Oh, I had somehow missed the no documentaries piece of your request. Apologies!
Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Beckett Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Suggestions for Feature Films / Women & Gender in World Cinema Dear Meghann, Icarus Films distributes quite a few titles dealing with gender and womens issues outside the United States. Below is a list of links to titles since 2010. AS A YOUNG GIRL OF THIRTEEN <http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/yg13.html> : Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice. CHANTAL AKERMAN, FROM HERE <http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/ak2.html> : A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy. FLOWER IN OTOMI <http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/flor.html> : Tells the story of Dení Prieto Stock, a 19-year-old woman killed by the Mexican army in a 1973 raid on the Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional. GUERRILLA GRANNIES <http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/gg.html> : Filmmaker Ike Bertels' portrait of three women veterans of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) offers an intimate view of Mozambique's history since its 1975 independence. ISLAM UNKNOWN <http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/islam.html> : A series of eight conversations with unconventional Muslim intellectuals. LADIES IN WAITING <http://icarusfilms.com/new2010/lw.html> : A maternity clinic in the Democratic Republic of Congo copes with its patients' lack of money while trying to provide the best-intentioned care. THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR <http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/disa.html> : A kaleidoscopic view of life for young adults in the contemporary Republic of Georgia. NEITHER <http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/alla.html> ALLAH NOR MASTER! <http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/alla.html> : An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia. <http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/108.html> 108 CUCHILLO DE PALO: Paraguayan director Renate Costa Perdomo investigates a gay man's persecution and murder. <http://icarusfilms.com/new2010/shadi.html> SHADI: Moved by the economic hardships of the Iranian theater troupe the "Joy Makers" world-renowned French stage director, Ariane Mnouchkine invites them to perform in Paris. SONG OF THE SOUL <http://icarusfilms.com/fanlight/ofsou.html> : An inside look at urban and rural hospice centers across South Africa that provide community-based compassionate care in the face of widespread poverty. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS <http://icarusfilms.com/new2013/wbb.html> : On the outskirts of Beijing, two teenage girls from a migrant family struggle to earn the money to pay for their brother's schooling. In that time, we also reissued two older productions that may be of interest: SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR <http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/sdb.html> and KARAYUKI-SAN: THE MAKING OF A PROSTITUTE <http://icarusfilms.com/new2012/ky.html> . Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks, Colin Beckett Icarus Films 32 Court Street #2107 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 718.488.8900 Fax: 718.488.8642 www.icarusfilms.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] Suggestions for Feature Films / Women & Gender in World Cinema Dear Collective Brain, I have a women's studies professor who teaches a class about women's issues in world cinema every fall. (Documentaries in the spring, so for this instance I'm appealing for help in the relatively recent feature film sector only please.) So, here is my annual plea for brainstorming help on this nebulous topic. Have you seen a feature film from a country outside the U.S. that deals with gender or women's issues in the past year or so? Please note: MUST be a feature film (NO documentaries), and MUST be from 2010 or later. Thanks in advance! -- Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Film and Video Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo
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