Questioning Gender Roles
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    Against the Ropes (2004)

    Boxing manager Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) believes she and a veteran trainer can turn a young man...

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    Blue Crush (2002)

    A maid (Kate Bosworth) falls for an NFL quarterback (Matthew Davis) while preparing for an upcoming...

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    Unconscious (2006)

    Hoping to find her psychiatrist husband (Alex Brendemühl), a pregnant woman (Leonor Watling) and her...

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    Offside (2007)

    Since women are banned from soccer matches, Iranian females masquerade as males so they can slip...

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    Stage Beauty (2004)

    In 17th-century London, a famous actor's (Billy Crudup) devoted dresser (Claire Danes) becomes the...

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    Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

    In 1953 a professor (Julia Roberts) of art history challenges her female students (Kirsten Dunst,...

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    Bend It Like Beckham (2003)

    An Anglo-Indian teenager does not tell her tradition-minded parents that she has joined a women's...

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    Believe In Me (2007)

    A high-school coach (Jeffrey Donovan) faces opposition from a powerful rancher (Bruce Dern) when he...

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    Mr. Mom (1983)

    An automotive engineer's (Michael Keaton) wife (Teri Garr) gets a job, and he stays home with the...

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    Bandit Queen (1995)

    The legendary story of Phoolan Devi, based on her dictated prison diaries. Devi, India's most famous...

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    Beest Angosht

    Conversations illustrate the relationships between men and women in contemporary Iran.

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    Lipstick & Dynamite (2005)

    Filmmaker Ruth Leitman interviews female wrestlers from the 1940s and '50s.

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    The Girls (1971)

    Three actresses, performing "Lysistrata", find inspiration from the play to stand up against the men...

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    The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

    An upper-class woman (Suzy Amis) joins the California gold rush and frontier living, disguised as a...

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    My Brilliant Career (1980)

    In turn-of-the-century Australia, an independent woman tries to make a career as a writer despite...

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    Whale Rider (2003)

    A Maori girl (Keisha Castle-Hughes) defies her grandfather (Rawiri Paratene) and 1,000 years of...

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    Heart Like A Wheel (1983)

    Drag racer Shirley ``Cha-Cha'' Muldowney (Bonnie Bedelia) loses a husband (Leo Rossi) and gains a...

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    Sisters in Law (2006)

    A female judge in Cameroon hears the cases of an abused child, a battered wife and the rape of an...

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    Double Dare (2005)

    An exploration of the successes and constant struggles of two Hollywood stuntwomen--both facing a...

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    Girlfight (2000)

    A young Latina (Michelle Rodriguez) hones her boxing skills at a Brooklyn gym, where she falls in...

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    The Rain People (1969)

    A pregnant runaway housewife (Shirley Knight) picks up a brain-damaged ex-football hero (James...

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    The Heart of the Game (2006)

    Filmmaker Ward Serrill profiles Bill Resler, a university professor who coaches a girls basketball...

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    The Aggressives (2005)

    Filmmaker Daniel Peddle profiles women who stress their mannish traits.

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    Antonia (2007)

    Friends since childhood, Preta, Barbarah, Mayah and Lena are backup singers in a rap group fronted...

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    Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985)

    Judges and bodybuilders (Rachel McLish, Bev Francis, Carla Dunlap) try to define femininity at the...

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    Blossoms of Fire (2006)

    Celebrates the extraordinary lives of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico. The Isthmus...

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    Ma Vie En Rose (1997)

    Two French parents are perplexed and ostracized when their 7-year-old son prefers to dress and act...

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    Mulan 2 (Walt Disney) (2005)

    Mulan (Ming-Na) and Shang (B.D. Wong) must escort the emperor's three daughters to a neighboring...

  • Mulan (Walt Disney) picture
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    Mulan (Walt Disney) (1998)

    A Chinese maiden disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in battle against invading...

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    Fatma

    Growing up in the Tunisian countryside, Fatma is raped by her cousin at the age of 17. Desperate to...