Through the generosity of the Cousins family, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program maintains a library for student and faculty use.  The library space is open for studying, browsing the book collection and small meetings.  It is equipped with an iMac and a screen for viewing DVDs.  Future library acquisitions will focus primarily on developing a film library.  Films will be available for use in classroom and event settings.  A listing of the films will be viewable online.  A series of film viewings will be announced.

To request a film for the library, please click here for the form.

Films Available:

A Boy Named Sue, Julie Wyman (2000)

A Place of Rage, Pratibha Parmar (1991)

American Porn, Frontline (2001)

Beyond Belief, Beth Murphy (2007) 

Black Orpheus, Marcel Camus (1959)

Black Women On: the Light, Dark Thing, Celeste Crenshaw and Paula Caffey (1999)

Body: The Value of Women, Shereen Noon (2005)  

Born in Flames, Lizzie Borden (1983)

Born in the U.S.A., Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider (2007)

Boy i am, Sam Feder and Julie Hollar (2006)

The Business of Being Born, Abby Epstein (2008) 

Camila, Maria Luisa Bemberg (1984) 

Campus Diversity, Student Voices, University of Michigan (2003) 

A Century of Women, TBS VHS

Chain of Love, Marije Meerman (2001) 

La Cienaga, Lucredia Martel (2001), 100 minutes

Cincinnati's Imperfect Moment: The Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibit Controversy, Kelly A. Gorth (1998) VHS

Collective Visions: a Historical Overview of Black Women in Oklahoma Early 1800s-1920, Grekel Productions (1990) VHS 

Congo Spotlight Video, The Vagina Monologues (2009) 

Damned if You Don't, Su Friedrich (2005)

Danzón, Maria Novaro (1991)

Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash (1991)

Delivery Self-Attachment , Dr. Lennart Righard (1995/2005), 6 minutes

Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch  (1985)

Dreams of Equality, Eastern National (1994) VHS 

Dreamworlds 3, Media Education Foundation (2007) 

Ellen Pence 10/9/1990 VHS

Everyone's Child, Tsitsi Dangarembga (1996) VHS

Faat Kine, Ousmane Sembene (2001), 121 minutes 

Feminism: Controversies, Challenges, Actions,  Rebecca Haimowitz (2005) 

Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts (Women with Open Eyes), Anne-Laure Folly (1994) VHS 

Flame, Ingrid Sinclair (1996) VHS 

Frida Naturaleza Viva, Paul Leduc (1986)

Fried Green Tomatoes, Jon Avnet (1991)

Geraldine Ferraro Talks to Women VHS

Girls Like Us, Jane C. Wagner and Tina DiFeliciantonio (1997) 

Go Fish,  Rose Troche (1994)

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, Lisa F. Jackson (2007), 76 minutes 

The Handmaid's Tale, Volker Schlondorff (1997) 

Heavenly Creatures: the Uncut Version, Peter Jackson (1994)

Heroes: Growing Up Female and Strong VHS

Hide and Seek, Su Friedrich (2005)

Hour of the Star, Suzana Amaral (1985)

Human Trafficking, Robert Halmi, Sr. (2005)

Human Trafficking 101- The Presenter's Kit, Michael Cory Davis (2008) 

I, the Worst of All, Maria Luisa Bemberg (1990)

It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School, Debra Chasnoff &Helen S. Cohen (1996) 

I Was a Teenage Feminist, Therese Shechter (2005)

In the Time of the Butterflies, Mariano Barroso (2001)

Iron Jawed Angels, Katja von Garnier (2004)

Jane: An Abortion Service, Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy (1996)

Lake of Fire,  Tony Kaye (2006)

La Petite Vendeuse De Soleil, Djibril Diop Mambety (1999) VHS 

Light in the Shadows, Shakti Butler (2003) 

Like Water For Chocolate, Alfonso Arau (1993) 

Made in L.A., Almudena Carracedo (2007)

Madeinusa,  Claudia Llosa (2006)

Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Susana Bleustein and Lourdes Portillo (1985)

Maquilapolis, City of Factories,  Vicky Funari (2006) 

Margaret Sanger: A Public Nuisance, Terese Svoboda (1992)

Men's Work: Fraternity Brothers Stopping Violence Against Women 

Mighty Times: the Legacy of Rosa Parks, Hudson and Houston (2002) VHS 

Mommy Mystique: the Anxiety of Modern Motherhood ABC News (2005) 

Monday's Girls, Ngozi Onwurah (1993) VHS 

Myths That Maim, Maureen O' Hara, PhD (1992) VHS

NOW: Judicial Review, Shelby Knox, David Brancaccio (2005) 

NOW: Are Some Anti-Abortion Attacks Domestic Terrorism?,  David Brancaccio (2009)

The Odds of Recovery, Su Friedrich (2005)

The Official Story, Luis Puenzo (2004) 

Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, Debra Pascali-Bonaro (2008) 

Personal Decisions, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. VHS 

Patchwork-Voices of 19th Century Women, Linda Russell (1988) VHS 

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007) 

The Piano, Jane Campion (1993)

Pine and Fir Trees: Women's Memories of Life During Socialism, Sanja Ivekovic (2002) VHS 

Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker (2008)

Rosario Tijeras,  Emilio Maillé (2005)

Seeing Red, Su Friedrich (2005)

Seneca Falls, Louise Vance (2009) 

Seneca Reflections, (1998) VHS

Senso Daughters, Noriko Sekiguchi (1989) 

Shroud of Silence: Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, Feminist Majority Foundation VHS

Sink or Swim, Su Friedrich (2005)

Sirens,  John Duigan (1994)

Spread the Word: Teens Talk to Teens About AIDS VHS

Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977, Joyce Follet (1998)

Taking Roots, Alan Dater & Lisa Merton (2008) 

The Ties that Bind, Su Friedrich (2005)

Tick Tock Lullaby, Lisa Gornick (2008)

A Walk to Beautiful, Mary Olive Smith (2007)

We are Equal, Zapatista Women Speak, Chiapas Media Project (2004) 

Where the Water Meets the Sky, David Eberts (2008) 

Wide Angle: Business Processing Outsourcing to India, PBS  VHS

Women Returning to College: Telling Our Stories, Leesa Young (1991) VHS  

Women Vote 2004: The Margin of Victory, Third Wave Television, Inc. (2004) VHS

Working Women of the World, Marie France Collard (2000) VHS

WOW! Work of Women 

Xulum' Chon: Weavers in Resistance From the Highlands, Chiapas Media Project (2002) 

Zinat,  Ebrahim Mokhtari (1994)

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu (2008)