REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002)
The story is about a first generation Mexican-American girl and her passage to womanhood, who wants to go away to college, but must battle against the views of her parents, who think she should stay at home and provide for the family.
HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
This inspiring film highlights the scientific contributions of three incredible women of color, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. These brilliant African-American women working at NASA, served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history.
IRON JAWED ANGELS (2004)
The film focuses on the American women’s suffrage movement during the 1910s and follows women’s suffrage leaders Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they use peaceful and effective nonviolent strategies, tactics, and dialogues to revolutionize the American feminist movement to grant women the right to vote.
ROCKS (2019)
We are fortunate if we have someone special in our lives to rely on. This movie is about a teenager named Shola who is responsible for taking care of herself and her younger brother on the streets of Hackney, London.
NORTH COUNTRY (2005)
This iconic and relevant film highlights the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States.
ON THE BASIS OF SEX (2018)
This stirring film follows the iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg, during her early career as an attorney, struggling in a field dominated by men.
LITTLE WOMEN (2019)
Little Women, based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel, is an incredible cinematic achievement. The film beautifully blended the glamor of the 19th-century with the gender injustice of the time.
Culled from: https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com, https://www.graduate.asu.edu.com
