The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits

At an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, Sking is one of the most isolated villages in the Himalayan region of Zanskar. In just three months, from...

On an island where religion bars women from playing soccer, the Queens resist cultural norms and challenge local assumptions about Islam and gender...

The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between...

RAISING RENEE is the story of a family's remarkable response to being broken apart and rearranged after nearly 50 years. The film explores deep...

The personal and professional story of Ilona Staller, known as Cicciolina, is probably unique: she left communist Hungary and moved to Italy, where...

The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation's first woman Principal Chief who humbly defied all odds to give a voice to the voiceless.

Documentary about the world of the Japanese geisha. Unattainable by all but the wealthy and powerful, geisha are the ultimate massagers of the male...

After 20 years of living in Berlin, the director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian village, where she is confronted with...

A documentary that proposes a conversation about the way children are praised. While girls are often praised solely for their appearance, boys can...

She Makes Comics traces the fascinating history of women in the comics industry. Despite popular assumptions about the comics world, women have been...

Authors, teachers, social activists and feminists explore manifestations of contemporary women's spirituality in the Western world.

This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are...