Studies in what it means to be female across culture, class and economics
– Gender Studies – Gender Equity – Indigenous and Working Class Women in Struggle –
– Feminism – Farming Women – Architecture – Globalism – Economics –
A Women’s Month Special
Regularly $924.97 Buy all four for the discounted price of $610.99
TURN HERE SWEET CORN ($199.99)
This poetic documentary is a moving account of the loss of a 136-year-old family farm to the demands of urban development. Through the eyes of young farmer Atina Diffley, who runs a small organic vegetable business from her farm, we see the land as a living thing. Atina, with her small son helping at the vegetable stand, comments somberly, “Every year is our last. The land is worth a lot of money.” As suburban expansion heads their way, land values increase, taxes go up, and the pressure to sell grows. Even so, the Diffleys continue to plant seedlings, till the soil, reap a harvest, and make a very modest living. 57 min.
THE GENDER CHIP PROJECT ($285.00)
A film about gender equity in STEM. Ranging from their first year of college through to graduation, this film is a rare and subtle portrait of five extraordinary young women attending this mid-western university who take up the challenge to succeed in fields which are now only reluctantly accepting of women. What they face is a male dominated academic setting, this documentary reveals how women are finding new ways to honor their own growth, motivations and experience as they imagine how to make the science and technology workplace a comfortable environment for women to stay in and influence — for the betterment of everyone. 54 min. $285.00
FROM THE SHADOWS OF POWER ($279.99)
A powerful story set in the coalfields of Appalachia, Wales and England that uncannily foreshadows the recent brutal growth of global capitalism and its impact on local economies and communities. It is an awarding winning documentary; a powerful story seen through the eyes of working class women from the coalfields of Appalachia, Wales and England. While President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher are trying to destroy working class power, labor unions are going on strike in Britain and the United States. Women miners and organizers work to understand the nature of globalization to save their communities. In the meantime they come to realize they are feminists. The film is structured with discreet segments for classroom use. 58:30 min.
THE TRAIL OF HOPE: THE BUILDING OF A CEREMONIAL EARTHWORK ($159.99)
A film featuring Lakota medicine woman Kaylynn TwoTrees as she struggles to create a sacred earthwork. However, she is not an architect. She grapples with keeping her vision in tact while working with white male engineers and architect. It portrays the earth-based, spiritual underpinning of this earthwork with images and language of ceremony by TwoTrees, Shawnee Temple Women of the Shawandassee nation, along with African American and Appalachian elders. 43 min.
