94m; U.S.
Director: George Cuckor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ian Saynor and Bill Fraser
Synopsis: A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
80m; France
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry
Synopsis (IMDB): A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police’s description. His name is Amedee Lange, he murdered Batala in Paris. His lady friend Valentine tells the whole story : Lange was an employee in Batala’s little printing works. Batala was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers of Valentine’s laundry… One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. But the plot is less important that the description of the atmosphere just before the Popular Front government.
7m; U.K.
Director: Matthew Hoad-Robson
Synopsis: Slick and stylish, a man and a woman compete for the same job. They meet in a bold, stark environment, each desperate to win out over the other.
Contact: Youtube link to full film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E93BCu3pKvc Found on 2007 Palms Springs Shorts Film Festival: http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19323&FID=31
45m
Director: Ann Simonton
Synopsis: Shared Hope International’s explosive new documentary, featuring investigative footage of the dark and hidden world of sex traffickers, pimps and buyers. DEMAND. exposes the men who buy commercial sex, the vulnerable women and children sold as commodities, and the facilitators of the sale within the marketplace of exploitation.
http://www.sharedhope.org/what/videos.asp recc by Ann Simonton It talks about the women’s labor in the sex industry a topic too often ignored. It is 45 minutes and I could help set up a panel for what folks can do and people to field questions in all cities listed below. Thanks, Ann Simonton
90m
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Synopsis: Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
91m; U.S.
Director: Nancy Savoca
Cast: Julieta Ortiz, Deborah Hedwall and John Tormey
Synopsis (IMDB): Dolores is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who works as a housemaid in New York City. Under the constant fear of likely deportation, she wonders whether she should return to her country. Her decision to leave is strengthened when her life is suddenly complicated by a series of unfortunate events.
150m; U.S.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Fonda, Mike Bacarella, Etel Billig and Phyllis Boyens
Synopsis (IMDB): Jane Fonda gives an Emmy-winning performance as Gertie Nevels, a pioneer woman and the mother of five from the Kentucky hills who is forced to uproot her children to follow her husband Clovis (Levon Helm) to Detroit when he finds work during World War II. One setback follows another and shattering tragedy strikes the family. It’s all up to Gertie to find new strength, courage and determination to keep her family together and strong.
40m; U.S.
Director: The Women’s Film Project
Synopsis: Uses film clips, old photographs, and newsreel footage to trace women’s struggle to attain equal rights in education, employment, politics and in the courts.
13m; U.S.
Director: Caroline Leaf
Synopsis (IMDB): This open-ended drama is designed to trigger discussion on the subject of equal opportunities for women in the workplace and on the role of unions in securing those opportunities and eliminating discriminatory labor practices. Though set within a hospital and focusing on one of several staff women who are denied access to a pharmacy training program despite suitable qualifications, the underlying premises, conflicts, and responses have implications that reach far beyond the hospital walls
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