Amazonia
A film by Nandini Sikand, 2001, 8 min., Color/BW
In this highly personal and visually evocative testimonial, critically acclaimed South Asian filmmaker Nandini Sikand poignantly presents her sister’s...

The Body Beautiful
A film by Ngozi Onwurah, 1991, 23 min., Color
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals t...

A Boy Named Sue
A film by Julie Wyman, 2000, 56 min., Color
Julie Wyman's compelling documentary chronicles the transformation of a transsexual named Theo from a woman to a man over the course of six years. The...

Cancer in Two Voices
A film by Lucy Massie Phenix based on original films by Ann Hershey, 1994, 43 min., Color
“I’m the first among our friends to have cancer... Many will see their future in the way I handle mine,” Barbara Rosenblum wrote after learning she ha...

The Children We Sacrifice
A film by Grace Poore, 2000, 61 min., Color
Shot in India, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States, and screened in 18 countries, this evocative, visually powerful documentary is about incestuou...

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
A film by Deborah Hoffmann, 1994, 44 min., Color
With profound insight and a healthy dose of levity, COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER chronicles the various stages of a mother's Alzheimer's Disease a...

Daughter of Suicide
A film by Dempsey Rice, 1999, 72 min., Color
"My mother's suicide is the single most defining event in my life. It's like there's before and there's after and everything is different after." Dem...

Delirium
A film by Mindy Faber, 1993, 23 min., Color
Taking her mother's mental illness as its point of departure, Mindy Faber's DELIRIUM exposes the historical relationship between women and madness wit...

Dialogues with Madwomen
A film by Allie Light, 1993, 90 min., Color
"I was always so afraid that someone would ask me (where I was when JFK was shot), and I would have to say I was in a mental institution", says direct...

DiAna's Hair Ego:
A film by Ellen Spiro, 1990, 29 min., Color
Realizing the extreme inadequacy of local information on AIDS prevention, cosmetologist DiAna DiAna, with her partner Dr. Bambi Sumpter, took on the t...

The Education of Shelby Knox
A film by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, 2005, 74 min., Color
Winner of the Sundance Best Cinematography Award and the SXSW Audience Award, WMM is pleased to be finally releasing this fascinating and powerful doc...

The Fragile Promise of Choice
Directed by Dorothy Fadiman
Produced by Beth Seltzer, 1996, 57 min., 1 in series, Color
"The World Health Organization estimates that unsafe abortions cause more than 75,000 deaths annually, worldwide. GIRE, a major reproductive rights g...

From Bedside to Bargaining Table
A film by Tami Gold and Lyn Goldfarb, 1984, 20 min.
This inspiring documentary looks at nursing from the nurse's point of view, encouraging healthcare professionals to work together to change their poor...

From Danger to Dignity
A film by Dorothy Fadiman, Daniel Meyers and Beth Seltzer, 1995, 57 min., 2 in series, Color
This eye-opening documentary chronicles the double-pronged movement-the grassroots activism and intensive legislative lobbying- that culminated in Roe...

Golden Threads
A film by Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton, 1999, 56 min., Color
Profiling the life of 93 year old lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of a global networking service for mid-life and elder lesbians this docum...

Healthcaring
A film by Denise Bostrom and Jane Warrenbrand, 1976, 32 min.
A classic chronicle of women's relationship to gynecology and healthcare, produced by Women Make Movies. In this bold and sensitive documentary, women...

A Healthy Baby Girl
A film by Judith Helfand, 1996, 57 min., Color
In 1963 filmmaker Judith Helfand's mother was prescribed the ineffective, carcinogenic synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol (DES), meant to prevent mi...

Her Giveaway
A film by Mona Smith, 1988, 21 min., Color
Carole Lafavor (Ojibwe), activist, mother and registered nurse, is a person with AIDS. In this candid and moving portrait, Lafavor relates how she has...

Honoring Our Voices
A film by Judi Jeffrey, 1992, 33 min., Color
Sharing their stories about recovery and healing, six Native women of different ages and backgrounds talk about the choices they have made to overcome...

Hózhó of Native Women
A film by Beverly R. Singer (Tewa Pueblo, Navajo), 1997, 29 min., Color
"Five Native American Women from diverse tribal backgrounds tell moving stories, from their lives and cultural memory that concern wellness — physical...

I Had an Abortion
A film by Gillian Aldrich and Jennifer Baumgardner, 2005, 55 min., Color
Underneath the din of politicians posturing about "life" and "choice" and beyond the shouted slogans about murder and rights, there are real stories o...

