Women S Rights Movies

On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest....

Nearly three years have passed since the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran. Many who took part in the 2022 (1401) demonstrations paid a heavy...

"Afghan Cycles" is a feature documentary about a generation of Afghan women who are pedaling their own revolution, aggressively challenging gender...

This documentary portrays the way in which attacks against a twisted concept of “gender ideology” in four countries are being used to...

In the years following the Civil Rights movement and the passage of Title IX in 1972, Dr. Donnis Thompson (a headstrong African-American female...

Born in Ukraine in 2008 in the wake of the "Orange Revolution," the feminist movement Femen fights for democracy, freedom of the press, women's...

A woman of nobility battles patriarchal norms in order to improve educational access for women in early 1900s Indonesian society.

In an era of antifeminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of Thank God I’m a Lesbian forcefully reminds us that the...

This film follows a group of free-spirited, courageous, and inspired women who feel a deep calling to serve as Catholic priests. Despite their...

In Milan, a young Chinese woman faces an unexpected pregnancy alone. Unable to confide in either her partner or her family, she wanders through the...

Nanny, cook or sex slave. For a long time, the mistaken belief that the women in the terrorist organization Islamic State were condemned to blind...

The inspiring story of a young Indian Muslim woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women's Cricket Team and how the...

After failing to get a taxi, Jane is forced to walk home alone after a night out with friends. Encountering a group of men at an underpass, she...

Motherhood: a subject so deeply ingrained in our society, we take it for granted as part of the natural order. It's assumed all women want children,...

A West Berlin doctor, married with a two-year-old child, leaves her husband to go to Munich to work in the birth clinic of a hospital. Her husband...

Facing the threat of a nuclear war, a young Ukrainian woman is forced to decide between safety and bodily autonomy.

This movie was produced by the beauty brand Lancome and fashion magazine Marie Claire’s collaboration to celebrate International Women’s...

The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed...

Today, it seems incredible that just a century ago, American women had no voice in democracy. Just as remarkable is that it took over 70 years of...