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30% – Women and Politics in Sierra Leone

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:41:14 +0000

A compelling mix of oil painted animation and live action reveals the stories of three extraordinary women as they fight to achieve fair representation for women in the governance of Sierra Leone.

Makers: Women Who Make America – Documentary

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:18:01 +0000

The film tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy. It’s a revolution that has unfolded in public and private, in courts and Congress, in the boardroom and the bedroom, changing not only what the world expects from women, but what women expect from themselves. MAKERS brings this story to life with priceless archival treasures and poignant, often funny interviews with those who led the fight, those who opposed it, and those first generations to benefit from its success. Trailblazing women like Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey share their memories, as do countless women who challenged the status quo in industries from coal-mining to medicine. MAKERS captures with music, humor, and the voices of the women who lived through these turbulent times the dizzying joy, aching frustration and ultimate triumph of a movement that turned America upside-down. A film by Kunhardt McGee Productions, Storyville Films, and WETA Washington D.C. in association with Ark Media EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Dyllan McGee Betsy West Peter Kunhardt Senior Producer Barak Goodman Narrated by Meryl Streep

Bridal Slaves

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:50:50 +0000

India has one of the world's fastest growing economies. But the southwest Asian country also has the largest number of slaves in the world. In the midst of widespread poverty, fueled by economic inequality and rampant corruption, a new form of slavery - bridal slavery - has flourished. Women and young girls are sold for as little as $120 to men who often burden them with strenuous labour and abuse them.

They injected me with drugs and beat me. Then I was sold on.

Jamila, a former bride slave In a country where female children are sometimes considered a financial burden, the common practice of infanticide and gender-selective abortion has led to a shortfall in the number of women available for marriage - something made all the more problematic by high dowry costs. Experts say this has encouraged bride trafficking. Jamila, a former bride slave, says her traffickers kidnapped and drugged her, before selling her to an abusive man. "He would hit me and beat me day and night. I would have to work all day in the heat. That's no life... Is it worth living?" Shafiq Khan, who runs a grassroots organisation dedicated to tracking down bride traffickers and their victims, explains: "The girls do equal amounts of work in two jobs. They are sex slaves, not just to one man but a group of 10 or 12 men. Apart from that there is agriculture - working on the farms with animals from morning until night."

Asian brides for sale

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:11:40 +0000

A flourishing mail order bride industry in Asia is leading to sex trafficking and domestic violence, even murder. The film investigates the dramatic increase in the trend in South Korea, and growing calls for stricter screening of interracial unions.

Naked Conversations with Nude Women

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:19:48 +0000

Nude women talk about woman, body, equality and science. Emulating goddess mythology and iconic paintings of reclining female nudes, dozens of contemporary nude women discuss a future world without men or at least one in which women have achieved perfect equality with men in every sphere of life. This is a "pilot" directed, written and produced by Thomas Lundy of Lundoxia Pictures.