Guns & Mothersby Thom Powers Two mothers with opposing views on gun control expand the contentious debate to include women who fall on both sides of a historically male-dominated issue. Independent Lens | |
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwideby Maro Chermayeff, Jamie Gordon, and Mikaela Beardsley This multi-platform project is centered around a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event based on Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's widely acclaimed book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead | |
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographerby Nancy Schiesari A look at the life of one of America’s great women photographers, one of the first staff photographers at LIFE magazine, whose Depression-era photos and commitment to social justice inspired concerned artists everywhere. Independent Lens | |
A Healthy Baby Girlby Judith Helfand A woman who contracted cancer as the result of exposure to a synthetic hormone in utero documents her journey with humor and grace. POV | |
Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukaiby Charlotte Lagarde and Lisa Denker A portrait of Hawaiian surf legend and community activist Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn, who died of breast cancer at age 47. Independent Lens, True Stories | |
Heroine of Hellby Nietzchka Keene A painter obsessed with visions of hell and damnation forms a strange alliance with a recent widow. | |
Hide and Seekby Su Friedrich and Eva Kolodner This coming-of-age story looks back at growing up in a world where you think everyone else is straight, and they assume you are. | |
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymesby Byron Hurt Take an in-depth look at masculinity in rap music and hip-hop culture — where creative genius, poetic beauty, and mad beats collide with misogyny, violence, and homophobia. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens | |
Hollowby Lisa Robinson The web is no longer secure, but NeuroLock can encrypt data using the human brain. Iris struggles to choose between unemployment and a job as a “neuro-messenger,” a career with unwanted side effects. FUTURESTATES | |
Hopi Quiltsby Pam Stevenson Visit Hopi quilters on remote Arizona mesas to see how they have made American quilting traditions their own. |
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