Women S Rights Movies

"Granddaughters of Witches"? A discussion about the reality of the modern woman. Featuring anthropologist Carla Cristina Garcia and artist MC Tha.

50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed...

Gender apartheid is front and centre in this pointed exploration of family and labour in Iran. Sultan Mohammad proposes taking a third wife as a way...

Bookended by call-to-action quotes from Margaret Mead and Mahatma Gandhi, this inspiring documentary follows three extraordinary women -- in...

Valerie faces the challenge of leaving an abusive relationship with the help of her two friends.

Produced by the activist video collective ACT UP/NY called DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Activist Television), this tape analyzes the collaborative...

After being brutally murdered, the spirit of a traumatized mother embarks on a desperate quest to protect the child she left behind, only to discover...

Film by Mina Akbari

Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearances of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women...

Within the walls of a domesticated city, three Filipina PCOS warriors find themselves stuck in a loop of their nightmares from women’s hell....

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...

A salute to women in history who have used their bodies in protest when they haven’t been permitted to use their voices, this film reflects...

In the near future, when getting an abortion has once again become a criminal offense, Kara is confronted by a grim and brutal reality. Even though...

"Caged (In) and Out", by Rishabh Jain, a jarring account of domestic domestic violence in India. The film produced in-house by JIBS, sheds light on...

Three women share their experience of navigating the app-world in the metro city. The sharings reveal gendered battles as platform workers and the...

If you don’t laugh, you’re dead

The words of the women and the rhythm of their lives in the seclusion of family compounds suggests both the satisfying and the limiting aspects of a...

Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights,...

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