Madelyn Osur
Film Library
As an ongoing commitment to build community around film, we welcome you to explore a catalog of titles that have been shown at the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival over the last 35 years. These films celebrate the drive, spirit and diversity of women, while sharing the stories and experiences of those often unheard or unseen.
Sami Blood
A teenage girl is taken from her home and family and sent to a state school where indigenous students are converted into acceptable members of Swedish society.
Surviving
Tea tells the story of her childhood which included a life-threatening illness that necessitated open heart and brain surgeries all before the age of ten. The trauma of these events led to debilitating depression in high school, including forced admission to a psychiatric hospital. Tea’s film SURVIVING intimately recounts these events while revealing her own personal battle to slay the demons that threatened her will to live.
Singing With Angry Bird
Five years ago, a Korean opera singer started a children’s choir in a slum in India. Frustrated by the lack of support from the parents of his choir children, he decides to train the parents to sing for a joint concert. But it may be the toughest challenge of his life.
Served Like a Girl
Five female veterans who have endured unimaginable trauma in service create a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless female veterans.
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous portrays the intimate journey of Gigi Lazzarato, a fearless young woman who began life as Gregory Lazzarato, posting beauty and fashion videos to YouTube from his bedroom, only to later come out as a transgender female to an audience of millions. With never-before-seen personal footage, the film provides a raw and revealing look into a life that never compromises happiness, and spotlights a family’s unwavering and unconditional love for a child.
The Last Animals
The Last Animals is a story about an extraordinary group of people who go to incredible lengths to save the planet’s last animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and transnational trafficking syndicates to protect elephants and rhinos from extinction. From Africa’s front lines to behind the scenes of Asian markets to the United States, the film takes an intense look at the global response to this slaughter and the desperate measures to genetically rescue the Northern White rhinos who are on the edge of extinction.
The Founders
In 1950, 13 amateur female golfers battle society, finances and each other to create the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
“It was the unrideable wave and we rode it.” Rory Kennedy’s TAKE EVERY WAVE captures the remarkable and unconventional life of legendary big wave surfer Laird Hamilton. Sweeping cinematography positions us in the lineup with a master playing the sea.
Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday is a sensitive, delicate drama of disparate souls reaching for connection. Two people – separated by age, race, class, and even diagnoses – bond in their frail humanity.
Abu Adnan
Sayid wants to keep his status as a father and the family patriarch in a new linguistic and cultural setting, despite his sons progress in assimilating into the Danish language culture.
Caroline
When plans fall through, a six-year-old is faced with a big responsibility on a hot Texas day.
Burning Angel Dust
A mother secretly plans to introduce her little girl to a life-altering coming-of-age ritual.
Library Policy
Films are available to borrow for all local residents of the Pikes Peak Region. Up to THREE FILMS (3) may be checked out at one time for up to TEN (10) DAYS.
These DVDs are the property of Rocky Mountain Women’s Film. Use is authorized for private home screenings only. Reproduction or public showings of these films, in whole or in part, are strictly prohibited. If you are interested in showing a film to a larger audience, please contact RMWF to make arrangements with the appropriate distributor and/or filmmaker.
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Cost
- Individual Membership
Suggested donation $20 - Group Membership
Suggested donation $50
Three or more people