Celebrate Black History Month with Titles from WMM and Save 20%

EMRO Highly Recommends Five Films from WMM

THE GRACE LEE PROJECT: 2008 Selected DVD for Young Adults

Now Available on DVD - Films by Jane Campion and Ulrike Ottinger

Celebrate Black History Month with Titles from WMM and Save 20%

Purchase any African-American title in the Women Make Movies collection and save 20%! To take advantage of this offer, email orders@wmm.com or call 212.925.0606 x360 before March 14, 2008 and mention promo code AA08. Recent releases and highlights include:

Popular new title THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA WADUD is an engrossing portrait of an African-American woman and Muslim scholar, which provides a powerful analysis of women’s role in Islam and offers insight into the history of Islam in the African-American community.

New bonus features! THE EDGE OF EACH OTHER'S BATTLES: THE VISION OF AUDRE LORDE now includes bonus material including the complete speech by Lorde at the I Am Your Sister: Forging Global Connections Across Difference conference and additional selections of poetry and music performed at the event.

A 2007 YALSA Selected DVD for Young Adults, FAR FROM HOME offers a moving glimpse into the life a young African-American woman’s experience in one of the last school districts still implementing a busing program.

Best-seller STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS is a gripping documentary about the untold story of women who risked their lives in the fight for civil rights. 

BEAH: A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS, the directorial debut of actress LisaGay Hamilton, celebrates the life of legendary African American actress, poet and political activist Beah Richards, best known for her Oscar®-nominated role in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.

EMRO Highly Recommends Five Films from WMM

Five new titles from WMM garnered highest recommendations from Educational Media Review Online. To add these important films to your collection, order online, call 212.925.0606 ext. 360 or email orders@wmm.com.

ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS: “Narrates the political trajectory of [Malalai] Joya skillfully.… Brings to the forefront the fact that issues such as women’s rights, forced marriages, lack of security, and patriarchy are still central issues in Afghanistan. … Highly recommended as a resource for discussions in Middle Eastern studies, gender studies, human rights, religious studies, and women’s studies.” Read full review.

THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA WADUD: A fascinating portrayal of an African-American woman and Muslim scholar. “Highly Recommended. Powerful resource for discussion on topics in religious studies, African-American studies, gender studies, human rights, and women’s studies.” Read full review.

BELFAST GIRLS: Provides a compelling glimpse into the lives of two young women – one Catholic and one Protestant – in Northern Ireland. “Powerful. Highly recommended as a resource for discussions in European studies, gender studies, religious studies, and women’s studies.” Read full review.

THE SERMONS OF SISTER JANE: “Provocative.… Sister Jane’s activism gives the viewer hope that change to this long established institution might one day become a reality. Highly recommended for discussions on Catholicism, gender studies, religion and spirituality, and women’s studies.” Read full review.

THESE GIRLS: “Exhilarating.… With the pulsating view of the streets of Cairo as a background, the filmmaker has a remarkable ability to delve into the intimate levels of relationships with her subjects. Highly recommended for discussions on topics of women’s agency, marginality, subjectivity, identity formation, power, and resistance.” Read full review.

THE GRACE LEE PROJECT: 2008 Selected DVD for Young Adults

This year, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) chose THE GRACE LEE PROJECT as one of eight Selected DVD for Young Adults. The list recognizes productions for technical merit, content and use with, and interest to, young adults ages 12-18.

THE GRACE LEE PROJECT pursues the moving target of Asian-American female identity with a clever, highly unscientific investigation of Grace Lees who break the mold. With wit and charm, this film challenges the cultural investments made in the idea of Grace Lee, all the while sending her a love letter. Learn more and order this film.

Now Available on DVD - Films by Jane Campion and Ulrike Ottinger

For the first time, several films by Jane Campion and Ulrike Ottinger are available on DVD. These important classic feminist films are essential viewings for cinema studies courses.

The internationally acclaimed director of THE PIANO, AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE and SWEETIE first displayed her visual flair and dark humor in these award-winning shorts. Newly remastered, THE FILMS OF JANE CAMPION is a compilation DVD of A GIRL'S OWN STORY, PASSIONLESS MOMENTS and PEEL, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986 and made Campion the first woman to ever win the festival's highest honor. Read more and order online.

Ulrike Ottinger has been a unique and provocative voice in German cinema since her debut in the early 1970s. Her early narratives, MADAME X: AN ABSOLUTE RULER (1977), and TICKET OF NO RETURN (1979), explore Berlin's many subcultures and diverse populations. Read more and order online.


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WMM is releasing our entire collection on DVD. Each week, more WMM favorites become available on DVD – check www.wmm.com often for updates.