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WGST 200 - Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

A guide to assist you with WGST 200 at Bay College.

WGST 200
- Required Films
- Optional Films

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Optional Films

Below is a list of optional films to be viewed outside of class.

The Beauty Academy of Kabul by Liz Mermin
Beaches by Garry Marshall
Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk about Their Lives by Fiona Kelleghan
Born into Brothels by Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman
Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
The Celluloid Closet by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
The Changing Role of Hispanic Women
The Circle by Jafar Panahi
Crash by Paul Haggis
Defending Our Lives by Margaret Lazarus
The Devil Wears Prada by David Frankel
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video by Sut Jhally
Fire by Deepa Mehta
Founding Mothers by History Education
Further Off the Straight and Narrow: New Gay Visibility on Television by Katherine Sender
G.I. Jane by Ridley Scott
The Handmaid's Tale by Harold Pinter
The Iron Lady by Phyllida Lloyd
J. Edgar by Clint Eastwood
Killing Us Softly 4 by Jean Kilbourne
Kingdom of Women: The Matriarchal Mosuo of China by Magic Lantern Media
Latinos Beyond Reel: Challenging a Media Stereotype.
Let's Talk About It: Domestic Violence by Filmblanc
Maria Full of Grace by Joshua Marston
The Mommy Mystique: The Anxiety of Modern Motherhood by ABC News
The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles
Nine to Five by Colin Higgins
The Other F Word by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
Race and Sex: What We Think (But Can't Say) by ABC News
Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America’s Boys by PBS
Sex in ’69: Sexual Revolution in America by History Education
Sexual Stereotypes in the Media by Films for the Humanities & Sciences
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ken Kwapis
Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Revolution by Ken Burns
The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Failure Is Impossible by Ken Burns
Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott
ISBN: 9780792837190
Threads of Hope by CanaMedia
Tootsie by Sydney Pollack
ISBN: 9780767834025
Tough Guise by Jackson Katz
Tough Guise 2 by Jackson Katz
Umoja, the Village Where Men Are Forbidden by Nour Films
The Vagina Monologues by Steven C. Lawrence
V-Day: Until the Violence Stops by Abby Epstein
Voices of Disposable People by Multimedia Group of Canada
We Can Do It!: A Celebration of Michigan Women by Gary May & Sheri Jones
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories by Dorothy Fadiman
ISBN: 9781594582875
Which Way Home by Rebecca Cammisa
Wildcats by Michael Ritchie
Women of Hope: Latinas Abriendo Camino by Bread & Roses Cultural Project
Why Can’t a Woman Earn as Much as a Man? by BBC
Why Can't a Woman Succeed Like a Man? by BBC