I Need Your Full Cooperation/Underexposed
A film by Kathy High, 1989, 28 min., Color
In these two compelling videos, Kathy High explores the relationship between women’s bodies and the medical institution. Now a classic, I NEED YOUR FU...

In Sickness and In Health
A film by Pilar Prassas, Edited by Peter Heacock, 2007, 56 min., Color
“In typical marriage vows, 'til death do us part' is the phrase that follows 'in sickness and in heath.' But to many gay and lesbian Americans, saying...

Jane: An Abortion Service
A film by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy, 1996, 58 min., Color
This fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who per...

Mirror Mirror
A film by Jan Krawitz, 1990, 17 min., Color
MIRROR MIRROR provocatively explores the relationship between a woman's body image and the quest for an idealized female form. 13 women, of varying ag...

My Feminism
A film by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert, 1997, 55 min., Color
In an era of anti-feminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of THANK GOD I'M A LESBIAN forcefully reminds us that the revolution co...

My Left Breast
A film by Gerry Rogers, 2000, 57 min., Color
“Every once in a while someone comes up with a film that sends us a clear signal that it's time to re-evaluate our lives. The film MY LEFT BREAST is n...

New Directions
A 4-part series by Joanne Burke, 1997, 145 min., 4 in series, Color
NEW DIRECTIONS is award-winning documentarian Joanne Burke's series about women's empowerment in developing countries. Each one spotlights the critic...

On Becoming a Woman
Directed by Cheryl Chisholm, 1987, 90 min., Color
This extraordinary documentary provides rare insights into some important health issues for African American women. Although it was produced before A...

On the Eighth Day
A two-part film series by Gwynne Basen, 1992, 51 min., 2 in series, Color
ON THE EIGHT DAY, a two-part film series, is critical viewing about new reproductive and genetic technologies and poses disturbing questions about why...

The Pill
A film by Erna Buffie and Elise Swerhone, 1999, 45 min., Color
Conceived to help women control their fertility, the birth control pill was a touchstone for sexual liberation in the 1960s and is now used by million...

Prescription for Change
A film by Tami Gold and Lyn Goldfarb, 1986, 30 min.
Nurses: traditionally female, underpaid, and under appreciated.PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE presents a rare behind-the-scenes look at nursing....

Quick Brown Fox: An Alzheimer's Story
A film by Ann Hedreen and Rustin Thompson, 2004, 62 min., Color
Who are you if you can’t remember who you are? Ann Hedreen’s mother started showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease at the barely-old age of 60. Thoug...

Rachel's Daughters
A film by Allie Light and Irving Saraf
Produced with Nancy Evans, 1997, 107 min., Color
From the makers of the Oscar-winning IN THE SHADOWS OF THE STARS, this fascinating documentary follows a group of women - all breast cancer activists ...

Sir: Just a Normal Guy
A film by Melanie La Rosa, 2001, 57 min., Color
Screened to acclaim at Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals worldwide and LBGT events across the nation, this candid and courageous portrait of more than 15-m...

Skin Deep
A film by Alexandra Halkin and Deb Ellis, 1997, 15 min., Color
SKIN DEEP combines views from Norplant users, community health advocates, and experts in a social and political analysis of the use of this new contra...

Speaking Out: Women, AIDS and Hope in Mali
A film by Joanne Burke, 2002, 55 min., 4 in series, Color
The fourth installment of Joanne Burke’s critically acclaimed NEW DIRECTIONS series on women's empowerment in developing countries, SPEAKING OUT prese...

Under the Skin Game
A film by Diane Nerwen, 1996, 18 min., Color
Visually and politically provocative, UNDER THE SKIN GAME combines images from instructional films, 1950's melodrama, and the nightly news to show how...

Underexposed
A film by Kathy High, 1992, 72 min., Color
Combining drama and documentary, UNDEREXPOSED: THE TEMPLE OF THE FETUS is a savvy and creative probe into high-tech baby-making. The fictional framew...

New Directions: Women of Guatemala
A film by Joanne Burke, 2000, 26 min., Color
Part of the new generation of Mayan women, Maria Del Carmen Chavajay and Micaela Chavajay, are two sisters who head the Health Promoter Group of San P...

Women of Substance
A documentary by Rory Kennedy and Robin Smith, 1994, 55 min., Color
With passion and clarity, WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE opens the door on the struggles and triumphs fo women overcoming addiction during pregnancy and motherhoo...

New Directions: Women of Thailand
A film by Joanne Burke, 1997, 26 min., Color
In Klong Toey, Bangkok's largest slum, Duang Prateep, a foundation created and run entirely by women provides empowering choices and role models to th...

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