Gloria Steinem

Discover the story of humanity and space exploration as witnessed in the interrelated events of 1968 and 2020.

A rousing portrait of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures of the 20th century, who fought passionately for justice and equality for women.

Gloria Steinem fue una de las figuras iconicas del movimiento revolucionario por la igualdad, destacando desde su primera experiencia de activismo social entre las mujeres de la India, pasando por su trabajo como periodista en la década de los 60, hasta la histórica Conferencia Nacional de la Mujer de 1977. Así, formó un camino que le permitió escuchar y conectarse profundamente con la gente, entendiendo su contexto y permitiéndole formar parte de un movimiento que cambiaría el mundo.

Gloria Steinem fue una de las figuras iconicas del movimiento revolucionario por la igualdad, destacando desde su primera experiencia de activismo social entre las mujeres de la India, pasando por su trabajo como periodista en la década de los 60, hasta la histórica Conferencia Nacional de la Mujer de 1977. Así, formó un camino que le permitió escuchar y conectarse profundamente con la gente, entendiendo su contexto y permitiéndole formar parte de un movimiento que cambiaría el mundo.

Gloria Steinem fue una de las figuras iconicas del movimiento revolucionario por la igualdad, destacando desde su primera experiencia de activismo social entre las mujeres de la India, pasando por su trabajo como periodista en la década de los 60, hasta la histórica Conferencia Nacional de la Mujer de 1977. Así, formó un camino que le permitió escuchar y conectarse profundamente con la gente, entendiendo su contexto y permitiéndole formar parte de un movimiento que cambiaría el mundo.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis fue la mujer más famosa del mundo, la descripción viviente de glamur, admirada por todos. Pero Jackie Kennedy Onassis fue, además, una persona compleja, llena de capas y extremadamente reservada, completando así una personalidad enigmática y fascinante. Protagonista de algunos momentos que hicieron historia en el siglo XX, este documental nos propone un recorrido por su figura, desde su imagen como Primera Dama y viuda hasta su menos oficial papel como icono de la moda.Un archivo increíble y varias entrevistas con Jackie y sus amigos nos ofrecen un documental muy completo por el que descubrimos a la mujer que cautivó al mundo mientras controlaba con mano férrea su propia historia.

"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. Mohawk Clan Mother Louise Herne and Professor Sally Roesch Wagner shake the foundation of the established history of the women’s rights movement in the United States. They join forces on a journey to shed light on the hidden history of the influence of Haudenosaunee Women on the women’s rights movement, possibly changing this historical narrative forever.

Examina el tema a menudo pasado por alto, pero insidioso, de la supresión de votantes en los Estados Unidos en anticipación a las elecciones presidenciales de 2020. Con la perspectiva y la experiencia de Stacey Abrams, la exlíder de la minoría de la Cámara de Representantes de Georgia, la película ofrece una mirada privilegiada a las leyes y barreras al voto que la mayoría de la gente ni siquiera sabe que es una amenaza para sus derechos básicos como ciudadanos los Estados Unidos.

Pari, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a pilot while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream.

A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.

Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.

Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.

For years men have thought women had a lower sexdrive? Can men be proven wrong again? The film explores the the scientific, historical, biological and social aspects behind the female sex drive and female gaze.

Una mirada a la vida y obra de la jurista Ruth Bader Ginsburg, jueza del Tribunal Supremo de los EE.UU. desde 1993. A la edad de 85 años, la jueza del Tribunal Supremo de EEUU, Ruth Bader Ginsbur (RBG ), considerada del ala liberal de la Corte del Supremo, ha desarrollado un largo legado legal y se ha convertido en un icono inesperado de la cultura pop. Sin embargo, la extraordinaria trayectoria personal de Ruth hacia la corte más alta de la nación ha sido en gran parte desconocida, hasta ahora. RBG explora la vida y la carrera de Ginsburg.

In her 59 years, Barbie has become a fashion icon, a lightning rod and a target for feminists. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, featuring newly discovered footage and unprecedented access...

