images of Black people on television, And Still I Rise uses images
from popular culture to reveal the way the media misrepresents Black women's
sexuality. A combination of fear and fascination produces a stereotypical
representation which in turn impacts on the real lives of Black women. And
Still I Rise intercuts historical and media images with hard-hitting
contemporary views of women of African heritage as they struggle to create a
new and empowered perspective. Both a celebration and a critique, And Still
I Rise is essential viewing for those interested in African American
studies, women's studies, media studies and popular culture. From the director
of The Body Beautiful and Coffee Colored Children.
An Angel at my Table
Director Jane Campion
Subject Feature Film
Language English
Running Time 157 minutes
Distributor New Line Cinema
Comments: The true story of one of the 20th century's most gifted writers,
this film chronicles the life and extraordinary times of Janet Frame. Born in
the 1920s, Janet's early years were tempered by family tragedy. Janet grew to
be a woman of fierce determination. An Angel at my Table has garnered
over 20 major awards and prizes at film festivals worldwide.
Ann Cook Lecture
Year 2002
Subject Lecture
Language English
Running Time 88 minutes
Distributor Trustees of Dartmouth College
Comments: Ann Cook is a professional soccer player for the Washington
Freedom.
Antonia's Line
Director Marleen Gorris
Year 1995
Subject Feature Film
Language Dutch with English subtitles
Running Time 102 minutes
Distributor Fox Lorber Films
Comments: Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
and many of the most prestigious international film honors, Antonia's Line is
an inspiring and uplifting masterpiece, as big hearted and full of life as the
unforgettable character at its heart. At the end of World War II, a spirited
independent woman returns to the place of her birth, a small village in the
verdant Dutch countryside, to start a new life with her daughter. Thus begins a
remarkable portrait of a family and a community that spans 5 generations.
Arrowsmith
Director John Ford
Year 1932
Subject Feature
Artist Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy
Screenplay Sidney Howard
Language English
Running Time 100 minutes
Distributor HBO Video
Comments: Based on the classic Sinclair Lewis novel, Arrowsmith is the
compelling story of a man torn between two sets of values. Ronald Colman stars
as Martin Arrowsmith, an idealistic small town doctor and research scientist
who relocates in the West Indies. His determination to end the bubonic plague
epidemic there sets off a tragic series of events which force him to come to
terms with his career and personal life.
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