Directed by Women

Examines the reasons for the high number of hysterectomies performed on women every year, the alternatives available, the side effects and after-effects. Includes interviews with doctors, other professionals, and women who have undergone the operation.

Examines the influence of the social and economic environment on sexuality, using an imaginative blend of situation comedy, documentary, songs, animation and narration.

Features thirty young men and women, ages 15 to 24, who share their thought-provoking, humorous and sometimes painful reflections on sexuality and growing up.

Featuring interviews with five young career people who have disabilities, this film questions the general public's attitudes toward physical disability and our perceptions of the disabled as somehow either weaker or more courageous than the non-disabled.

Examines the dangers of hearing loss from listening to or performing loud music, featuring interviews with American and European rock musicians as well as rock music fans, sound engineers and audiologists.

This short drama tells the story of Clara, a young girl who must learn to cope with painful emotions following the untimely death of her father.

Examines the impact of AIDS within Hispanic-American communities, focusing on the specific economic, social and cultural factors which influence perception of the AIDS crisis, including macho attitudes about sexuality, traditional relations between men and women, prejudices against homosexuality, and the prevalence of drug abuse.

Examines the plight of babies born with AIDS, focusing on the inspiring examples of dedicated caregivers such as Mother Hale, founder of Hale House in New York City, and Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-ross, filmed at her House of Peace in West Virginia.

This video on the longevity revolution profiles pioneering seniors who are actively challenging stereotypes about retirement and a passive old age.

When two former gay lovers meet again, years after one has apparently gone straight and married, they reveal, through song and memory-flashbacks, the feelings they experience during this reunion.

When a singer reluctantly skips an audition and visits her retarded adult sister to break the news of their mother's death, she is forced to rethink her self-centered priorities.

Ralph is a very gifted and very self-centered piano virtuoso who has been having trouble with his playing.

Based on a short story by Truman Capote, this film involves a young woman named Sylvia who encounters Mr. Revercomb, a mysterious man who buys dreams from people.

A Yuppie corporate attorney, dissatisfied with both her job and her workaholic boyfriend, perks up when an old flame shows up on her doorstep.

A comic portrayal of contemporary attitudes toward marriage--including trust, true love, self-preservation, and male paranoia.

And Another HonkyTonk Girl Says She Will chronicles the odyssey of a farm girl who dreams of becoming a country music star. Along the road to Nashville, her quest for the American Dream descends into a perverse nightmare.

This short drama, from the director of Manny & Lo, dramatizes a 12-year-old girl's journey through that awkward age, when her fascination with horses is replaced by a new interest in boys.

This provocative animated film, featuring a voracious mongrel dog and an evocative synthesizer score by Kasandra Woodring, uses allegorical and documentary images, maps and texts to explore and deconstruct the history of the conquest of the Americas.

A wacky, free-wheeling satire which examines key moments in the history of nuclear power, from the flowering of medieval alchemy in the 16th century, to the development of the atomic bomb, Hiroshima and its aftermath, and the cultural and political fallout of the Cold War '50s.

Robert Wilson is internationally regarded as one of the most significant and innovative theater artists working today. This behind-the-scenes video, drawing on rehearsal and performance footage, reveals how Wilson created his unique one-man performance of Hamlet and captures the rich texture of Wilson's multi-dimensional theatrical style.