Movies: Women s issues

Satirical artist and art director, Suzanne Heintz, adopted her fake family more than 15 years ago to challenge persisting stereotypes about women's lives....

Anna is a young woman hunted by memories of her stepfather. After the death of her stepfather, Anna goes out partying with her friends before preparing to face her past in a family reunion....

A multi-generational film of a unique, vanishing culture of Polynesian women jugglers in The Kingdom of Tonga....

Mikha is a nail artist who is very passionate about her work. She works so hard that she sometimes forgets to spend time with her family. She wishes her husband could have more time for the family, so that her child doesn't need to be taken care of b...

In a meditation on the meaning behind sports in a Post-Apartheid South Africa, three young girls muse on their hopes and dreams as aspiring Drum Majorettes....

"Work While You Have the Light" is a feature documentary by a multi-generational directing team that examines professional women who are over seventy years old and still working....

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia....

Short documentary on female workers at school, made by a high school student....

During a truck ride to visit Bu Lurah in the hospital, villagers gossip and debate about the single status of Dian, the most beautiful girl in the village....

Amelia and Wes have had a falling out in Japan, a foreign land neither of them are accustomed to. While doing some soul-searching on her own, Amelia begins to notice that she's being stalked by a strange man. Wes pleads with her to come back for her ...

After a woman’s silent rage erupts into a fight post-coitus, a women’s group analyzes her refusal to stay passive. Another scene shows a woman’s despair when her lover misses their meeting, prompting the group to reject passive waiting. Together, the...

A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spreads out the laundry with her mother, she will have to silently face all those unknown feelings she thought would never come....

Glenn is a woman on an unwholesome mission, but just how far will she go to conquer the clique – and social media at large? ...

Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights....