The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who is liked by everybody – until she starts to publicly fight for women’s suffrage, which the men are due to vote on in a ballot on February 7, 1971.
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.
A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.
La Shira, la filla més jove d'una família ortodoxa de Tel Aviv, promesa amb un jove de la seva mateixa edat, es troba preparada i impacient. La mort de la seva germana gran, l'Esther, en donar a llum al seu primer fill, trastocarà per complet la vida familiar i el futur de la Shira, que es veurà obligada a triar entre els desitjos del seu cor i el deure familiar.
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin, and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.
Any 1970. El certamen de Miss Món se celebra a Londres presentat per Bob Hope, llegenda de la comèdia nord-americana. En aquest moment Miss Món és el programa de televisió més vist al planeta, amb més de 100 milions d'espectadors. En ple directe el recentment creat Moviment d'Alliberament de Dones envaeix l'escenari i interromp la retransmissió afirmant que els concursos de bellesa degraden les dones. Així, de la nit al dia, el Moviment es fa famós... En reprendre's el programa, l'elecció de la guanyadora provoca un nou gran enrenou: no és la favorita sueca, sinó Miss Grenada, la primera dona negra a ser coronada Miss Món. En qüestió d'hores, una audiència global va ser testimoni de l'expulsió del patriarcat de l'escenari i del naixement del nou ideal de bellesa occidental.
Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
Five women veterans who have endured unimaginable trauma in service create a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of stranded homeless women veterans by entering a competition that unexpectedly catalyzes moving events in their own lives.
Un poderós i necessari al·legat en favor de la llibertat de premsa i el feminisme que segueix la inspiradora història d'un grup de dones índies que, contra tot i contra tots, van fundar el primer mitjà periodístic format per un equip exclusivament femení. Juntes, lluiten contra la corrupció política, les màfies i la xacra del masclisme en una societat fortament marcada per un despietat sistema de castes. En un camp com el de la informació, totalment dominat per l'home, emergeix a l'Índia l'únic periòdic dirigit per dones Dàlit. La cap de premsa Meera i les seves reporteres trenquen les tradicions i redefineixen el que realment significa ser poderós.
As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald.
L'emocionant saga de la primera Copa Mundial Femenina del 1971. Un esdeveniment que havia estat oblidat de la història de l'esport, fins avui.
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 also a legend in her own right, as a women's rights activist unabashedly pushing for equality in Nigeria at a time when people weren't having those conversations. "Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti" the film emerges as a new vivid exploration of Ransome-Kuti's journey. From growing up and learning about the importance of education, to her groundbreaking step in becoming the first girl to attend Abeokuta Grammar School at just 13, going to London and then becoming emboldened to return to Nigeria to step into her role as an educator and organizer.
Amb el rerefons de l'arribada de la República i de la Guerra Civil, narra la història de Natàlia, una jove com tantes altres de la seva època, que accepta sense queixar-se tot allò que la vida, i el seu marit, li imposen. Fins i tot accepta que li canviïn el nom pel de "Colometa". Aquesta resignació acaba en finalitzar la guerra. Natàlia es rebel·la per fi contra tot el que considera injust. Al final de la novel·la deixarà de ser "Colometa" per a convertir-se en "la senyora Natàlia". Un canvi de nom que significa també un canvi de personalitat.
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Marie violates tradition in a small German town of Lauscha, to become the first female glassblower in in 1890. Her glass ball decorations find a new market in America.
On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying moments, captured on cell phones, appeared on computer screens across the world, focusing the world's attention on mass protests against the rigged elections in Iran. Featuring previously unseen footage of Neda with friend and family, as well as exclusive video of her recorded the day she died, "For Neda" debuts just before the anniversary of her death.