Joan Micklin Silver

A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.

La historia de tres mujeres que viven en un pequeño pueblo de Carolina del Norte y desafían los roles que la tradicional sociedad en la que viven les ha impuesto.

A nanny is hired by a troubled mother and finds herself fighting to hold together the entire family when she realizes the woman has an imaginary daughter.

Sam y Molly llevan 40 años casados, sus hijos ya tienen su propia vida y hogar, y sólo les queda su relación. Pero un día Molly decide criar una carpa en la bañera, lo cual va a poner su ya larga convivencia en jaque.

Año 1943. Ghetto judío de Varsovia. Polonia ocupada por los nazis. Los oficiales de las SS creían que los judíos eran infrahumanos y, por lo tanto, tenían la misma condición que los animales. El rabino Adán Séller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) y su hija Rachel (Elina Löwensohn), igual que el resto de judíos, pasaban hambre y tenían un miedo constante a la posibilidad de ser enviados a un campo de concentración. El rabino, un hombre pacífico, intentaba animar a los otros para que tuvieran un poco de esperanza y continuaran rogando. Pero en los momentos más difíciles, donde era evidente la superioridad de los nazis, Adán y toda su familia veía como el sufrimiento no cesaba, a pesar de sus llamadas al cielo..

The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.

A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.

Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - about a mother whose son has ceased to go to prison for visits. The third - about the experiences of women on the eve of its release.

Randy Bodek (Patrick Dempsey) es un joven estudiante que pasa por una "mala racha" al comienzo de sus vacaciones veraniegas. Ha acabado el curso con malas notas y, para colmo, su novia decide dejarle porque no se atreve a comunicarle a sus padres que vive con ella. Ante la escasa confianza en la disposición a estudiar de su hijo, el padre de Randy, rehusa pagarle la matrícula para el próximo curso . Para conseguir dinero, acepta un empleo de repartidor en "Señor Pizza", ataviado con un ridículo uniforme, que incluye un sombrerito mexicano y un mostacho postizo, con lo que consigue no mas de 4,8 dólares/hora. Pero todo cambia, cuando conoce a una bella y madura mujer: Alex Barnett (Barbara Carrera, "Nunca digas nunca jamás"). Rápidamente, Randy, se convierte en "el doctor del amor de Beverly Hills"

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Isabelle Grossman (Amy Irving), neoyorquina de 33 años, es una atractiva e inteligente mujer que ama la independencia por encima de muchas cosas. Tiene un buen empleo en una librería y vive en un bonito apartamento. A menudo visita a su abuela, Bubbie, quien desea fervientemente que Isabelle conozca a un hombre y asiente la cabeza de una vez por todas. Bubbie pide ayuda a Hannah Mandelbaum, una vieja casamentera, para que encuentre el hombre perfecto para su nieta: la solución parece ser Sam Posner (Peter Riegert), propietario de una tienda de pepinillos.

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.

This 1983 German documentary by Katja Raganelli features director Joan Micklin Silver; her husband, Ray Silver; and a handful of key collaborators discussing her film work, from her debut feature HESTER STREET through her romantic comedy HEAD OVER HEELS.

A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.

Charles Richardson narra su historia de amor con Laura, quien un año atrás, lo abandonó para regresar con su marido y su hijastra. Su romance comenzó en Salt Lake City, Utah. Fue un amor a primera vista. Laura estaba casada, pero se había separado temporalmente de su familia. Poco tiempo después de conocer a Charles estaba viviendo con él. No había sido nunca tan feliz, sin embargo, pensar en su marido y su hijastra le hacían sentirse culpable. Dos meses más tarde, volvió a su casa.

Charles Richardson narra su historia de amor con Laura, quien un año atrás, lo abandonó para regresar con su marido y su hijastra. Su romance comenzó en Salt Lake City, Utah. Fue un amor a primera vista. Laura estaba casada, pero se había separado temporalmente de su familia. Poco tiempo después de conocer a Charles estaba viviendo con él. No había sido nunca tan feliz, sin embargo, pensar en su marido y su hijastra le hacían sentirse culpable. Dos meses más tarde, volvió a su casa.

Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.

Historia de un periódico clandestino en Boston a punto de ser tomado por las grandes empresas.

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.

Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.

Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.

Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.

Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.

Mary Kay, Sandy y Sharon, tres mujeres que residen en la base militar de Florida, viven solas porque sus maridos están luchando en la guerra de Vietnam. Cada una de ellas vive la ausencia de forma diferente, esperando noticias y deseando que llegue el día en que su marido regrese a casa sano y salvo.

Mary Kay, Sandy y Sharon, tres mujeres que residen en la base militar de Florida, viven solas porque sus maridos están luchando en la guerra de Vietnam. Cada una de ellas vive la ausencia de forma diferente, esperando noticias y deseando que llegue el día en que su marido regrese a casa sano y salvo.

"A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family."

"A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family."