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 37 years. These films celebrate the drive, spirit and diversity of women, while sharing the stories and experiences of those often unheard or unseen.
Generation Startup
GENERATION STARTUP takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it’s an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup.
Generational Curses
After years of estrangement, incarceration, and broken promises, how does one high schooler employ documentary storytelling and art of filmmaking to carry her family into spaces that can heal and reconcile?
Georgena Terry
Georgena Terry, founder of Terry bicycles, revolutionized the women’s biking industry by creating a bike frame specific to a woman’s body. This is the story of how she got her start and the challenges within the women’s biking movement.
Georgie Girl
Hey there, Georgie Girl, walking down the street so fancy free . . . How would you like to hold one of the highest offices of power in New Zealand? You say you are a cabaret entertainer, a Maorian and you didn’t start out as a girl? No matter . . . we…
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Through startling interviews with perpetrators, witnesses and victims, Ghost of Abu Ghraib examines the abuses that occurred in the fall of 2003 at the notorious Iraqi prison.The film probes the psychology of how typical Americans came to commit these…
Gift, The
The Gift is the retelling of an old urban myth this time set in New York City on Christmas Eve. This silent short is black comedy at its most poignant: about a woman, loss and the intrusion of practical reality.
Giovanni and the Water Ballet
Ten-year-old Giovanni has a dream: he wants to be the first boy to compete in the Dutch Synchronized Swimming Championships. (Subtitled)
Girl Unbound
At a young age, Maria discovered her love for one of Pakistan’s most popular sports—squash— even though women were restricted to play. To support her passion, her family allowed her to pass as a boy. Maria’s identity was exposed as she rose to success and the Taliban brandished her a target. Yet, Maria continued to compete and used her talents to advocate women’s rights to education and sports. Aware of the consequences this may bring from the Taliban, she believes it is her right as a human being, and as a Muslim woman, to be free.
Girl-Hearted
The documentary GIRL-HEARTED portrays young Nori and her mother’s conflict of enabling her daughter a life worth living out of the norm. A film about being a girl.
Girls Like Us
A depiction of the teenage lives of four ethnically diverse girls, the film depicts the conflicts and hopes of growing up female in Philadelphia.
Library Policy
Films can be accessed in two ways. Films are available to borrow for all local residents of the Pikes Peak Region at the RMWF office. Up to THREE FILMS (3) may be checked out at one time for up to TEN (10) DAYS. Films can also be streamed online. Just click on a film you are interested in and you will be taken to its dedicated page. Once there you will see the link “Just Watch” where you can access free streaming of the film or be given options for streaming on other platforms.
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 filmmakers.
Hours
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