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.

The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

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.

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.

In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at redemption.

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.

Um universitário, Randy Bodek, não assume para seus pais, Diane e Joe Bodek, que está tendo um relacionamento sério com uma colega de faculdade, Jenny Gordon. Como precisa de dinheiro, ele arruma um emprego como entregador de pizzas mas muda de "profissão" ao conhecer uma empresária, Alexandra 'Alex' Barnett, com quem se envolve rapidamente. Assim se envolve com mulheres mais velhas, que se sentem sexualmente frustradas.

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

Cansada de servir de babá a um multimilionário, advogada pede demissão. Mas ele só aceita que ela vá embora caso ela encontre uma substituta à altura.

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 is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.

Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.

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.

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.

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.

É 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, um judeu russo, emigrou para os Estados Unidos três anos antes e se estabeleceu como muitos de seus antecedentes, em Hester Street, no Lower East Side de Nova York. Ele assimilou a vida americana, tendo aprendido inglês, anglicizou seu nome para Jake e raspou a barba. Ele está trabalhando em um emprego de US $ 12/semana como marinheiro, o dinheiro ganho para trazer da Rússia para a América sua esposa Gitl e seu filho Yossele. Independentemente disso, ele se apaixonou por outra mulher, uma dançarina chamada Mamie Fein. No entanto, ele está animado quando descobre que Gitl e Yossele já estão vindo para a América. Sua felicidade com a chegada é atenuada quando ele vê que Gitl não é "americana" como Mamie e tem problemas de assimilar a cultura tão rapidamente quanto ele gostaria. Exceto para Mamie, ele tenta mostrar uma fachada pública que está tudo bem em casa com Gitl. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

É 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, um judeu russo, emigrou para os Estados Unidos três anos antes e se estabeleceu como muitos de seus antecedentes, em Hester Street, no Lower East Side de Nova York. Ele assimilou a vida americana, tendo aprendido inglês, anglicizou seu nome para Jake e raspou a barba. Ele está trabalhando em um emprego de US $ 12/semana como marinheiro, o dinheiro ganho para trazer da Rússia para a América sua esposa Gitl e seu filho Yossele. Independentemente disso, ele se apaixonou por outra mulher, uma dançarina chamada Mamie Fein. No entanto, ele está animado quando descobre que Gitl e Yossele já estão vindo para a América. Sua felicidade com a chegada é atenuada quando ele vê que Gitl não é "americana" como Mamie e tem problemas de assimilar a cultura tão rapidamente quanto ele gostaria. Exceto para Mamie, ele tenta mostrar uma fachada pública que está tudo bem em casa com Gitl. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

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.

Durante a Guerra do Vietnã, em solo americano, três mulheres, tentam viver, enquanto aguardam notícias sobre seus maridos, desaparecidos ou capturados em combate.

Durante a Guerra do Vietnã, em solo americano, três mulheres, tentam viver, enquanto aguardam notícias sobre seus maridos, desaparecidos ou capturados em combate.

"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."