Gender and Women's Studies
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The Gender and Women's Studies collection includes the following titles:
Ainsi Meurent Les Anges
Moussa Sene Absa's latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema.
California Newsreel | 2001 | 56 minutes
Dakan
The first feature film on homosexuality from sub-Saharan Africa.
California Newsreel | 1997 | 87 minutes
Everyone's Child
A feature film examining the plight of Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS.
California Newsreel | 1996 | 90 minutes
Faat Kine
In Dakar, Senegal Faat Kine, an independent, single mother and successful business owner looks back over twenty years of triumphs and hardships -including the betrayals by men in her life. A dramatic tribute to the strength and resilience of African women by Ousmane Sembene, the father of African cinema.
California Newsreel | 2001 | 121 minutes
Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts
Women in four African countries are shown organizing around issues of marital rights, reproductive health, female genital mutilation and entrepreneurship.
California Newsreel | 1994 | 52 minutes
Finzan
Cheick Oumar Sissoko explores the status of African women in two interlocking stories of traditional village society.
California Newsreel | 1990 | 107 minutes
Flame
The role of women in guerilla struggles and in post-liberation societies is depicted in a story of the women freedom fighters of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle.
California Newsreel | 1996 | 85 minutes
Karmen Gei
California Newsreel | 2001 | 82 minutes
Monday's Girls
The conflict between modern individualism and traditional society is seen through the eyes of two young Niger Delta women involved in a five-week long women's initiation ceremony.
California Newsreel | 1993 | 50 minutes
Tableau Ferraille
The story of an idealistic young politician's rise and fall in a small town, Tableau Ferraille ("scrap heap") paints a picture of a corrupt post-colonial elite.
California Newsreel | 1997 | 85 minutes
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