Women S Rights Movies

In 1887, Nellie Bly has herself committed to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island to expose abuse behind its locked doors....

South Shields born animator Sheila Graber takes a wry look at the ups and downs of women’s quest for emancipation. Along the way, we meet some...

This film exposes the daily humiliation regularly faced by women in U.S. prisons using firsthand accounts of inmates at the North Carolina...

SLUGFEST emerges as a playful, engaging martial arts experience that delves into the "inner-feminist struggles" that have characterized recent years...

Why must a woman change her surname after marriage or divorce? This autoethnographic film explores the issue of women’s changing surnames in...

Four women are on an existential journey in Morocco, connecting with local women from all walks of life bonding in sisterhood, and share their common...

Passionate Politics is a one-hour documentary that profiles activist Charlotte Bunch, from idealistic young civil rights organizer to lesbian...

Tells a story about a blurry photo of a woman who works in the media industry in Indonesia. This movie has several perspectives. One point of view is...

Inside the very first girls' school in a small Afghan village, education goes far beyond the classroom as the students discover the differences...

Focusing on five of them, this documentary pays tribute to the wealthy women who, under the Ancien Régime, promoted scholars and artists, and...

Everyone was surprised at the triumph of Hamas in the last Palestinian elelctions, but the bigger surprise was that the women were behind that...

In Milan, a young Chinese woman faces an unexpected pregnancy alone. Unable to confide in either her partner or her family, she wanders through the...

This film explores the complexity of female infanticide in southern India and shows steps that are being taken to eradicate the practice. Every year...

When filmmaker Gina Hara sets out to explore the hidden half of nerd culture, she struggles through unexpected resistance. Welcome to the world of...

Mina is a young woman who has three daughters and now she is 9 months pregnant. She loves her life very much. Her husband would like to have a boy,...

Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.

The daughters of Title IX discover that pervasive gender-based stereotypes and discrimination persist within the high stakes professional world of...