Film Archive

[youtube yL1sc_B4wYU 298 193] Women, War & Peace is a new five-part PBS television series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. It spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from Bosnia to Afghanistan, Colombia to Liberia, placing women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security…. Read more

[youtube G1zQgzoe5k0 298 193] The Rescuers follows Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who in the 1990s lost 100 members of her family in the Rwandan Genocide, as she teams with Sir Martin Gilbert, the renowned Holocaust historian. Together they travel across 15 countries and three continents interviewing survivors and descendants of 13 heroic… Read more

[youtube 1h5u9w3caCY 298 193] Shoni Schimmel, a high-school junior living on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, was one of the best high school basketball players in the country. When Shoni’s mother, Ceci takes a job coaching a high school team in Portland, she defies her family and brings Shoni and her seven other children… Read more

[youtube pRTaa7sTOzI 298 193] The Legend of Pancho Barnes chronicles the thrilling life of aviation pioneer Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes, one of the most colorful and accomplished women pilots of the earliest 20th Century. A tough and fearless woman, Pancho was a rival of Amelia Earhart who made a name for herself as Hollywood’s first… Read more

[youtube G5ke2Adqqr4 298 193] Gloria: In Her Own Words blends interviews, press clippings, photographs and archival footage to chronicle Gloria Steinem’s emergence as a driving force in the modern women’s liberation movement. In its portrayal of Steinem’s rocky road from a journalist to one of the most visible symbols of the women’s movement today, the… Read more

[youtube C7EMBa6jqpY 298 193] Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock tells the story of a forgotten civil rights activist, Daisy Bates who became a household name in 1957 when she was one of nine black students who fought for the right to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her courage… Read more

[youtube vXl-RmeR6dM 298 193] This visually stunning film set in contemporary Tehran is writer-director Maryam Keshavarz’ first feature film. Denounced by the Iranian government before they even saw it, Circumstance is the story of the love affair of two 16-year-old Iranian girls that starkly demonstrates that the danger faced by anyone who dares to who… Read more

[youtube P0ZvQekH1LI 298 193] Apache 8 tells the story of an all-women firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe who have been fighting wildfires in Arizona and throughout the U.S. for over 30 years. Extraordinary women from different generations of the Apache 8 crew share their personal stories with humor and tenderness. They speak… Read more

[youtube ST_gsOvDVe4 300 200] The Lady is based on the true story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who had been under house arrest for 17 years. The movie details how Aung San Suu Kyi, her husband Michael Aris, and their family sacrificed their happiness… Read more

[youtube FJvlEazi8fo 298 193] Oranges and Sunshine is the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, England who uncovers one of the most significant scandals in recent times: the organized deportation of nearly 130,000 children who were removed from orphanages and group homes in Britain and sent to western Australia and other locations…. Read more