Women's Studies Films in the MRC

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Accused, The	Dir. Jonathan Kaplan, 1988. Dist. by Paramount Pictures, 110 min.
A.C.T. For Equal Treatment	Dir. T.N. Pelc, 1990. Media Services, 15 min.
Algeria: Women At War	1992. Dist. by Women Make Movies, 50 min.
The American Experience: Ida B. Wells--A Passion for Justice	1989. WGBH Educational Foundation, 60 min.
Americas: In Women's Hands--The Changing Roles of Women	Dir. Rachel Field, Juan Mandelbaum, 1993. Dist. by The Annenberg/CPB Collection, 60 min.
Anaïs Nin	Women's Collective lecture, January 28, 1973. 120 min.
Anatomy of Desire, The	Dir. Jean-Francois Monette, 1995. Cinema Guild, 47 min.
Antonia's Line	Dir. Willy Stassen, 1995. Dist. by BMG Video, 102 min, Dutch with English subtitles.
The Arabs: A Living History--Family Ties	Dir. Colin Luke, ?. Dist. by Landmark Films Inc., 50 min.
Arab Women at Work	Dir. Maureen Ali, 1990s?. Dist. by United Nations Development Programme, 30 min.
Ay, Carmela!	Dir. Carlos Saura, based on play by J. Sanchis Sinisterra, 1991. Dist. by Prestige, 105 min, Spanish and Italian with English subtitles.

Battered Wives, Shattered Lives
Behind the Veil - Nuns
The Bigamist	Dir. Ida Lupino. Dist. by Matinee Classics, 80 min.
Black Widow	Dir. Bob Rafelson, 1987. Dist. by CBS/Fox Video, 101 min.
Blot, The
Boys Don't Cry
Breaking Silence

Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape, War, and Women
Camila	Dir. Maria-Luisa Bemberg, 1984. Dist. by Embassy Home Entertainment, 105 min, Spanish with English subtitles.
Campus Rape
Carmen Miranda: Bananas are My Business
Carrie
Celluloid Closet, The
Cesarian Sections	Richard Bey Show, 1987. 23 min, 13 sec.
Christopher Strong
Clotheslines
Connection, The
Courage to Care	Dir. Robert Gardner, 1986. Dist. by Anti-Defamation League, 28 min. 30 sec.
Covered
Cría! (The Secret of Anna)	Dir. Carlos Saura, 1976. Dist. by Video del Sol, 1 hour 10 sec., Spanish with English subtitles.
Crying Game, The
Cultural Boundaries and Cyber Space

Dance, Girl, Dance	Dir. Dorothy Arzner, 1940. Dist. by Turner Home Entertainment.
Danzón	Dir. Maria Rojo, 1991. Dist. by Columbia Tristar Homevideo, 103 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Date Rape Backlash, The
Daughters of Abraham: A Fight to Survive?	Dir. Richard Trayler-Smith, 1988. Dist. by Landmark Films Inc., 30 min.
Daughters of Abraham: Frontiers of War	Dir. Richard Trayler-smith, 1988. Dist. by Landmark Films Inc., 30 min.
Daughters of Abraham: Stateless in Gaza	Dir. Richard Trayler-Smith, 1988. Dist. by Landmark films Inc., 27 min.
Daughters of the Anasazi	Dir. John Anthony, 1990. Dist. by Interpark, 28 min.
Daughters of Dykes
Daughters of the Dust
Daughters of the Nile
Dirty Dancing	Dir. Emile Ardolino, 1988. Dist. by Vestron Video, 105 min.
Doña Barbara	Dir. Fernando de Fuentes, 1943, based on novel by Rómulo Gallegos. Dist. by Condor Video, 138 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Doña Perfecta	Dir. Alejandro Galindo, ?. Dist. by Isela Vega Video, ?, Spanish. No picture for 9 min. 26 sec.
Door to the Sky	Dir. Farida Ben Lyazid, ?. Dist. by Arab Film Distribution, 107 min., French and Arabic with English subtitles.
The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
Dreams of Hind and Camilia	Dir. Mohamed Khan, 1991?. Dist. by Arab Film Distribution, 110 min, Arabic with English subtitles.

Eating: A Very Serious Comedy about Women and Food
Erendira	Dir. Guy Guerra, 1983, based on story from the book One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Dist. by Media Home Entertainment, 103 min., in Spanish with English subtitles.
Ethnic Notions
Eve's Bayou
Eye on New York: Prostitution--The Boldest Profession	CBS production, circa 1960?. 30 min.

