Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.
A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.
In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.
A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost.
Numa aldeia muçulmana do Senegal a mutilação vaginal é uma prática ritualística pela qual todas as meninas ao entrarem na puberdade devem passar. Quatro meninas conseguem fugir do ritual e buscam proteção na casa de Collé, uma mulher que há pouco tempo foi a primeira a não permitir que sua filha fosse cortada. Para proteger as meninas Collé inicia o Moolaadé, uma tradição em que nenhuma mulher pode entrar em sua casa e que se pode ser quebrada se Collé pronunciar uma palavra. Uma disputa política vai se iniciar na aldeia para fazer com que Collé pronuncie a palavra a qualquer custo.
Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's caught by the police and put into isolation jail, Juliane remains as her last connection to the rest of the world. Although she doesn't accept her sister's arguments and her boyfriend Wolfgang doesn't want her to, Juliane keeps on helping her sister. She begins to question the way her sister is treated.
A obra revolucionária de Lizzie Borden sobre provocação feminista e futurismo está repleta de energia da revolução. Born in Flames é uma cápsula do tempo de Nova Iorque pré-gentrificação dos anos 1980 e um filme turbulento e relevante para o nosso presente discordante.
Utilizando-se de avançados efeitos especiais para a época, Vera Chytilová dirigiu esta obra surrealista que conta a história de duas garotas chamadas Marie, que decidem se adequar ao mundo como ele está: sendo depravadas. Portanto, ambas partem para uma série de encontros forjados e travessuras, desconstruindo o mundo ao seu redor.
In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.
A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.
The Lover’s Guide 3D is the latest in the best selling series of sex education DVDs that help to educate consenting adults in the pleasures of love making. By imparting knowledge of how the body works along with how to stimulate your partners desires by being attentive to their needs, showing you specific techniques and maintaining a clear open approach to the subject matter, the documentary manages to inform and express without the need to be graphic. By advocating safe sex within a loving relationship and an emphasis on increasing desire and sustaining sex, this educational tool should appeal to those starting out or those already in a stable relationship.
A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrated by the scheming aunt.
Militante marxista, Rosa Luxemburgo foi uma das mais proeminentes representantes do partido social-democrata alemão. Em 1915, ela rompe com a sigla por esta ter apoiado a participação da Alemanha na Primeira Guerra e passa a lutar contra o conflito.
France. A near and probable future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the order... But her relationship with a special man, Nono, will make her question profoundly the principles of the Doctrine.
Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing political consequences of discrimination and violence, the Feminist Art Revolution radically transformed the art and culture of our times.
Hanna foi criada nas terras geladas da Finlândia por seu pai, um ex-agente da CIA. Treinada para se tornar a assassina perfeita, a jovem leva uma vida completamente diferente daquela das outras garotas da sua idade. Certo dia, seu pai lhe dá uma missão arriscada e ela precisa atravessar a Europa enganando agentes muito experientes. Mas logo alguns segredos vêm à tona e Hanna começa a questionar seus atos.
Desafiando o mito de que é doloroso e perigoso por natureza e deve ser deixado nas mãos dos médicos, o filme mostra as potencialidades emocionais, espirituais e físicas do parto. Acompanhamos de forma íntima onze mulheres que num trabalho de dar a luz o mais natural possível, gemem, beijam, riem e até gozam. O depoimento de vários especialistas no assunto, médicos e parteiras, junto com as mães, comprovam que estatisticamente esta é uma forma de parir mais saudável e mais segura, tanto para a mãe quanto para o bebê.
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.
A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my death,” which reveal a dark history for her family to discover.
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.
