WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM

WOMEN IN FILM

ITEMS AVAILABLE IN THE ISU FILM/VIDEO LIBRARY COLLECTION

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Affirmative Action/Diversity Studies -- Anorexia and Bulimia -- Body Image -- Domestic Abuse --
Gender Issues/Sex Roles -- Images of Women in Society -- International Women --
Men’s Roles and Feminism -- Relationships -- Sexual Abuse -- Sexual Harassment/Sexual Abuse --
Sexual Orientation -- Women and Children -- Women and Medical Issues --
Women and Music -- Women and Political Activism -- Women and Rape (and Crime) --
Women and Substance Abuse -- Women and Theater -- Women and Work -- Women Artists --
Women of Color -- Women Writers -- Women’s Studies-General --

Affirmative Action/Diversity Studies (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Achieving Diversity: The Myths (VH) VH0689, 1990
*Affirmative Action Versus Reverse Discrimination (VH) VH1210, 1984
*An Equal Chance Through Title IX (MP) C00923, 1977
*Breaking the Silence: Working Toward Effectiveness and Equity in College Teaching (VH) VH0031

Anorexia and Bulimia (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Bulimia: The Binge-Purge Obsession (MP) D00733, 1986
*Eating Disorders: The Slender Trap (VH) VH0723, 1986
*Fear of Fat: Dieting and Eating Disorders (MP) D00730, 1987
*I Don’t Have to Hide (MP) D00704, 1982
*Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness (VH) VH1940, 1995
*Waist Land: Eating Disorders in America (VH) VH0523, 1985

Body Image (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Body Watch: Designer Bodies (VH) VH0529, 1986
*A Century of Women: Image and Popular Culture (VH) VH1919, 1984
*Food for Life (MP) C00617, 1969
*Mirror, Mirror (VH) VH1342, 1990
*Never Too Thin (VH) VH1437
*Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness (VH) VH1940, 1995

Domestic Abuse (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Domestic Violence: Faces of Fear (VH) VH2002, 1996
*Family Violence in America (a series) includes: (LNDMRK), 1995
~~The Family as Victim
~~The Fear of Anger
~~The Horror and the Healing
*Pretty Polly Sings the Blues (VH) VH0413, 1984
*Scared Silent (VH) VH1080, 1992
*Suzanne, Suzanne (VH) VH1699, 1982
*To Have and To Hold: Men Who Batter Women (VH) VH0429, 1981
*Two Million Women: Domestic Violence (VH) VH0323, 1987
*Violence in the Home: Living in Fear (VH) VH0710, 1989

Gender Issues/Sex Roles (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Brain Sex: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better. (VH) VH2288. 1992
*Brain Sex: Sugar and Spice: (VH) VH2289 1992
*Brain Sex: Love, Love Me Do (VH) VH2290 1992
*Gender: The Enduring Paradox (VH) VH0730, 1991
*Gender Issues in the U.S.A. Parts 1&2 (VH) VH1303 & VH1304, 1993
*Growing Up Female, (MP) D00484, 1972
*Masculine or Feminine: Your Role in Society (MP) C00880, 1971
*Psychological Differences Between the Sexes (MP) C00456, 1965
*Sex Hormones and Sexual Destiny (VH) VH0745, 1985
*Sex Role Development (VH) VH0360, 1978
*Sex Role Development (MP) C00747, 1974
*The Sexes: Roles (MP) D00571, 1972

Images of Women in Society (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Rock Videos (VH) VH1483, 1990
*Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness (VH) VH1940, 1995
*Still Killing Us Softly (VH) VH0508, 1987

International Women (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Crossing Borders (MP) D00771, 1986
*Desert of Silk (VH) VH1049, 1992
*Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese Village (VH) VH1476), 1984

Men’s Roles and Feminism (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Men Under Siege: Life with the Modern Woman (VH) VH0527, 1979
*Men’s Lives (MP) C00849, 1974

Relationships (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Faces of Culture: Sex and Marriage (VH) VH1984, 1983
*Politics of Love in Black and White (VH) VH1707, 1993

Sexual Abuse (*Title, Order #, Year)

*"She’s Just Growing Up, Dear" (VH) VH1939, 1992
*Silent Shame: The Sexual Abuse of Children (VH) VH0652, 1984
*To a Safer Place (VH) VH0693, 1987

Sexual Harassment/Sexual Abuse (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Frontline: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill Public Hearing. Private Pain (VH) VH1546, 1992
*On the Issues: Sexual Politics at Work (VH) VH1283, 1993
*The Sexual Harassment Quiz (VH) VH1548, 1993

Sexual Orientation (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Embracing Our Sexuality: Women Talk About Sex (VH) VH1938, 1993
*Sexual Orientation Issues in the U.S.A. (Parts 1&2) (VH) VH1305 & VH1306, 1993

Women Artists (*Title, Order #, Year)

*African Art and Women Artists (VH) VH1805, 1992
*Emma Amos: Action Lines (VH) VH2002, 1996
*Isabel Bishop: Portrait of an Artist (VH) VH0589, 1977
*Mary Cassatt: Impressionist from Philadelphia (VH) VH0588, 1977
*Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (VH) VH1883, 1988
*Faith Ringgold Paints Crown Heights (VH) VH1898, 1995
*Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist (VH) VH1904, 1993
*Eskimo Artist Kenojuak (MP) C00533, 1964
*Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists (VH) VH1902, 1992
*Georgia O’Keefe (VH) VH0591, 1977
*Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt (VH) VH1352, 1991
*Betye and Alison Saar: Conjure Women of the Arts (VH) VH1840, 1994

