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Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Any title reviewed below for 50% off!
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We are happy to announce that eleven Women Make Movies films are reviewed in the latest issue of Feminist Films for the Classroom! To celebrate, we are offering an incredible discount: any film included in this issue at 50% off!*
This amazing collection of WMM films reviewed cover a various array of issues from the women's movement in Islamic culture, to a transnational perspective on sex trafficking, to media representation of young girls and women, to music and social change. Each review outlines how the films can be used as tools to teach the subject in the feminist classroom. See excerpts of the reviews for each film below:
The Price of Sex
"The strength of The Price of Sex lies in its ability to show the overdetermined character of sex trafficking." See more.
"...the film along with its website provide insight and offer a variety of tools that facilitate understanding how these issues impact young women and girls." See more.
"...more than ever how influential this notion of being sexy is to tween and teenage girls today which makes Sexy Inc. a timely film." See more.
"I recommend the film for classroom use-in women's studies, international studies, political science, and sociology-but individual viewers also will find the film instructive and inspiring." See more.
"Twenty-two years after it was made The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash remains one of the most insightful interviews with the now iconic filmmaker, Julie Dash." See more.
"Hand in hand with her critique of digital technologies of visualization, Biemann constructs a thought-provoking visual rendering of instances of national impoverishment as well as of the strategies for economic development that rest on the exploitation of women's sexual labor." See more.
"The portrait... of older female activists... serv[es] as useful pedagogical tool within a number of disciplines including women's studies, social gerontology, sociology, developmental psychology, and cultural studies." See more.
"The road trip at the heart of the documentary serves as a metaphor for moving from secrecy and shame to openness and acceptance...In the process, Hart's film not only paints a compassionate portrait of people coming to terms with intersex, but crucially also interrogates rigidly defined constructs of gender, sexuality, and normality." See more.
"Voices Unveiled can be utilized by educators to highlight women's issues and the struggle of women's movements in non-Western contexts and predominantly Islamic cultures." See more.
"The film is a sensitive portrait of a woman whose artistic life has become wholly devoted to the awareness and education music can bring to people...Ultimately hopeful and inspiring, the film depicts strategies for education and organizing using music for social change." See more.
"...it can be a useful tool in the feminist classroom for understanding not only where women fit in the Catholic Church, but how they act and claim their personhood within a hierarchal institution." See more.
FFC endeavors to serve as a dynamic resource for educators and librarians and to enhance feminist curricula, bringing film into the classroom through thought-provoking, relevant, and dynamic content.To read the reviews in full, please see Issue 5.1 of Films for the Feminist Classroom.
*Enter code FFCE2014 at checkout to apply your discount. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Other exceptions may apply. Offer expires October 15, 2014.
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About WMM:
Since our beginnings in 1972, WMM has grown from a feminist filmmakers' collective into an industry-leading nonprofit media arts organization and distributor. For over 40 years, WMM has transformed the landscape of filmmaking for women directors and producers, bringing the issues facing women around the world to screens everywhere. Now, with more than 550 films in our catalog, including Academy®, Emmy®, Peabody and Sundance nominees and award winners, WMM is the largest distributor of films by and about women in the world. Women Make Movies. By Women. About Women. For Everyone.
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