Gloria Allred, abogada de derechos de las mujeres, toma los nombres más importantes de la cultura estadounidense a medida que la cobertura de acusaciones de agresión sexual en los medios se hace más frecuente.

An unflinching look at how women are treated in the USA today examining issues such as workplace harassment, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. It shows how discriminatory attitudes still prevail and influence society and argues for the need to improve laws that claim to protect women.

One in four women experience violence in their homes. Have you ever asked, “Why doesn't she just leave?” Private Violence shatters the brutality of our logic and intimately reveals the stories of two women: Deanna Walters, who transforms from victim to survivor, and Kit Gruelle, who advocates for justice.

A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is interviewed by Peter Kunhardt as she discusses her childhood, her career, the women's movement, and her personal life

The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.

Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman between 64 and 94 years old. Among those featured in this extraordinary exploration of womanhood are famed model-turned-actress Lauren Hutton, screen and stage legend Rita Moreno and Hollywood pioneer Eartha Kitt.

Documental que sigue a Michael Moore durante un recorrido por 62 ciudades de los Estados Unidos, mientras anima a la juventud a votar en las elecciones que enfrentaron a George W. Bush y a John Kerry en el año 2004. Moore estrenará el documental gratuitamente en Internet, estando disponible para los estadounidenses a partir del 23 de Septiembre de 2008, durante tres semanas. Posteriormente lo lanzará en DVD ese mismo año.

An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.

Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.

Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. The pageant is about commercialism and sexual politics, about big business and small towns. But beyond the symbolism lies a human story—at once moving, inspiring, infuriating, funny, and poignant. Combining rare archival footage, with a host of intimate interviews with distinguished commentators including Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Isaac Mizrahi, former contestants and behind–the–scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and why others briefly rejected it - how the pageant became a battle ground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society.

Takes a look at the rise and fall of Linda Lovelace, the first major porn star.

The Righteous Babes shows how the self-affirmative music of young women is renewing the 90's feminism. In the film, audience can experience feminism not in the library but in the rock concert hall. The film shows interviews and performances. In addition, controversial feminists along with American and British women journalists share their views on pop culture.

In an era of antifeminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of Thank God I’m a Lesbian forcefully reminds us that the revolution continues. Powerful interviews with feminist leaders including bell hooks, Gloria Steinem, and Urvsahi Vaid are intercut with documentary sequences to engagingly explore the past and present status of the women’s movement. Discussing the unique contributions of second wave feminism, they explore their racial, economic and ideological differences and shared vision of achieving equality for women. Anessential component of women’s studies curricula, My Feminism introduces feminism’s key themeswhile exposing the cultural fears underlying lesbian baiting, backlash, and political extremism.

En Nueva York, tres mujeres maduras, antiguas compañeras, coinciden en el entierro de una amiga común. Son tres divorciadas que llegan a la conclusión de que sus maridos las han abandonado por mujeres más jóvenes. Deciden entonces formar un club para vengarse de ellos.

Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas transformed our conception of the mind. Yet, fears and obsessions wracked the father of psychoanalysis. His theories continue to inspire debate, even as the discipline he invented drifts farther from his work. Through personal letters, diaries and interviews with biographers, psychiatrists and Freud's grandchildren, this documentary explores the life of the man who was once derided as the doctor of love.

FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars. Were these professed victims of secret satanic cults really helped by the psychiatric care they received?

This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenges commonly accepted truths about the global economy. The filmmakers detail Waring's early rise to political prominence and her successful protests against nuclear arms. Waring also speaks candidly about wartime economies, suggesting that government policies tend to marginalize the fiscal contributions of women.

Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Parker reading poetry and scenes from the 1994 film on Parker's life, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Matthew Broderick.

A lawyer fights a losing battle against the courts to overturn the death sentence for a convicted female robber/murderer despite demands from the woman that her death sentence be carried out.

Interviews with people whom Gloria Steinem calls "pink collar" workers--those who wait tables.

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.

Utitlising humour, fantasy, animation, poetry and theatrics, Hochman and her crew challenge the male establishment for ignoring the first meeting of the National Women's Political Caucus and Shirley Chisholm's bid for US vice-president.

A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs.

"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.

A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.