Women's History on Film

February-March 2008 Monroe County Public Library, Free and open to the public

All Films will be accompanied by an introduction presented by a faculty member of the History Department

*Kadosh (1999): Friday, February 29, 3pm, Meeting Room 1C

A drama about the meaning of patriarchy in ultra-orthodox Jewish society

*Iron-Jawed Angels (2004): Monday, March 3, 6pm, Auditorium

A drama about the suffragist movement in the United States

*4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007): winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or: Sunday, March 9, 2pm, Auditorium

A chilling drama about the draconian pro-natalist policies of communist Romania

*Portrait of Teresa (1979): Sunday, March 23, 2:30pm, Auditorium

A woman surviving the hardships of the triple burden worker, mother, wife in communist Cuba

*A Midwife's Tale (1998): Tuesday, March 25, 6:30pm, Meeting Room 1B

A documentary of the acclaimed book with the same title about life in colonial America

*Sisters in Law, (2005): Saturday, March 29, 2:30 pm, Meeting Room 1B

A remarkable documentary about women enforcing and interpreting the law on behalf of other women and children

*Losing Isaiah (1995): Monday, March 31, 6pm, Auditorium

A drama about race and gender in the American court system told through the story of the fight between two women to be declared the mother of young boy

Organized by the Indiana University History Department's Gender and Sexuality Field

Co-Sponsors: Office of Women's Affairs; Department of Gender Studies; Russian and East European Institute; American Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Jewish Studies; Cultural Studies; Latino Studies