Women S Rights Movies

The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms.

A young woman faces an unexpected pregnancy and must inform her father.

Many have heard of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the legendary artist from the 70s and 80s. But some may not know that his mother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was...

Afghan documentary maker Najiba Noori offers not only a loving and intimate portrait of her mother Hawa, but also shows in detail how the arduous...

Short film against the oppression of women. At first, differences in education are presented and then how the relationship between women and men...

Five girls grow up in China during the first years of the twentieth century. When they become adults they have to learn that women are almost without...

Documentary film about the controversial movement of women seeking ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. More and more women are answering a...

The story of two youngster girls who became the victims of female genital mutilation.

To achieve women's rights and gender equality, these three pioneers were willing to risk their livelihood and their future, as well as their...

The road from the kitchen to parliament was long and rocky for Swiss women - four generations had to fight for the male electorate to grant women the...

In this documentary by Coline Serreau, known for her feature film Why Not?, a selection of Frenchwomen in characteristically no-win situations...

A film portrayal of a pioneering aviator and best-selling author whose extraordinary public life had a deep impact on her inner world.

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de...

On September 16, 2022, in Teheran, the murder by police of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for "wearing a headscarf contrary to the law", sparked off...

The inspiring story of a young Indian Muslim woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women's Cricket Team and how the...

Outlawed in Pakistan tells the story of Kainat Soomro as she takes her rape case to Pakistan's deeply flawed court system in hopes of getting...

A woman of nobility battles patriarchal norms in order to improve educational access for women in early 1900s Indonesian society.

BRIDE KIDNAPPING documents in harrowing detail four such abductions, from the violent seizures on city streets and the tearful protests of the women,...