Deirdre Fishel
1) The Boy Game
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The truth is all boys suffer under cultural codes that demand toughness and silence. This is the landscape in which kids who bully (who have often been targeted themselves) thrive but lose their emotional wholeness, the unspoken harness that keeps targets from speaking up, and that leaves the many bystanders watching, conflicted, but too scared to act. Boys desperately need a way to talk about the painful gender straitjacketing they are subject to,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Flying in the face of this culture’s extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. Outspoken for their generation these women mark a sea change. Women over 65 are already the fastest growing segment of the population...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
It's not like most little girls growing up in the 1970's and 1980's thought, "oh I can't wait to grow up and pick my sperm over the Internet." But the truth is right now only 6% of American children will grow up in a "traditional family" and we're lucky to have some of the best reproductive options worldwide. Director Deirdre Fishel takes an intimate, behind the scenes look at her own experiences and that of three other diverse women as they go on...
4) Care
Publisher
New Day Films
Language
English
Description
This intimate documentary pulls back the curtain on the poignant and largely hidden world of in-home eldercare. Beautifully shot and deeply moving, the film reveals the bonds that form between paid care workers and elders - and exposes the cracks in a system that is currently failing both.. Official Selection at Sheffield Doc/Fest and DOC NYC.. “Superb. A powerful tale of dedication through the eyes of workers and clients.” – The Huffington...
Author
Publisher
Ideas Educativas
Edition
Edition Full screen.
Language
English
Description
El primer novio es para las adolescentes una experiencia muy enriquecedora, las hace sentirse importantes, deseadas. Pero en algunas ocasiones, la relacin̤ que en un principio pareca̕ ser ideal, se transforma en un motivo de degradacin̤, aislamiento de las amigas, temor e inseguridad. Esto sucede en la relacin̤ de pareja que se observa en el programa, en la que un muchacho celoso y posesivo intenta controlar la forma de vestirse y de pasar el...