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Browse 4 movies from International Women's Film Project
Considers the condition of women in continental America. Shows how women in countries such as Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela are objecting to their traditional roles as wives and mothers and are striving for more control over their lives.
Jan 1975
In this documentary portrait of post-revolutionary Nicaragua, director Helena Solberg follows the Chavarría family while examining the broader social and political changes following the 1979 overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. Interweaving personal testimony with archival footage of U.S. intervention, revolutionary struggle, and national reform efforts, the film reflects on the hopes and tensions shaping the country’s future.
Apr 1982
"Simplesmente Jenny" exposes the bad and vulnerable conditions that Bolivian girls and women are in. This film is the third film from the Trilogia da Mulher (the other two are "The emerging woman" (1974) and "Double day" (1975).
Jan 1977
Using archival photographs, historical footage, and illustrations, this documentary traces the evolution of the feminist movement in the United States from the eighteenth century to the rise of modern women’s liberation.
Jan 1974