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February 22nd, 2010Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTVFilm Info: http://www.trixiefilms.com
Blog: http://theamericanvirgin.blogspot.comHOW TO LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY is the new
documentary-in-progress by Therese Shechter, director of the
award-winning and provocative I WAS A TEENAGE FEMINIST.Spiritual, titillating, amusing, profitable, ruled by myths,
dogma and misconceptions, female virginity is something our
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January 16th, 2010Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
*Check out Director, Nancy Schwartzman’s Paradigm Shift blog post about our December event!
posted originally http://whereisyourline.org
THE FILM
A one night stand far from home goes terribly wrong. As the filmmaker unravels her experience, she decides to confront her attacker.
Told through a “sex-positive” lens, THE LINE is a 24 minute documentary about a young woman – the filmmaker- who is raped, but her story isn’t cut and dry. Not a “perfect victim,” the filmmaker confronts her attacker, recording the conversation with a hidden camera. Sex workers, survivors and activists discuss justice, accountability and today’s “rape culture.” The film asks the question: where is the line defining consent? THE LINE was completed in July 2009.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
I never intended to make a film about my sexual boundaries, or to involve myself in THE LINE.
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September 20th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
The Age of Stupid USA Trailer from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
The “Age of Stupid” is having its global premiere 7:30pm on Monday, September 21st with a live “green carpet” event in the city that will be simultaneously broadcast to multiple cinemas across the globe, including the following Manhattan cinemas: (Union Square Stadium 14, Chelsea Cinema, First And 62nd Cinemas) The film has already garnered some great press, and individual contributions funded it! It is screening in most major cities in the states, so everyone can come out- but they should try and reserve
seats online in advance. Kofi Annan will address the audience at the premiere.Not in New York City? Check out how you can see the film here!
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July 11th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
A film by Julie Bridgham
“Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepals modern history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six womens courageous efforts to shape Nepals future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the Kings crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughters fate and see justice done.” — Youtube.com
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June 24th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Stranded in a remote Iranian village, a French journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman who has a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of her death the day before…As the journalist turns on his tape recorder, Zahra takes us back to the beginning of her story which involves Soraya’s husband, the local phony mullah, and a town all too easily led down a path of deceit, coercion, and hysteria. The women, stripped of all rights and without recourse, nobly confront the overwhelming desires of corrupt men who use and abuse their authority to condemn Soraya, an innocent but inconvenient wife, to an unjust and torturous death.
A shocking and true drama, it exposes the dark power of mob rule, uncivil law, and the utter lack of human rights for women. The last and only hope for some measure of justice lies in the hands of the journalist who must escape with the story — and his life — so the world will know.
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June 17th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
Filmmaker: Liane Thompson :: New York Times Television, emmy
winning producerOver ten thousand missiles have been fired at Sderot in the past eight
years. More than 86% of the town’s children suffer from Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder and the only clinic that helps these kids is scheduled
to shut down this July due to lack of funding. This clip is intended
to finance a project to raise awareness worldwide about the the
children of Sderot.Please see www.sderotmedia.com or www.childrenofmissilecity.com if you
wish to donate. -
June 17th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
Description from http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/tapologo:
“Freedom Park squatter camp, situated in the Northwest province, accommodates a migrant workforce that mines the world’s largest single source of platinum. The women in this community service the needs of the male miners as a means of basic survival. A group of former sex workers living with HIV have created a network called Tapologo and have learnt to be home-based care-workers, joining in solidarity to care for others in the community living with HIV. As we learn each woman’s story, we come to understand how she herself was transformed—from someone who had lost hope into someone who decided to help others in the same situation.”Filmmaker: Sally Gutierrez Dewar
Viewer Feedback
These women worked together to rise above their circumstances. Are women stronger in numbers than alone? What does this film say about the importance of the feminist movement and finding sisterhood? -
June 17th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
Filmmakers: Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater
Description from http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/mrs-goundos-daughter:
“Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter is the sensitively told story of a Malian mother’s fight for asylum in the US to protect her two-year-old from female genital cutting. To stay in the US, Goundo must persuade an immigration judge that her US-born daughter, Djenabou, will suffer this procedure if Goundo is deported. In Mali, where 85 percent of women and girls experience clitoral excision, Goundo and her husband are convinced they would be powerless to protect their daughter from her grandparents, who believe all girls should be excised. The film bridges Goundo’s two worlds, expertly interweaving scenes from Mali of girls preparing for an excision ceremony and scenes from Philadelphia where those who have survived the procedure share their stories.”
Viewer Feedback:
How can respecting cultural values and promoting women’s health and a positive sexuality be balanced? Are there any counterparts in our society to ritual female genital mutilation? -
June 17th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
Description by http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/afghan-star:
“Pop culture has returned to Afghanistan. Over 2,000 people are auditioning for Afghan Pop Idol and even three women have come forward to try their luck. But in this troubled country, even music is dangerously controversial. Many of those taking part are literally risking their lives. Yet millions of people watch the show and vote by text from their cellphone for their favorite singers. We meet Rafi, a boy from Mazar-e-Sharif with a strong voice and a pretty face, Lima, a young woman from Kandahar who fears for her life every time she goes home, Hammeed, a young musician and classically trained singer from the Hazara ethnic group, and Setara, a controversial figure from Herat who wears the latest fashions and Bollywood make up. *Winner World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary and World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2009”
Filmmaker: Havana MarkingViewer Feedback:
Why would people risk this kind of danger? What is so important about freedom of expression? What is important about freedom of expression in the feminist movement? -
June 17th, 2009Feminist Film Trailers, PShiftTV
This documentary clip gives a look inside the business of making mannequins and the ideals that drive the business.
Viewer Feedback
What is it that prevents a realistic image of women being used by the fashion industry?
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