Solar Mamasby Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim Jordanian wife and mother Rafea is leaving home for the first time — to attend a college in India that is training rural women to become solar energy engineers. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead, Global Perspectives Collection, Diverse Muslim Voices, Why Poverty? | |
Strong!by Julie Wyman Weightlifter Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens | |
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathaiby Lisa Merton and Alan Dater The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a global movement. Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices, Women of the World | |
Taking the Heat: The First Women Fire Fighters of New York Cityby Bann Roy When the New York City Fire Department tried to push women out of firefighting, Brenda Berkman pushed back. Her story, and those of other pioneer female firefighters, reveals the price these women paid to break the department’s gender barrier. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead, True Stories | |
Troop 1500by Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers, and drug dealers, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead, True Stories | |
Waiting for the Revolutionby Rodrigo Vazquez Following two newly elected indigenous leaders from the campaign trail to their first year in office, filmmaker Rodrigo Vasquez journeys into the heart of the democratic revolution in Bolivia. Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices | |
Waste Landby Lucy Walker "The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to everything." — Brazilian artist Vik Muniz Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead | |
We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneânby Anne Makepeace The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts revives their native tongue, a language that was silenced for more than 100 years. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens | |
Welcome to the Worldby Brian Hill Welcome to the World asks: Is it worse to be born poor than to die poor? Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices, Why Poverty? | |
When I Riseby Mat Hames, James Moll, and Michael Rosen When I Rise is about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead |

