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.
Searching for Angela Shelton
The filmmaker sets out on a journey to meet every other Angela Shelton in America in an attempt to survey the early 21st Century thoughts of American women. She is surprised to find that many of them, like herself, have been beaten or molested. She learns about forgiveness, faith, and the power of the human spirit.
Smile ‘Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story
Smile ‘Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story explores the clean-cut, smile-drenched singing phenomenon Up With People. Since 1965, this peppy youth group has sung to 20 million people worldwide, performed at four Superbowl halftime shows, and been par…
Smiling In A War Zone
After reading in a newspaper about an Afghan girl who shared her fighter pilot dreams, the filmmaker knew what she needed to do: Simone would fly herself to Afghanistan and show her how to fly. In her tiny canvas-covered ’61 Piper Colt plane, the journey from Copenhagen to Kabul takes three long, exciting and complex months.
Small Boxes
A young Hispanic-Australian works the night shift unloading boxes at a produce market.On an outing with his grandmother he discovers an unexpected opportunity, and a buried hope is awakened.
Standing On My Sister’s Shoulders
In Mississippi, the success and power behind the civil rights movement was a grass roots foundation of ordinary women whose small acts of defiance and great acts of courage were able to turn Mississippi around. Meet the unforgettable heroines.
The Age of Stupid
This drama-documentary-animation hybrid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive’ footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?
They Call Me Muslim
In popular Western imagination, a Muslim woman in a veil is a symbol of Islamic oppression. But what does it mean when a democratic country forbids the wearing of the veil? This film is the struggle of two women ?
The Reckoning
More than 120 countries have united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC). Like a deft thriller, this film keeps you on the edge of your seat as this tiny court in The Hague struggles to change the world and forge a new paradigm for justice, while innocent victims wait. Will the Prosecutor succeed? Will the world ensure that justice prevails?
The Story of Mothers and Daughters
Over 40 women of diverse ages and ethnic backgrounds share the pivotal moments at the core of the mother/daughter relationship.
The Unique Oneness of Christian Savage
The vast, beautiful landscape that is South Africa unfolds with two boys, one black, one white, racing with the wind. The story could take place anywhere, but it is particularly evocative with what we know lies outside their world. They make blood pack…
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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