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.
Partners Of The Heart
A black carpenter’s apprentice with a genius for surgery and a white surgeon who dared to defy status quo together take on the scientific establishment of the 1930’s. This is the extraordinary story of Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Pariah
A coming-of-age drama about a lesbian teenager who unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Set against the social landscape of middle class New York City. She vacillates between being a proud and sexually independent woman amongst her openly gay friends and being the feminine, obedient girl that her strict Christian upbringing dictates she be.
Out of the Shadow
The award-winning filmmaker chronicles her mother’s experience with schizophrenia over the course of five years. She puts a face on the statistics with this story of healing and hope.
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.
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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- Individual Membership
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