Fatal Attraction	Dir. Adrian Lyne, 1987. Dist. by Paramount Pictures, 120 min.
Feminists for Life	St. Paul Video, 1991. 28 min.
Fighting for Our Lives
Films of Jane Campion
Finzan (A Dance for the Heroes)	Dir. Cheick Oumar Sissoko, 1990. Dist by California Newsreel, 114 minutes, Bambara with English subtitles.
Fire
The Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the U.S. Today
Freedom Bags	Dir. Stanley Nelson, 1990. Dist. by Filmmakers Library, 32 min.
Frida	Dir. Paul Leduc, 1985. Dist. by Connoisseur Video Collection, 108 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion

Gift of a Girl: Female Infanticide
Girlfriends
Girls Like Us
Girls Town
Global Assemblyline
Nadine Gordimer: "A Chip of Glass Ruby"
Nadine Gordimer: "Country Lovers"

Harder They Come, The
Hearts and Hands
Hester Street	Dir. Joan Micklin Silver, 1974. Dist. by First Run Features, 89 min.
Hidden Faces	Dir. Lin Longinotto and Claire Hunt, 1990. Dist. by Women Make Movies, 52 min.
Hitchhiker, The
The Holy Innocents (Los Santos Inocentes)	Dir. Mario Camus, 1986. Dist. by Karl Lorimar Home Video, 108 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Hollywood Harem

Image Before My Eyes	Dir. Josh Waletzky, 1985. Dist. by Almi Home Video Corp., 105 min.
Improper Conduct (Mauvaise Conduite)	Dir. Nestor Almendros, Orlando Jiminez Leal, 1984. Dist. by ?, 110 min., French/Spanish with English subtitles.
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
In Her Own Time	Dir. Lynne Littman, 1985. Dist. by Direct Cinema Limited, 60 min.
An Initiation Kut for a Korean Shaman	Dir. Diana S. Lee, 1991. University of Hawaii Press, 37 min.
In Search of the American Dream: Inspirations	Dir. Robert E. Frye, 1990. Dist. by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 52 min.
Isabel Allende: The Woman's Voice in Latin-American Literature	Dir. Steve Kotton, 1994. Dist. by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 56 min.
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

The Japanese Family: Early Summer (Bakushu)	Dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1951. Dist. by Janus Films, 135 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
The Japanese Family: Mother (Okaasan)	Dir. Mikio Naruse 1952. Dist. by Janus Films, 98 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
A Jury of Her Peers

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Dir. Hector Babenco, based on novel by Manuel Puig, 1985. Dist. by Charter Entertainment, 120 min.

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank	Dir. Willy Lindwer, 1988. Dist. by Audio-Visual-Arts and Productions, 90 min.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
Like Water for Chocolate	Dir. Alfonso Arau, ?, based on the novel by Laura Esquivel. Dist. by Touchstone Home Video, 105 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
"A Little Respect": Gay Men, Lesbians and Bisexuals on Campus
Living Images: We Beat the Rats	1993. Dist. by Telecine, 20 min.
Living Images: A Woman's Work	1993. Dist. by Telecine, 30 min.
The Long Walk Home	Dir. Richard Pearce, 1993. Dist. by Miramax, 98 min.
Lucia	Dir. Humberto Solas, ?. Dist. by Icaic, 160 min., Spanish with English subtitles.

Made in India
Made in Thailand
The Makioka Sisters	Dir. Kon Ichikawa, 1983, based on novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Dist. by Toho Co. Ltd., 140 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
Mandela
Maria: Indian Pottery maker of San Ildefonso	Dir. Rick Krepela, ?. Dist. by Interpark, 27 min.
Maria's Story
The Marriage of Maria Braun	Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1986. Dist. by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, ?, German with English subtitles.
Measures of Distance	Dir. Mona Hatoum, 1988. Dist. by Women Makes Movies, 15 min.
Mermaids
Mississippi Masala
Toni Morrison
Mothers and Daughters in Midlife: The Era of Good Feeling
The Mountain	Dir. Hanna Elias, 1991. Dist. by Hanna Elias, 34 min., Arabic with English subtitles.
My Feminism
My Heart Is My Witness

Naguib Mahfouz: Al-Sharida (The Wanderer)	Dir. Ashraf Fahmy, 1985. Dist. by Abel Aziz el Zoghby Films, 91 min, Arabic with English subtitles.
Gloria Naylor
New Jersey Project
Nicholasa Mohr	Nov. 21, 1991, lecture at Drew. 120 min.
No Time for Tears: Vietnam - The Women Who Served
Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography
Number Our Days	Dir. Lynne Littman, 1977. Dist. by Direct Cinema Limited, 29 min.

Flannery O'Connor: "Displaced Person"
Flannery O'Connor: "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
The Official Story	Dir. Luis Puenzo, 1985. Dist. by Pacific Arts Video, 112 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Georgia O'Keefe
Osaka Elegy	Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936. Dist. by SVS Inc., 75 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
Out in Suburbia: The Stories of Eleven Lesbians
Overseas (Outremer)	Dir. Brigitte Roüan, 1992. Dist. by Fox Lorber Homevideo, 96 min, French with English subtitles.

