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.
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…
The Windfisherman
In a town where the wind blows every single moment of every single day, the wind fisherman ?
What Hot Guy?
A life-changing three minutes in the life of Susan, who wakes up from a night of partying to find her world a different place from which she remembered.
Tulip
William’s wife of forty-five years has died. Local widow women are kind and he is trying to adjust to life alone. It’s just that Ruth’s cow, Tulip, needs to be milked, but she wants nothing to do with him. Another great Australian short.
Better This World
Better This World is a 2011 documentary film that was directed by Kelly Duane and Katie Galloway. It had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 23, 2011, where it won two Golden Gate Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary Feature.
Student Spotlight: Youth Documentary Academy
A selection of short films produced by the Youth Documentary Academy.
Young at Heart
When a widow and widower, both artists, meet on a vacation tour, they start a tale that dreams are made of. Although their interest in art provides a strong bond, it is their differences which bring a fresh, lively element to their marriage and the film. Together they reaffirm that love and romance can happen at any age for the clear eyed and open hearted.
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
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