Women and Children (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Children of Change (MP) D00033, 1960
*Free to Be: You and Me (MP) E00057, 1974

Women of Color (*Title, Order #, Year)

*African Art and Women Artists (VH) VH1805, 1992
*Emma Amos: Action Lines (VH) VH2002, 1996
*The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (VH) VH0136, 1973
*Bookmark: Program 3: Isabel Allende (VH) VH1010, 1991
*Cathy Hughes (VH) VH1193, 1992
*Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist (VH) VH1904, 1993
*The Color Purple (VH) VH0378, 1987
*Doing as They Can (VH) VH0504, 1987
*Eskimo Artist Kenojuak (MP) C00533, 1964
*Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists (VH) VH1902, 1992
*Toni Morrison (VH) VH1713, 1992
*Gloria Naylor (VH) VH1712, 1992
*Betye and Alison Saar: Conjure Women of the Arts (VH) VH1840, 1994
*Alice Walker (VH) VH1711, 1992
*Home: Sarah Winnemucca (VH) VH2284

Women and Medical Issues (*Title, Order #, Year)

*What People are Calling PMS (VH) VH1263, 1987
*When Abortion was Illegal: The Untold Story (VH) VH1722, 1992
*When Teens Get Pregnant (MP) C00939

Women and Music (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues (VH) VH0327, 1989
*Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Rock Videos (VH) VH1483, 1990

Women and Political Activism (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (VH) VH1552, 1993
*A Century of Women: Sexuality and Social Injustice (VH) VH1920, 1984
*Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (VH) VH1883, 1988
*The Gail Mayville Story (VH) VH1451, 1991
*Women of Hull-House (VH) VH1394, 1992

Women and Rape (and Crime) (*Title, Order #, Year)

*And I’m a Rapist: A Story About Rage (VH) VH1018, 1990
*Crimes Against Women (VH) VH1664
*It Still Hurts (VH) VH0392, 1984
*Men, Sex and Rape (VH) VH1406, 1992
*Rape: An Act of Hate (VH) VH0877, 1986
*Rape Culture (VH) VH1600, 1983
*Rape: Not Always a Stranger (VH) VH0702, 1988
*Rape Prevention: Trust Your Instincts (VH) VH0524, 1989
*Rape: The Right to Resist (MP) C00788, 1975

Women’s Studies - General (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (VH) VH0136, 1973
*Choreography of the Hands: The Work of Dorothy Taubman (VH) VH0050, 1986
*Daughters of Free Men (VH) VH0503, 1987
*Doing as They Can (VH) VH0504, 1987
*Fifty-One Percent (MP) D00529, 1972
*First Lady of the World: Eleanor Roosevelt (MP) C00728, 1974
*Great Women in American History (VH) VH2112, 1996
*Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl (VH) VH1643, 1993
*Anne Hutchinson (MP) D00162, 1965
*She’s Nobody’s Baby: A History of American Women in the 20th Century (MP) D00668, 1982
*Mary Silliman’s War (VH) VH1492, 1993
*Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (VH) VH0959, 1989
*Women First & Foremost, Volume One: Remember the Ladies (VH) VH1944, 1996
*Women First & Foremost, Volume Two: Touching the Clouds With Pen and Plane (VH) VH1945, 1996
*Women First & Foremost, Volume Three: A Lady in the Spotlight (VH) VH1946, 1996
*The Women Get the Vote (MP) D00749, 1962

Women and Substance Abuse (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Is Mommy Alright? (VH) VH1586, 1993
*Mothers’ Perspectives on Children Exposed to Drugs and Alcohol (VH) VH1584, 1991

Women and Theater (*Title, Order #, Year)

*Aristophanes: Women in Power: Plautus: The Braggart Soldier (VH) VH0434, 1976
*Women First & Foremost, Volume Three: A Lady in the Spotlight (VH) VH1946, 1996

Women and Work (*Title, Order #, Year)

*"Good Morning Miss Toliver" (VH) VH1485, 1993
*Heather Becomes a Fire Fighter (VH) VH0084, 1980
*Mrs. Cop (MP) C00833
*Women in Management: Threat or Opportunity (MP) D00547, 1975
*A Century of Women: Work and Family (VH) VH1921, 1984

Women Writers (*Title, Order #, Year)

*American Poets: Voices & Visions (Series) Includes:
~~Elizabeth Bishop (VH) VH1164, 1988
~~Emily Dickinson (VH) VH1166, 1988
~~Marianne Moore (VH) VH1171, 1988
~~Sylvia Plath (VH) VH1172, 1988
*The Belle of Amherst (VH) VH1696, 1976
*Bookmark: Program 3 - Isabel Allende (VH) VH1010, 1991
*Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (VH) VH1552, 1993
*The Color Purple (VH) VH0378, 1987
*Distant Voices: Myth, Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry (VH) VH0907, 1992
*Toni Morrison (VH) VH1713, 1992
*Gloria Naylor (VH) VH1712, 1992
*Alice Walker (VH) VH1711, 1992

 

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