VIDEOS IN THE CANDICE SILVERMAN MEMORIAL COLLECTION

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Access denied (28 min) – about the Pro-choice movement

Am I normal? (22 min) – information on male puberty and answers questions asked by boys in early adolescence

Battle for the minds (52 min) – a film about Fundamentalism and how it effects women and in deed, us all

Betty tells her story (20 min) – illustrates the dimensions of a simple incident as a young woman tells two versions of the same story

Dear Lisa : a letter to my sister (45 min) – what are the hopes and dreams of women in the 1990’s? A multicultural look at sex roles

The F word (10 min) - Using various viewpoints of what the word feminism means, this video leads us to see how
real and "simple" the concept of equality can be! Clever. Can be used easily for discussion of
what audience holds as his/her ideas on this FEMINISM term.

Finding our way (40 min) – men talk about their sexuality

From danger to dignity (57 min) – the fight for safe abortion ; from underground networks to the legislators that
created legal abortions

Growing up female (48 min) – discusses socialization of the American woman through a look at the lives of six women

Guerrillas in our midst (35 min) – discusses actions of anonymous women artists who call themselves Guerilla Girls

It happens to us (32 min) – stories of women who underwent illegal abortions

Just because of who we are (28 min) – lesbian women tell of everyday violence and harassment

The last to know (40 min) – women involved in alcohol and prescription drugs

Man, oh man (18 min) – growing up male in America

Rule of thumb (22 min) – Missouri Adult Abuse Act : five abused women explore dynamics of abusive relationships

A season in hell (59 min) – struggles of Regina Hatfield who suffers from anorexia nervosa and bulimia

Slaying the dragon (60 min) – racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in film, TV, etc.

Voices heard sisters unseen (76 min) – battered women’s accounts of their experiences and their victories;
interspersed with music, poetry, dance and performance

Waking up to Rape (35 min) – discussions with women who have experienced rape; includes prevention and
self-defense techniques

Warrior Marks (54 min) – female genital mutilation in Africa

A word in edgewise (26 min) – looks at how language is taken for granted by some and used to exploit by others

Identifiable qualities (30 min) – interview with Toni Morrison

Listening for something (56 min) – Dionne Brand and Adrienne Rich read their poetry and talk about their lives and views

Virginia Woolf’s Room of One’s Own -- (53 min) A one-woman performance by Eileen Atkins recreating
many sections of Woolf’s essay arguing what writing women need, but more importantly, how society
has effected women throughout history. Filmed on location of Woolf’s original location.

Visions of the spirit (58 min) – life and work of Alice Walker

World of Light: A Portrait of May Sarton (29 min)-- a first-person visit with this New England Writer.

*** FINE ARTS

Alice Neel --A portrait of the artist

Berenice Abbott: A view of the 20^th Century (58 minutes) A walk with the camera and life of this
distinguished photographer who chronicled Paris in the 1920’s, New York City in the 1930’s, 40’s
and 50’s, the East Coast by car in the 1950’ and 60’s, and the law of Science. She discusses what
photography is to her, and scholars give us the foundations of her art.

Georgia O’Keeffe-- A Portrait of the Artist

Womanhouse (43 min) – feminist art program of California Institute of the Arts

Hearts and Hands (60 min) – the influence of quilts on history – the 19^th century told through quilts

History Revisited (12 min) – a guide for teachers integrating women’s history and women’s issues
into their classroom

One Fine Day (5 min) – a musical and photographic celebration of Women’s History from Sojourner
Truth to Geraldine Ferraro

Quilts in Women’s Lives (30 min) – how quilts are the art form that allow women to express themselves

Rebel hearts (58 min) – discusses the lives of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, their work against
slavery and in what would become the women’s right movement

Running Mate (47 min) - Examines the use of political cartoons and commentary in the 1984
Presidential campaign, targeting GERALDINE FERRARO and Walter Mondale.

Some American Feminist (56 min) - Traces the origins of American Feminists from those
"founding mothers" who were instrumental in developing philosophy and procedure, and
introducing the issues that disturbed the 1970’s women’s movement. Excellent examination
of the roots of the ground work that has impacted us still today.

Take the Power (6 min) – a celebration in song and image of what women are doing today around the world.

Union Maids (50 min) – adaptation of the book Rank and File by Alice Lynd about the American
Labor movement in the 1930s

Votes for women (20 min) – a celebration of women who won us the vote

With Baby and Banners (45 min) – women go on strike at a General Motors plant in 1937

A Woman’s Place (25 min) – an inspiring record of women’s achievements

Women in American life – 5 volumes (15 min each) – a history of women in America from 1861 to 1977