Human Sexuality
OUR BODY2023 Aging / Gerontology Children & Young Adult Cultural Studies Directed by Women Biology Family Relations Health LGBTQ Medicine Science Human Sexuality Women's Studies
In Our Body, veteran documentarian Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life.
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MEMORIES OF DESIRE2019 Cinema Studies Directed by Women Human Sexuality Photography Short Films Women's Studies
Feminist filmmaker Victoria Schultz captures the memory of her own past, trying to become a writer while becoming entangled in erotic and frightening encounters with an older man. A #MeToo film that stretches back to one woman's memory growing up in the 1950s.
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PENNY SLINGER: OUT OF THE SHADOWS2019 Art History Cinema Studies Human Sexuality Women's Studies
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows is the untold story of the British artist Penny Slinger and the events that led to the creation of her masterpiece, the 1977 photo-romance, An Exorcism.
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JEWEL'S CATCH ONE2018 African-American Studies AIDS American History Directed by Women Human Sexuality LGBTQ Women's Studies American Studies 2019
The story of famed Los Angeles nightclub Catch One and its owner Jewel Thais-Williams, who defied all odds and provided a safe space for both black and LGBT communities.
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM2018 Art History Cultural Studies LGBTQ Asian Studies Cinema Studies Short Films Human Sexuality
I’ve Got a Little Problem chronicles internationally renowned photographer and poet Ren Hang’s struggle with Chinese censorship, painful public scrutiny, and manic depression, that eventually sent his life spiraling out of control.
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ALMOST THEREKartemquin Films Art History Aging / Gerontology Psychology & Psychiatry Disabilities Cinema Studies Media Studies Family Relations Criminal & Law Health American Studies Photography Human Sexuality 2017
Humorous and candid, Kartemquin Films' documentary Almost There is a fascinating portrait of eccentric "outsider" artist Peter Anton. Living in a home that has been consumed by mold and filth, the octogenarian has produced a startling collection of unseen paintings, drawings, and notebooks. The film’s remarkable journey follows this witty and gifted artist through startling twists and turns.
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THE ABORTION HOTLINE2016 Women's Studies Latin-American Studies Health Human Sexuality Medicine LGBTQ Criminal & Law Spanish Language
The Abortion Hotline allows viewers inside the lives and tireless grassroots efforts of a group of young lesbian and feminist activists who put their lives at risk to run an underground abortion hotline in Chile, one of six countries in the world where abortion is prohibited under any circumstance, even in cases of rape or risk to the life of the mother.
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MIRIAM: HOME DELIVERYNew York City Jewish Studies Family Relations Labor Studies Children & Young Adult Medicine Directed by Women Human Sexuality Health Women's Studies 2016
An intimate observation of the complete process of home birthing - a trend on the rise in many communities, including Jewish communities practicing Orthodoxy - Miriam: Home Delivery follows a charismatic, Brooklyn-based, home birth midwife who has helped mothers giving birth at home for more than two decades, as she’s on call, and provides care to mothers in various stages of their pregnancies.
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SUITCASE OF LOVE AND SHAMEAmerican Studies Human Sexuality Media Studies Anthropology Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Women's Studies 2014 Directed by Women
A forbidden love story played out in a decade that would soon spawn the sexual revolution, Suitcase of Love and Shame reconstructs a mesmerizing and erotic narrative from 60 hours of reel-to-reel audiotape discovered in a suitcase purchased on eBay. A fascinating, one-of-a-kind documentary, it addresses issues of morality, sexism, privacy vs. exhibitionism, and the impact of technology in yesterday's America as well as today's.
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F*CK FOR FORESTEnvironmental Studies Anthropology Human Sexuality Media Studies 2013
A compelling, thought-provoking documentary, F*ck for Forest explores a unique form of modern environmental activism where sexual liberation merges with global altruism. This critically acclaimed film follows several members of the eponymous organization as they raise money for struggling indigenous tribes in the Amazon by distributing home-made erotic films on the internet.
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GRANDMA’S TATTOOSWomen's Studies World History Human Sexuality Peace & Conflict 2012 Directed by Women
Grandma's Tattoos uncovers the fate of thousands of women, mostly teenagers and young girls, who survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide but were forced into prostitution by their captors. This powerful documentary investigates an aspect of history that is too often ignored - the fate of women in conflicts and wars.
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QUADRANGLEHuman Sexuality Sociology Psychology & Psychiatry American Studies Family Relations 2011 Directed by Women
What values define the institution of marriage? Can social convention be upended successfully? Quadrangle is a fascinating documentary about two 'traditional' couples, coming out of the free love era and struggling with the monotony of suburban life, that swapped partners and lived in a group marriage in the early 1970s.
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