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Women's Health Issues
All in One Basket (443)
Follows three women through the process of paid egg donation, to explore ethical questions about the use of hormones, genetic selection for preferred physical traits, the role of money in reproductive medicine, and informed consent. (22 minutes)
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Angela's Journey (480)
Angela is a bright, attractive young mother with two small children, and terminal breast cancer. This candid, compelling documentary follows Angela as she visits her physician and explores treatment options, while dealing with issues of body image, loneliness, and romance — and trying to pack twenty years of mothering into five. (49 minutes)
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At My Mother's Breast (435)
The filmmaker's mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all had breast cancer; she grew up knowing that she might be next. An extraordinary portrait of a family of brave, strong women finding unity in facing a terrifying and tragic genetic legacy. (56 minutes)
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Autoexamen del Seno (341)
(Breast Self-Examination) Focuses on the importance of breast self-examination despite obstacles Latina lesbians may experience in seeking healthcare. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (13 minutes)
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Beauty Does Lie (477)
Approximately 15 million Americans live with chronic, debilitating autoimmune diseases; about 75 percent are women. Seven African American women who are living with lupus, multiple sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome, pernicious anemia, and myasthenia gravis describe the difficulties of living with these frequently devastating conditions. (46 minutes)
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Beauty In Aging (468)
From a group of friends who share their experiences of normal aging, to a woman stricken with facial paralysis, to nursing home beauty contestants, to an 85-year-old social butterfly and humanitarian, this program, compiled from excerpts from four videos, allows women to speak for themselves about the transitions of aging. (30 minutes)
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Beyond the Loss of the Breast (168)
Explores the meaning and impact of metastatic breast cancer through the personal narratives and poetry of the filmmaker and two other women. (25 minutes)
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Bundle of Blues (431)
The stories in this thoughtful documentary represent a range of experiences from minor postpartum depression through postpartum psychosis. It stresses that PPD can happen to any new mother, but that it can be managed. (13 minutes)
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Chasing the Cancer Answer (479)
There are predictions that one in two North Americans in the next generation will be diagnosed with cancer. Wendy Mesley had followed all the rules for healthy living, but she still got sick. In her quest for answers she comes across disturbing clues about the role of environmental contaminants, and asks whether, with our focus on treatment, drugs and the ever-elusive cancer cure, we may be ignoring the importance of prevention (44 minutes)
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Cuestion de Equilibrio (349)
(A Question of Balance) Explores stresses, including lack of acceptance, that may be a factor in mental illnesses among Lesbian Latinas. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (32 minutes)
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Cuidado Preventivo (340)
(Preventive Care) Latina lesbians share their experiences with the medical system, and their fears about seeking care. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (14 minutes)
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A Doula Story (452)
Community-based doulas (birth attendants) provide prenatal, childbirth and parenting support, and are a reassuring presence before, during and after birth. This program documents one woman's fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident, nurturing mothers. (60 minutes)
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For Life (417)
Three years after Stories of Lupus, the filmmaker revisits five people from the earlier film, to explore the day-to-day challenges and gifts that come to people living with a chronic illness as it evolves over time. (53 minutes)
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The Good Egg (391)
Becoming a paid egg donor: it started as a way to finance her first film, but became an engaging journey through some of the personal and ethical realities of today's reproductive technology. (30 minutes)
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Her Name Is Zelda (467)
An intimate, sometimes troubling, portrait of life, aging, and womanhood, through the lively exploits of 85-year-old Zelda Kaplan — Manhattan's oldest party animal since Disco Sally. A dancer, social butterfly, model, and humanitarian, Zelda takes life by storm, redefining what it means to be “old” in the process. (53 minutes)
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How Can We Love You? (354)
Focuses on the feelings and experiences of women living with metastatic breast cancer through the stories of two women who traveled across North America performing in a play on the subject. (60 minutes)
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Inside Out (366)
Bulimia can affect women and men from all walks of life, and it kills nearly 20 percent of its victims every year. This moving documentary profiles individuals and families affected by this eating disorder. (56 minutes)
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Inside/Out (465)
Toni struggled all her life to feel good about her appearance. At 61, she had finally come to peace with that issue when she suddenly contracted a disease that left half of her face paralyzed. Now she is on a different journey, an internal one, to explore the question of what role physical appearance plays in her self-perception and feelings of self worth? (8 minutes)
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Let's Face It (466)
