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Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
At first blush, Little Women is just another docusoap about a group of smart, dynamic friends living in Los Angeles. With money in their pockets and the City of Angels at their feet, the ladies of this show take viewers on a journey through their world.
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In Little Women: Atlanta, the little ladies turn it up wherever they go — especially with club promoter Emily leading the charge. There is no shortage of drama within this circle of friends as they face the daily challenges that come with being a little person.
Language
English
Formats
Description
SERVICE highlights the resourcefulness of seven amazing women who represent the first wave of mothers, daughters and sisters returning home from the frontless wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Portraying the courage of women veterans as they transition from active duty to their civilian lives, this powerful film describes the horrific traumas they have faced, the inadequate care they often receive on return, and the large and small accomplishments they...
4) Servicewoman
Publisher
Gemini Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The modern U.S. armed forces are more than fifteen percent female. Yet it was scarcely a century ago that the previously all-male force accepted its first female recruits onto active duty, paving the way for future generations of servicewomen to be represented in an increasingly diverse number of military occupational specialties. This special collection includes three Cold War-era recruiting films aimed at persuading young women to sign up for a...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Follows the stories of several idealistic young servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when they courageously came forward to report.
Publisher
Hearst Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Lyssa Grant Hughes has given blood sweat and tears to build a name for herself as a doctor. As a respected physician promoting women's health issues and fighting for women's rights, she has decided to set her sights on a career in politics. When a family friend tips a reporter about a minor indiscretion in her past, Lyssa's campaign becomes the focus of a media feeding frenzy."--Container.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The story of Michelle Jordan, a young woman raised in an environment of abuse and molestation at the hands of her mother's boyfriend Reggie, which her mother Cassie unwittingly condons. While incarcerated, Michelle sends Bishop Jakes a letter requesting a visit. Jakes agrees to meet Michelle and soon uncovers the painful history that led to her personal demise.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bridget is forty-something and single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy. She decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and some new ones. But her love life takes a turn when she meets a dashing American named Jack. In an unlikely twist, Bridget finds herself pregnant but she can only be fifty percent sure of the father's identity.
10) Women 88
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A series of seven five-minute shorts directed by women, made to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary in 1988, depicting Australian women’s achievements and contributions to the social and welfare development of our country. The programs look at the sombre history of Aboriginal women since European colonisation through dance, voice and photographs. The previously unsung praises of women who pioneered the outback are orchestrated, and the stories of...
12) Tár
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
13) Kendra and Beth
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Beth, a quiet and vulnerable misfit, is the only female employee in the shipping and receiving department of a local sausage company. She lives at home where she takes care of her ailing mother who never leaves the couch and refuses to watch anything but Julia Roberts movies. The house is also shared by Beth's older brother Robbie, an outsider artist who is still trying to put the pieces back together after a failed engagement eleven years prior.
14) Wonder Women
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We are pleased that the critically acclaimed, now classic film, WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES is now available in our collection. From the birth of the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman, to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about strong and healthy women.The film goes behind the scenes with actors Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)...
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Four not-so-old seniors have moved in together in a Florida home. They share the house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Dorothy's main goal is to find a companion she can relate to, while her mother, Sophia loves to tell "Picture this" type of stories. Rose is a little corny, but lovable never-the-less, and Blanche spends her time courting every man she can lay her hands on. All these fiesty seniors have either been divorced or widowed...
16) The last word
Language
English
Formats
Description
In THE LAST WORD, Shirley MacLaine is Harriet Lauler, a once successful businesswoman in tight control of every aspect of her life. As she reflects upon her accomplishments, she's suddenly inspired to engage a young local writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), to pen her life's story. When the initial result doesn’t meet Harriet's high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she is remembered, with Anne dragged along as an unwilling accomplice....
17) Home fires
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Wend Kuuni is a landmark in African filmmakers' attempts to "return to the sources" of their culture, to recover a "usable" African past to solve the problems of the African present. Filmmaker Gaston Kaboré adapts the measured rhythms of traditional African storytelling to create an authentically African cinematic language. He retells an ancient fable about a mute, memoryless orphan, driven from his homeland, who is renamed Wend Kuuni ("God's Gift")...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An epic story of the South's fight to maintain it's way of life during the Civil War years. It starts out as Scarlett O'Hara and her family are amongst the ladies and "chivalrous" gentlemen at the Twelve Oaks Plantation's ball before the Civil War begins. How Scarlett's love for one man keeps her from seeing the love that another man truly has for her. As the South finally crumbles down around her, Scarlett devises a way to overcome starvation in...
20) LA Woman Rising
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
LA WOMAN RISING presents the morning rituals of 50 Los Angeles women, as director Nana Ghana gracefully captures their stories of uncertainty, struggle and success. Described as a love letter to the real and diverse women of Los Angeles, Ghana’s documentary is a distinct celebration of the female voice. Executive produced by Rosario Dawson.
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