Les nouvelles Èves (2021)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 20M
Director : Camille Budin, Annie Gisler, Jela Hasler, Thaïs Odermatt, Anna Thommen, Wendy Pillonel
Sinopsis
June 2020, Corona, one year after the national women's strike. Six directors dive into the everyday life of six women and explore what it means to be a woman in today's Switzerland.
Crónica de la rivalidad existente entre el extenista profesional, de 55 años, Bobby Riggs, y su oponente de 29 años de edad, la carismática tenista Billie Jean King, quienes se enfrentaron en un partido legendario en 1973. Entonces se quería conocer si una tenista profesional podía realmente vencer a un hombre (aunque éste ya se hubiese retirado de las pistas). El evento atrajo a más de 50 millones de estadounidenses y que se publicitó como 'La batalla de sexos'.
Una sola mujer puede marcar la diferencia. En 1968, para protestar por la diferencia de sueldos entre ellas y los hombres de la empresa, casi 200 trabajadoras de la Ford Dagenham se declararon en huelga. Este hecho histórico, que acabó teniendo como resultado la Equal Pay Act, es en el que se basa "Pago justo". Del director de "El jardín de la alegría" y "Las chicas del calendario" llega "Pago justo", una película británica basada en una historia real sobre la lucha de las mujeres por la igualdad de salarios en los años 60. Estuvo nominada a cuatro premios BAFTA, incluyendo Mejor Película Británica y Mejor Actriz Secundaria.
Abby Johnson (Ashley Bratcher) es una de las directoras más jóvenes de las clínicas "Planned Parenthood" que existen en la nación. Ejerciendo ese cargo ha estado involucrada hasta en 22.000 abortos y ha aconsejado a innumerables mujeres con respecto a la toma de decisiones relacionadas con la reproducción. Su pasión por la materia la llevaría a convertirse en la portavoz de la franquicia, luchando por establecer la legislación en que la ha que creído firmemente desde su adolescencia. Sin embargo, un día su perspectiva toma un inesperado rumbo tras presenciar algo que la marcará de por vida.
Inglaterra, 1600. La reina Isabel I promete a Orlando, un joven noble obsesionado con la poesía, que le otorgará tierras y fortuna si accede a satisfacer una petición muy particular.
Biopic about the life of Whina Cooper, an activist who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of fellow Māori women.
Tres astronautas estadounidenses y el profesor Konrad realizan una misión rutinaria cuando su nave es atacada, desviada de su rumbo y acaba estrellándose en Venus. Tras descubrir que en ese planeta sólo viven mujeres, son hechos prisioneros, pues la reina odia a todos los hombres y, además, cree que son espías que están preparando una invasión.
En 1971, las mujeres todavía no podían votar en Suiza. Nora es una joven ama de casa y madre de dos hijos que vive en un pequeño y pintoresco pueblo donde las noticias de las protestas por los derechos civiles, la revolución sexual y los movimientos contraculturales apenas son un tema de discusión. Nora es una persona tranquila que cuenta con la simpatía de todos. Pero cuando su marido le prohíbe aceptar un trabajo a tiempo parcial, la frustración la lleva a comenzar a luchar públicamente por el sufragio femenino. Su nueva fama conlleva amenazas y el posible fin de su matrimonio, pero ella se niega a dar marcha atrás, y convence a las mujeres del pueblo para ir a la huelga mientras descubre aspectos sobre su propia liberación. Las tranquilas vidas de sus vecinos se verán afectadas por completo.
Seeking refuge on an island in Upstate New York, a married couple's final attempt to salvage their failing relationship takes a turn for the worse when the husband begins to regress emotionally, mentally, and physically.
Primer largometraje profesional que realiza una mujer judía ortodoxa, La Esposa Prometida es una invitación a la vida privada de una familia que vive aislada en un movimiento religioso ortodoxo y místico dentro del judaísmo, en Tel Aviv, Israel. La historia muestra los deseos, aspiraciones y secretos de Shira, una joven próxima a contraer nupcias con el chico de sus sueños. La inesperada muerte de su hermana mayor al dar a luz, cambia radicalmente sus planes, pues su familia propone casarla con su cuñado viudo
In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough. They started fighting back, creating a movement to force changes in their workplaces. This movement became national, and is a largely forgotten story of U.S. twentieth century history. It encapsulates a unique intersection of the women’s movement with the labor movement. The awareness these secretaries brought to bear on women’s work reverberates even today. Clericals were the low-wage workers of their era. America now confronts the growing reality of deep income inequality. The stories and strategies of these bold, creative women resonates in contemporary America.
An unprecedented access to a number of Saudi women in the capital city of Riyadh as they embrace the freedom that comes from being behind the wheel.The Saudi Women’s Driving School is said to be the world's largest driving school, which caters exclusively to women since the ban on female drivers was lifted in 2017.
Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
Three months before the 2019 World Cup, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation. At the center of this no-holds-barred account are the players themselves–Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and others–who share their stories of courage and resiliency as they take on the biggest fight for women's rights since Title IX.
On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying moments, captured on cell phones, appeared on computer screens across the world, focusing the world's attention on mass protests against the rigged elections in Iran. Featuring previously unseen footage of Neda with friend and family, as well as exclusive video of her recorded the day she died, "For Neda" debuts just before the anniversary of her death.
Five women veterans who have endured unimaginable trauma in service create a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of stranded homeless women veterans by entering a competition that unexpectedly catalyzes moving events in their own lives.
A popular prime minister candidate and a well-known thriller book writer face each other in court after she accuses him of sexual abuse just before the election.
WOMaN is a visual exploration of the becoming and realizing of what it means to be a woman in this day and age. An experimental film told from the heart of SUBLIMEBBABY and eyes of Angelo Bote — complex, strong, independent, aggressive, soft, vulnerable. We embrace both masculine and feminine aspects following the woman on screen. “To maintain an interest in life, to laugh at the little/big things. To embrace my feminine energy but let my masculine shine in coexistence. These are my promises to my younger self.”
A newly designed spacecraft capable of going through time is sent to Mars to rescue a crew previously lost on Mars. The ship is sent through the past but to the wrong time, years later than the first crew. Once they land on Mars, the crew finds that it is a place where Bararians rule. The leader of the Barbarians is a female battle warrior named Giza that wants their ship to use as her own chariot through time where she hopes to steal the ancient power of the Masha. With that power, she will gain complete control of the Siperion Empire. - Empire of Danger is the sequel to the movie "Lost on Mars"
Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.