Eastern Europe
Black Kites A film by Jo Andres, 1996, 26 min., Color Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo, BLACK KITES is th...
Calling the Ghosts Executive Producer: Julia Ormond
Directed by Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic, 1996, 63 min., Color An extraordinarily powerful documentary, CALLING THE GHOSTS is the first-person account of two women caught in a war where rape was as much an everyda...
Far From Poland A film by Jill Godmilow, 1984, 109 min., Color When denied visas to shoot in Poland, a filmmaker, steeped in the documentary traditions of the left, decides to construct her film in New York City. ...
The Germans and Their Men A film by Helke Sander, 1989, 96 min., Color "If a woman doesn't have equal rights, is she equally responsible for the crimes of a nation?" Helke Sander's quasi-documentary turns a wry and reveal...
Invisible Adversaries A film by Valie Export, 1976, 108 min., Color Breaking free of conventional unities of body, space and time, this early feature by one of Europe's leading feminist filmmakers is a haunting excursi...
Miss GULAG Produced by Irina Vodar and Raphaela Neihausen, A film by Maria Yatskova, 2007, 62 min., Color MISS GULAG is a rare look at the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in post-Soviet Russia, where women’s unemployment and incarcera...
The Peacekeepers and the Women A film by Karin Jurschick, 2003, 80 min., Color Winner of the Arte-Documentary Award for Best German Documentary, this chilling investigation examines the booming sex-trafficking industry in Bosnia ...
The Practice of Love A film by Valie Export, 1985, 90 min., Color "Valie Export's third feature is an anti-romance in which the heroine, oscillating between two relationships, gradually discovers that both are imposs...
Reconstruction A film by Irene Lusztig, 2001, 90 min., Color/BW Filmmaker Irene Lusztig unearths a dark family secret in search of answers and reconciliation in her breakthrough feature documentary, RECONSTRUCTION....
Seven Hours To Burn A film by Shanti Thakur, 1999, 9 min., Color/BW "A visually expressive personal documentary that explores a family's history. Filmmaker Thakur mixes richly abstract filmmaking with disturbing archi...
Writing Desire A film by Ursula Biemann, 2000, 23 min., Color "Ursula Biemann’s WRITING DESIRE is a video essay on the new dream screen of the Internet and how it impacts on the global circulation of women’s bodi...
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