Film Library

This award-winning film depicts women in their middle years. Women aged 40 to 60 from a wide range of income levels and careers discuss their thoughts and experiences about this stage of their lives. Regardless of their particular mid-life choices, such as re-entering the workforce or embarking on a new romantic relationship, each of these women views middle age as an exciting opportunity for growth. Each feels a sense of freedom and energy to explore new directions.

Beth Harrington is sucked into a media vortex when she captures “the miracle of the Blinking Madonna” on video during a religious feast.

The Burning Times is a 1990 Canadian documentary, presenting a feminist account of the Early Modern European witchcraft trials. It was directed by Donna Read and written by Erna Buffie, and features interviews with feminist and Neopagan notables, such as Starhawk, Margot Adler, and Matthew Fox.

This documentary, directed by Abby Epstein, examines the ways that the American health care system approaches childbirth. The traditional form of U.S. birth involves hospitals, drugs and obstetricians, while births in many other countries utilize midwives. Interviews with parents and medical experts explain the realities of maternity care. When Epstein discovers that she is pregnant herself, the discussion becomes less theoretical, as she must decide which form of birthing she will employ.

The filmmaker becomes fascinated by a homeless Japanese-American artist who lives near her New York City apartment. When 9/11 threatens him, she brings him to her home, and embarks on a journey to confront his painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of friendship and art.

In a distant forest, the centipede, supple and graceful, arouses the admiration of all the insects. Only the old toad, haughty and jealous, hates him. One day, he decides to get rid of the centipede.

Larry is an activist, fundraiser extraordinaire, and developmentally disabled. Meet his neighbors who bring new meaning to the term community. Funny. Warm. Inspiring. Larry has a compelling personality you will never forget.

Leonard Bernstein’s protege Marin Alsop reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become an internationally renowned conductor.

The dramatic story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboarding; and one explosive issue, Traumatic Brain Injury. A comeback story with a difference.

When the reality of bonding with children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than they imagined, the Diaz family hires two developmental psychologists to help them build their new family—through science.

When 90% of Iceland’s women walked off the job and out of their homes one morning in 1975 the country came to a standstill. Unexpectedly funny and told for the first time, this is the true story of one day that catapulted Iceland to the world’s superpower of gender equality.

Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical – now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans – into the drinking water supply.