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Menstruation:
Breaking the Silence
A film that addresses the social taboos of menstruation
and its impact on society as a rite of passage. Included
is a commentary by Judy Chicago who wrote the controversial
book for young women and titled Are You There God?
It's Me, Margaret. Also, the medical and environmental
issues of tampons are discussed.
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Menopause:
Passing to Paradise
This film explores menopause from the perspective of those
who have gone through it. A group of women discuss their
experience from the beginning to the end of menopause
as well as life after menopause. The film also explains
facts about menopause.
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If
These Walls Could Talk
A film staring Cher, Demi Moore, Sissy Spasek and Anne
Hesch which is divided into three sections. The first
section takes place when abortion was illegal. It shows
the experience of a woman who is forces to have an illegal
abortion. The second section takes place in the seventies
after abortion has been made legal, and shows the difficult
decision one woman makes between having another child
and furthering her education. The last section takes place
in the nineties and deals with the clinic violence that
has become so pervasive in today's society.
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Fallen
Women
A film about Canadian journalist Anne Petrie who wrote
a book about her experience in a maternity home where
she had a child out of wed lock that she gave up for adoption.
The film focuses on her return to the home where she interviews
several women about the home and the experience of other
women.
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Alley Detroit
A historical documentary about illegal abortions as they
were experienced by all types of women. It chronicles
the physicians, women and women's health activists and
their reasons for performing the illegal abortions.
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Male
Circumcision: Human Rites
A program that documents the ritual of female mutilation
or female circumcision. It discuss the roots, myths and
movement to ban this practice. There are interviews with
victims, activists and medical personnel. Also, there
is a discussion about the physical risks of female mutilation.
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Female
Circumcision: Human Rites
Documents female-genital mutilation (FGM) and the movements
to ban it. (40 mins.)
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Flash Menopause
A film about the symptoms and stereotypes of menopause
from the perspectives of several cultures. It hints at
the social construction of menopause and the medical claims
to the condition.
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Women
at Midlife (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center)
29 minutes
This film chronicles the transition for women into midlife
as they move away from childbearing and rearing into menopause.
It discusses the health risks women face, and prevention.
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Old
Wive's Tales (The British Broadcasting Corporation)
40 minutes
This film chronicles the experiences of a 64 year old
woman who is trying to have a baby with her 50 year old
husband and is denied fertility treatment. The film debates
about motherhood myths and age, and the assumption that
age should be a large factor in motherhood.
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Choreographer Validates the Older Dancer (Stormy Night
Productions)
58 minutes
This film chronicles the lives and work of six of the
world's best dancers who were allowed to continue their
careers after forty. The film offers the view that aging
does not diminish one's capacities.
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