Directed by Women


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REDLANDS

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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.

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RALPH'S ARM

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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

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MASTER MISERY

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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.

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FREEFALL

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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

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ASSURANCES

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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

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AND ANOTHER HONKYTONK GIRL SAYS SHE WILL

Short Films  Directed by Women 

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.

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BEST OFFER

Short Films  Children & Young Adult  Directed by Women 

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.

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REIGN OF THE DOG: A RE-VISIONIST HISTORY

American History  Animation  Children & Young Adult  Short Films  Latin-American Studies  Directed by Women 

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.

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DEAD END KIDS: A STORY OF NUCLEAR POWER

Performing Arts  World History  Peace & Conflict  Directed by Women 

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.

THE MAKING OF A MONOLOGUE: ROBERT WILSON'S <i>HAMLET</i>
THE MAKING OF A MONOLOGUE: ROBERT WILSON'S HAMLET

Performing Arts  Directed by Women 

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.

DARIO FO AND FRANCA RAME: A NOBEL FOR TWO
DARIO FO AND FRANCA RAME: A NOBEL FOR TWO

Europe  Literature  Performing Arts  Directed by Women 

Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater presentations.

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AMERICA AND LEWIS HINE

American Studies  Art History  Photography  Directed by Women  Immigration 

Portrays the life of America's pioneer social photographer, Lewis Hine (1874-1940), who recorded the waves of immigration around the turn of the century and the development of industrial America during the first four decades of the 20th century, from the sweatshops of New York's Lower East Side to the mines, mills and factories across the nation. The video blends Hine's photos with historical footage and interviews.



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STEFAN ROLOFF: FACES OF AN ARTIST AT WORK

Art History  Short Films  Directed by Women 

Profiles the work of Berlin artist Stefan Roloff, now a New York City resident, who has produced an immense variety of original, colorful and provocative art.

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PUERTO RICO: ART AND IDENTITY

American History  American Studies  Art History  Economics  Latino Studies  Latin-American Studies  Puerto Rican Studies  Religion & Spirituality  Short Films  Sociology  Spanish Language  Women's Studies  Directed by Women 

Surveys the work of plastic artists in Puerto Rico during the 20th century, as well as significant forerunners in the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on the artists' expression of national identity. The video combines illustrations of hundreds of art works with interviews with a dozen major contemporary artists and commentary by art critics.

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THE HAPPINESS OF STILL LIFE

World History  Europe  Art History  Short Films  Directed by Women 

After the Napoleonic wars and the revolutionary fervor of the late 18th century, Europeans were eager to retreat from the tumultuous arena of history to the uneventful calm of private life.

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LASTING IMPRESSIONS

Art History  American Studies  African-American Studies  Directed by Women 

Profiles lithograph artist Robert Blackburn, one of the few black printmakers to emerge from WPA-sponsored arts projects, including the Harlem Art Center, during the Thirties. His prints have been exhibited widely and he has also had a long teaching career, but the now 77-year-old Blackburn is best known as the founder and director of the Printmaking Workshop, which recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.

FROM A BALL OF CLAY
FROM A BALL OF CLAY

Art History  Short Films  Directed by Women 

This fascinating and informative video details the step-by-step procedures involved in modeling a clay sculpture, showing how professional sculptor and art instructor Margot McMahon creates a portrait of her model over several sessions (working from a knowledge of anatomy and a sensitivity to artistic rhythms) and then demonstrates the plaster mold-making process by which the final art work is cast in Fondu concrete for permanent exhibition.

PLENA IS WORK, PLENA IS SONG
PLENA IS WORK, PLENA IS SONG

Puerto Rican Studies  Music  Cultural Studies  Anthropology  Directed by Women 

Examines the cultural and political history of plena, a Puerto Rican musical blend of African and Spanish rhythms, featuring great performers of the past and contemporary attempts to preserve plena.

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THE PIPES ARE CALLING

Short Films  Music  Irish Studies  American Studies  Directed by Women 

Portrays a summer bagpipe school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where piping enthusiasts from all over North America gather to learn the craft and music of the traditional instrument of the Scottish highlands.

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RIDING WITH THE KING

Music  American Studies  Directed by Women 

Captures the spirit and charm of the legacy of Elvis Presley by accompanying a fan through Elvis country, from Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee. The video visits his birthplace and other shrines of Presleydom, meets people who were associated with Elvis, plus his adoring fans and impersonators.

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