The Parallax View
Paris is Burning
Peer Harassment
People Like Us: Social Change in America
Performing the Border
Platoon
Portrait of an Onnagata	Dir. Tineke Hulsbergen, 1994. Dist. by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 30 min.
The Price of Change	Dir. Marilyn Gaunt, 1982. Dist. by Icarus Films, 26 min., and 40 sec.
Pubis Angelical de Manuel Puig	Dir. Raul de la Torre, 1982, based on novel by Manuel Puig. Dist. by Condor Video, 117 min., Spanish with English subtitles.

A Question of Color	Dir. Kathe Sandler, 1992. Dist. by Califronia Newsreel, 58 min.
Question of Silence

Rape Victim Interviews	Feb. 1980? 10 min.
Rashomon	Dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1950. Dist. by Embassy Home Entertainment, 83 min, Japanese with English subtitles.
Rear Window	Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954. Dist. by MCA Universal Home Video, 113 min.
Recovering Bodies: Overcoming Eating Disorders
Rethinking Rape
Rites	Dir. Penny Dedman, 1991. Dist. by Filmmakers Library, 52 min.
Rosie the Riveter

Sandakan No. 8
Sexual Harassment: Building Awareness on Campus
Sexual Harassment on Campus: Current Concerns and Considerations
Sexual Harassment: The Wrong Idea
Sexual Stereotypes in Media: Superman and the Bride	Thames production, circa 1970-80. Dist. by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993, 40 min.
Silent Pioneers: Gay and Lesbian Elders	Dir. Lucy Winer, 1984. Dist. by Filmakers Library, 42 min.
Slaying the Dragon	Dir. Deborah Gee, 1987. Dist. by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 60 min.
Slim Hopes with Jean Kilbourne
Songs of Sappho	Dir. Peter Steadman, 1988. Dist. by The New York Greek Drama Company, 25 min., Ancient Greek with English subtitles.
Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women	Dir. Margaret Lazarus, 1987. Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc., 32 min.
Story of Mothers and Daughters, The
Sweetie	Dir. Jane Campion, 1990. Dist. by International Video Entertainment Inc., 97 min.

Tacones Lejanos	Dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 1991. Dist. by Columbia Tristar Home Video, 115 min, Spanish.
A Taxing Woman	Dir. Juzo Itami, 1987. Dist. by Fox/Lorber Homevideo, 127 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
Tell Me a Riddle	Dir. Lee Grant, 1980, based on novella by Tille Olsen. Dist. by Media Home Entertainment, 94 min.
Thelma and Louise	Dir. Ridley Scott, 1991. Dist. by MGM/UA, 130 min.
To Empower Women: The Beijing Women's Conference
Tootsie
Tough Guise
Triple XY
Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi)	Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954, based on novel by Sakae Tsuboi. Dist. by Japan Society, 155 min., Japanese with English subtitles.
Two Dollars and a Dream	Dir. Stanley Nelson, 1988. Dist by Filmakers Library, 56 min.

Under the African Sun: Program 5--Women Artists	Dir. Gerhard Meyer, 1995. Dist by The Right Picture Corporation, 30 min.
Union Maids

Veiled Hope
A Veiled Revolution	Dir. Marilyn Gaunt, 1982. Dist. by Icarus Films, 26 min. 30 sec..
Ventre Livre
Vertigo
Vienna Tribunal

Alice Walker
Welcome to the Dollhouse
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!?	Dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 1984. Dist. by Cinevista Video, 100 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
When Night is Falling
When Women Kill	Dir. Lee Grant, 1983. HBO Production, 60 min.
Who Found the Missing Link? (Uranium)
Wild Party, The
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues	Dir. Christine Dall, 1989. Dist. by California Newsreel, 58 min.
Wilmar 8
Women, HIV and AIDS
Women of South Africa
Women of Summer
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 1988. Dist. by Orion Home Video, 88 min., Spanish with English subtitles.
Women's History: Darlene Clark
Women's History: Blance Wiesen Cook
Women's History: Elisabeth Giffith
Women's History: Barbara Sicherman
Women's History: Cecilia Morris Eckhardt
Women Under Siege	Dir. Marilyn Gaunt, 1982. Dist. by Icarus Films, 28 min.
Women Who Made Movies
Women World Leaders
The Working Woman	Dir. Christine Huneke, 1985. Dist. by CBS, 60 min.
A World of Ideas

Yoruba Performance

Videotape by Henry John Drewal, 1990. Dist. by Instructional Media Services, 30 min.