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Women's Studies: Films and Videos
Gap-toothed Women
39 min., Flower Films, 1989 - Presents interviews with 40 gap-toothed women -- their beliefs, lifestyles and explores if a space between one's teeth makes a difference. Uses this seemingly trivial subject to look at the cross currents of human nature. FILM
Georgia O'Keefe
58 min., Films Incorporated, 1977 - Interview with this artist photographed at her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, where she talks about her life and her work. Old photographs, scenes of the New Mexico countryside, and displays of her paintings are interspersed with the narrative. FILM
Georgia O'Keefe
60 min., Films Inc., 1977 - portrait in which this artist speaks freely and candidly about her life and work. ND 237. O5 G58. VIDEO
Gertrude Stein, When This You See, Remember Me
89 min., CRM/McGraw-Hill, 1972 - Film biography of this remarkable woman and her influence on early 20th Century art. Demonstrates that Ms. Stein was not locked into any of the conventional female roles. FILM
Girls like Us
60 min., New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1997 - This documentary explores female teenage experiences of sexuality and pregnancy. An ethnically diverse group of four working class girls strut, flirt and testify about their lives. HQ798 .G54 1997 . VIDEO
Giselle
99 min., Video Artists International - presents the 1965 performance of Alicia Alonso, a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. GV1790 .G5 G57 1988. VIDEO
Global Links: Women in the Third World
7 videocassette 191 min total - Looks at the economic impact of women in developing countries and efforts to bring rural and urban women together in decision making processes. HN980 G65 1987 pt.4 VIDEO
Gloria Steinem: Ms. America
50 min., New Video Group, 1995 - follows the life of the leader of the modern Women's Movement from a troubled and impoverished childhood to the forefront of feminism. HQ1413 .S675 G56 1995. VIDEO
Glorifying the American Girl
87 min., National Cinema Service, 1929 - A silent film classic produced under the supervision of Florenz Ziegfield which deals with a singer's climb to the big time at the prodding of her obnoxious mother. FILM
Goddess Remembered
55 min., Direct Cinema, 1990 - documentary which is a salute to the 35,500 years of "pre-History" and to the ancient goddess-worshipping religions. BL473.5 .G62 1990. VIDEO
Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho
52 min., by Don Edkins, Ute Hall & Mike Schlome. - A story about four Lesotho women whose husbands work as migrant gold miners in South Africa, often without returning home for five years at a time. Each woman tells her own story. HQ2039.S62 L47 1991. VIDEO
Great Black Women
52 min., Films for the Humanities and Sciences - looks at how African American women have triumphed over barriers to make significant contributions. Presents Carate Scott King, Lena Horne, Shirley Chisholm, Tina Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Marva Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, Patti LaBelle and "Mother Hale". E185.96 .G68 1990. VIDEO
Great Grandmother
29 min., New Day Films 1976 - Looks at the history of women who settled the western plains by underscoring the tremendous contributions women have made throughout history. FILM
Great Step : China Women in the 20th Century
2 videocassettes., Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001 - A two-part look at how Chinese women broke with their age-old traditions of subservience and prejudice to confront issues and agitate for reforms in the 20th century. HQ1767 .G73 2001 VIDEO
Grounds: Inhale the Scent of History
11 min., Canspeak Pictures, 2000 - During the Mexican Revolution, a widow buried a coffee can filled with family treasures and crossed into the U.S. The can was never found. More than 80 years later, the woman's great grandaughter uses her own story of moving to San Francisco to explore the scent of history and the texture of migratory memory. PN1997.5 G76 2000 VIDEO
Growing up Female
50 min., New Day Films, 1971 - Describes the socialization of women in the U.S. through a look into the lives of six females ranging in age from 4 to 35. Shows the action of such forces as parents, teachers, guidance counselor, the media, pop music and the institution of marriage. FILM
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