A touching and intimate glimpse into the self-explorations of several women in their 40's, 50's, and 60's. As they face the natural reality of aging, they reflect on the impact that physical changes have not only on their bodies, but also on their attitudes about themselves, and on the way they are perceived by society. (26 minutes)
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Look For Me Here (244)
The final days in the life of a woman with metastatic cancer, who has chosen to forego further treatment, and to face death with friends and hospice care at home. (58 minutes)
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Menopause (227)
Examines the myths and misconceptions about menopause as well as its realities; both conventional and alternative therapies are discussed. (60 minutes)
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Mi droga Preferida (350)
(My Drug of Choice: Addiction & Recovery) Explores special factors which may make confronting substance a particular problem among Latina Lesbians. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (37 minutes)
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Not Just Surviving (273)
Four women who have been living with Spinal Cord Injury for as long as 30 years discuss topics that include rehabilitation, healthcare, sexuality, parenting, menopause, and how to live day-to-day with hope. (40 minutes)
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Nuestra Salud: Lesbianas Latinas Rompiendo Barreras (909)
A six-part Spanish-language series promoting preventive care and wellness for Latina lesbians. Individual programs deal with mental health, addiction, preventive care, breast self-examination, safer sex and STD's, and domestic violence. English subtitles. (124 minutes)
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Nuestras Mas Fuertes Partidarias (339-S)
(Our Own Best Advocates) Encourages breast self-examination for women with disabilities, using whatever arm and hand mobility they have, or working with family, partners, or personal care assistants. Dubbed in Spanish. (14 minutes)
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One in 2000 (459)
Each year an estimated one in two thousand babies are born with anatomy that doesn't clearly mark them as either male or female. This provocative documentary demystifies the issue through intimate and sympathetic profiles of people born with intersex conditions who are living "ordinary" and productive lives. (26 minutes)
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One in Eight (392)
Janice was 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is an irreverent and highly personal look at one woman's fight with a disease that affects one in eight women. (57 minutes)
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Our Own Best Advocates (339)
Encourages breast self-examination for women with disabilities, using whatever arm and hand mobility they have, or working with family, partners, or personal care assistants. (14 minutes)
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Period Piece (179)
A humorous but penetrating celebration of menarche, the first menstrual period, featuring comments and recollections from women 8 to 84, from various backgrounds. (30 minutes)
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PicturePerfect (470)
We are barraged by media images that unrealistically glamorize and sexualize women and girls. This lively and engaging film explores the impact these messages have on young women's physical, psychological and emotional health, and offers tools to begin dissecting the media that influence our behaviors, attitudes, and values. (40 minutes)
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Post Partum Depression (369)
It's not just the "baby blues." This video is about the perhaps 2% of new mothers who experience the severe depression, delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of postpartum psychosis. (12 minutes)
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Second Opinion (153)
Several women, as well as the authors of the well-known book, Our Bodies, Ourselves, examine the unequal ways in which women are often treated by the medical system. (29 minutes)
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The Secret Club (159)
Six women discuss how they made their decisions about whether to have an abortion, and about the emotions they experienced afterwards. A nurse and counselor give suggestions about coping. (28 minutes)
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Sexo Protegido (342)
(Safer Sex and STD's) Explores what safer sex can mean for lesbians, as well as the realities of dealing with sexually-transmitted diseases. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (14 minutes)
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Shadows and Lies (309)
This powerful and honest documentary profiles four women who are working themselves free from the deadly grip of eating disorders, and from the overwhelming physical and psychological complications associated with these deadly diseases. (24 minutes)
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Stories of Lupus (416)
Recently diagnosed with lupus, the filmmakers go on the road to interview others enduring the precarious roller coaster of symptoms, treatment, flare-ups and recoveries which characterize this complex, mysterious, and often life-threatening disease. (27 minutes)
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Tricia's Story (425)
A breast cancer patient confronts difficult moral and spiritual issues as she comes to grips with the fact that her illness is terminal. One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (18 minutes)
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Violencia Domestica (343)
(Domestic Violence) Focuses on domestic violence in lesbian relationships, including signs of an abusive relationship, and ways of getting help. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (18 minutes)
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Women: Coming Out of the Shadows (084)
Ten women, of all ages and from all walks of life, share their stories of alcohol addiction and recovery. (27 minutes)
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