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  1. Punk Singer, The (2014)

    Director
    Sini Anderson
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary about Kathleen Hanna, singer with the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, who as leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, became a feminist icon and spokeswoman.

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  2. She’s Beautiful when She’s Angry (2014)

    Director
    Mary Dore
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), £16.93

    SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY looks at the birth and legacy of the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s, taking viewers from the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW), to...

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  3. Birthmarkings (2012)

    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 19 minutes), $120.00

    BIRTHMARKINGS is a documentary about how giving birth transforms women’s bodies. The film reframes and destabilises the observer’s reaction to the changes in a woman’s body after she has given birth...

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  4. Purity Myth, The: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women (2011)

    Director
    Jeremy Earp
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 45 minutes ), $250.00

    Video adaptation of feminist blogger Jessica Valenti’s book in which she argues that the so-called ‘virginity movement’ - an alliance of evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians, and conservative...

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  5. Mother: Caring for Seven Billion (2011)

    aka: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

    Director
    Christophe Fauchere
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £39.50

    Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled and now tops seven billion. Population growth, though little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden on the planet’s life systems. This film brings...

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  6. Marriage in the 1950s and 60s: from Wedding Vows to Happily Ever After? (2010)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

    After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed. As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as...

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  7. Stay Safe (2008)

    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

    Practical training in self-protection techniques for women that are effective regardless of size or strength, demonstrated by an ex-Special Forces instructor.

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  8. Sexual Stereotypes in the Media (2008)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 38 minutes), £35.00

    Examines how sexual stereotypes are constantly being redefined and reinforced on TV, in the movies, in magazines on the Web, and in video games. - It looks at: · How categorizing others into male and female...

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  9. Louise Bourgeois (2008)

    Director
    Camille Guichard
    Subject
    Art; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £24.99

    Born in 1911 in Paris, after studying art in France, Louise Bourgeois leaves for New York in 1938. An outsider to the art scene, she has few of her own exhibitions until her sculptures find international...

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  10. Divorce Iranian Style (1999)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto
    Subject
    Anthropology; Law; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £12.99 (retail, Secondrun)

    Observes some of the cases brought before the Family Law Courts in Tehran. The three main characters are Jamileh, who punishes her husband for beating her; Ziba, a 16-year-old girl who is trying to get a...

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