Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

An exploration of the unique culture of Newfoundland's outports, the film revisits the PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the inter...

Georgia O'Keeffe appears on camera for the first time to talk candidly about her work and her life in this 1977 documentary.

The thoughts, words, and compelling presence of Gertrude Stein flows richly through this portrait of the author's Paris years from 1905 through the 19...

This documentary portrait is the first to celebrate the only American member of the French Impressionist school and the first American woman to become...

A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.

Two young women discuss how they discovered their interest in women. In a straightforward, candid manner, they relate early experiences through which...

A 1975 documentary short about a strike being conducted by public-housing residents in St. Louis.

A 1971 film study of a Japanese American who lived in a detention camp during World War II.

Short documentary about the Sahara-dwelling Toubou, a tribe in which the women are treated as equals by the men.

Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination....

Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of dif...

An extremely rare subject by the famed still photographer. A 1934 short.

A 1980 short about the life and work of 80-year-old practicing psychiatrist Lila Bonner-Miller, who is at once a doctor, a church leader, an artist, a...

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Thi...

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Whe...