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.
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
Nearly all Indian nations sit on land threatened by ruinous environmental hazards – toxic waste, strip mining, oil drilling, and nuclear contamination. Homeland is the first film to take a hard look at these realities.
If I Could
In 1979 filmmaker Patti Obrow White produced the Wagon Train Trail documenting the story of four so-called juvenile delinquents assigned to a character-building wagon train journey. Among them was angry, defiant, 14 year old Tracy. Fast-forward twenty…
If There Were No Lutherans…Would There Still be Green Jell-o?
This film is a hilarious look at a Lutheran minister’s unique signs that brighten the days of passersby.
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill…Jill and Jack…two people alone in despair. Who fell down and broke and who came tumbling after?
Miss America
Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest — from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events — Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation
Mosque in Morgantown
With its red-and-gold fall colors, Morgantown seems an unlikely battleground for the soul of Islam in America. But that’s what happens when journalist Asra Nomani enters a nondescript mosque. Her demand that women be allowed to pray with the men, instead of being relegated to the backroom, ignites a national controversy.
My Father’s Garden
This film follows two farmers’ efforts to grow food with very different technologies. One farmer is a leader in the sustainable agricultural movement. The other, the filmmaker’s father, used chemicals. Winner of the 1996 RMWFF Founders Award.
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