Women's Studies: Films and Videos
Hairpiece: A Film for Nappy-headed People
10 min., Women Make Movies, 1985 - Looks at African American women's hair within the context of the U.S. society and its construction of beauty. FILM
Half the Kingdom
59 min., Direct Cinema, 1989 - American, Canadian, and Israeli women talk about their struggle to redefine their roles in Jewish life and attempt to incorporate feminist values into their religion. HQ1172.H34 1989. VIDEO
Hands of Maria
17 min., RMI Films Productions, 1968 - Shows the hands of Maria Martinez as they work without the aid of a potter's when fashioning large pots by coiling ropes of clay in the much the same way her ancestors did. FILM
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
54 min., CRM/Mcgraw Hill, 1971 - Harriet Tubman was a woman of rare courage and abilities who helped runaway slaves escape to safety by way of the Underground Railroad. This film follows one of her most dangerous trips in November, 1865. FILM
Hearts and Hands
63 min., Ferraro Films, 1987 - diaries, letters, photographs and quilts tell the story of 19th century women in the U.S. HQ1418 .F472 1987. VIDEO
Hedda Gabler
108 min., Time-Life Video, 1976, - Ibsen's psychological drama tells of a beautiful woman who takes her own life to escape the colorless existence. PT8868 .A37 1976. VIDEO
Helen Keller in Her Story
45 min., BFA/Phoenix Films, 1953 - Helen Keller plays herself as this film traces her career from birth to age seventy-six, showing in detail how the blind, deaf and mute child overcame almost insuperable handicaps to become one of the world's great figures. Some of Miss Keller's famous friends appear. FILM
Hill vs. Thomas
45 min., Films for the Humanities, 2000- Archival footage covering the events surrounding the Judiciary Committee and Senate hearings regarding Anita Hill's sexual harrassment accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, with four CBS News correspondents providing their firsthand insights into the case. HD6060.5 H5 2000. VIDEO
Hispanic Journal, I and II
54 min., Rod Enterprises, 1988 - Interviews with Hispanic American professional women from the Los Angeles area. E184.S75 H572 1988. VIDEO
Hispanics: The Changing Role of Women
44 min., Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1998 - Several prominant Latina women discuss their changing role within the context of Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the center of the family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male perspective. E184S75 H59515 1998. VIDEO
Home Is Struggle: Historias Paralelas
Women Make Movies 1991 - about the struggles of women who have immigrated to the U.S. HQ 1410 H65 1991. VIDEO
Home of the Brave
53 min., The Cinema Guild, 1984 - Looks at Native American in both South and North America and their struggles to survive in the 1980's and Western development. Talks with several indigenous women to understand their point of view. FILM
Honored by the Moon
15 min., Women Make Movies, 1990. Native American lesbians and gay men talk about their lives. They speak of their unique historical and spiritual role, and of the sacredness associated with being lesbian or gay and having the power to bridge the worlds of male and female. E98.S48 H66 1990 VIDEO
Hozho of Native Women
29 min, distributed by Women Make Movies, 1996 - Presents excerpts from a conference on Native American women's health issues. Interviews with several native women concerning their personal life stories with regards to their society, cultural assismilation problems, and identity. E 98 S7 H694 1996 VIDEO
Hyenas
California Newsreel, 1993 - A wealthy prostitute returns to her home village and showers the villagers with money in return for their assistance in exacting revenge against the man who forced her into prostitution. PT2607.U493 B43 1993z. VIDEO