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.
Paulina
As a child in Mexico, Paulina was abandoned by her family and traded for land. Now middle-aged, she returns to her village to confront her family about what happened and encounters a web of intrigue and denial. Paulina juxtaposes documentary and narrat…
One Man, Six Wives and Twenty-Nine Children
Tom Green was in the news last summer, on talk shows and standing outside of courtrooms with one or more of his sad-eyed wives before his sentencing. One Man, Six Wives brings revealing insight into the practice of polygamy as filmmaker Jane Treays dra…
One Survivor Remembers
The terror of the Holocaust is brought vividly to life through recollections of Gerda Weissman who endured six years at the hands of the Nazis. Winner of Best Documentary Short Film, 1995 Academy Awards.
Orgasm Inc.
The filmmaker documents her job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company that is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women. This film is a look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire ?
Rachel’s Daughters
A circle of diverse women with breast cancer investigate the known and suspected causes of the breast cancer epidemic.
Protagonist
This film explores the organic relationship between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure by weaving together the emotionally spell-binding stories of four men- a German terrorist, a bank robber, an “ex-gay” evangelist, and a martial arts student.
Real Women Have Curves
Ana, a first generation Mexican American teenager living in East Los Angeles, has just graduated from high school. Although Ana is excited about the possibility of going to college, her overbearing and hypercritical mother, Carmen, insists that it is t…
Photos To Send
1954, County Clare, Ireland”?World-renowned photographer Dorothea Lange creates a lasting record of the rural Irish people for Life Magazine. Almost fifty years later cinematographer Dierdre Lynch returns to visit some of the same people whose photos h…
Portrait of Imogen
A chronicle of the 75-year career of the renowned photographer Imogen Cunningham. Nominated for Best Documentary, 1988 Academy Awards.
Punitive Damage
In 1991 Helen Todd received the phone call that every parent dreads. Half a world away in East Timor, her son Kamal had been killed. Kamal’s tragic death at the hands of the Indonesian military set Helen on a course that would span five countries and c…
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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