Women Make Movies Movie Trailers
Most Popular Women Make Movies Trailers
Total trailers found: 57
Your Children Come Back to You Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.
Storming Caesars Palace Trailer (2022)
03 August 2022
This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor.
Blowin' Up Trailer (2018)
21 April 2018
In a courtroom in Queens, women facing prostitution charges may earn a chance at redemption thanks to an experimental program established by a team of rebel heroines working to change the system.
The Feeling of Being Watched Trailer (2018)
21 April 2018
Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI.
Coded Bias Trailer (2020)
11 November 2020
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.
A Photographic Memory Trailer (2024)
01 March 2024
A filmmaker ventures into the archives of her photographer mother to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they leave behind.
Killing Time Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
An offbeat, wryly humorous look at the dilemma of a would-be suicide unable to find the right outfit to die in, examines the personal habits, socialization, and complexities of life that keep us going.
Sisters Rising Trailer (2020)
16 February 2020
"Sisters Rising" is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing colonial violence against indigenous women in the United States.
Jane: An Abortion Service Trailer (1995)
06 October 1995
This fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who performed nearly 12,000 safe illegal abortions between 1969 and 1973 with no formal medical training.
Surname Viêt Given Name Nam Trailer (1989)
01 April 1989
The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.
Love the Sinner Trailer (2017)
20 April 2017
A short documentary exploring the connection between Christianity and homophobia in the wake of the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Trailer (1985)
01 September 1985
1985 Argentine documentary film directed by Susana Blaustein Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
Whose Streets? Trailer (2017)
11 August 2017
A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight back—and sparked a global movement.
Netizens Trailer (2018)
22 April 2018
Cynthia Lowen’s powerful documentary Netizens highlights three women as each wages war against one of the internet’s most malevolent forces: prevalent and un-policed misogyny, harassment, and stalking.
Vessel Trailer (2014)
09 March 2014
A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
Warrior Women Trailer (2018)
26 May 2018
Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native American women struggling for their people's civil rights.
A Revolution in Four Seasons Trailer (2016)
30 April 2016
Two politically-opposed young women fight to shape their lives along with the political future of Tunisia, the sole country to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings as a functional democracy.
Pray Away Trailer (2021)
16 June 2021
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle.
Motherland Trailer (2017)
21 January 2017
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines.
Wolf and Sheep Trailer (2016)
30 November 2016
In rural Afghanistan, people are storytellers who make up and tell each other tales of mystery and imagination to explain the world in which they live.
Midwives Trailer (2022)
26 March 2022
Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of a makeshift medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights.
Acting Our Age Trailer (1988)
24 January 1988
An invigorating antidote for American culture's one-dimensional image of older women, this classic film offers empowering insights about women and aging for every generation.
All Fall Down Trailer (1993)
13 July 1993
In this powerfully crafted family drama, two sisters travel to their mother's home on the second anniversary of their brother's suicide.
Sweet Bananas Trailer (1973)
15 March 1973
“Sweet Bananas traces the contrasting lives of some working class and upper class women, who end up all getting along.
Juggling Gender Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
Features Jennifer Miller, juggler and director of Circus Amok. Miller speaks of her life and struggle as a lesbian woman who happens to have a moustache and beard.
Alternative Conceptions Trailer (1987)
25 June 1987
Lesbian motherhood through artificial insemination is the subject of this supportive tape about a controversial subject.
SURVIVA Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
A narrative constructed in the wishful-filmmaking, or “fanumentary”, genre. Rural women artists unite via CR to support one another’s work and to showcase more women’s art publicly available in their community.
Razing Liberty Square Trailer (2023)
01 May 2023
Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.
Belly of the Beast Trailer (2020)
11 June 2020
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Yours in Sisterhood Trailer (2018)
21 February 2018
What might be revealed in the process of inviting strangers to act out and respond to 1970s feminism forty years later? Between 2015 and 2017, hundreds of strangers in communities all over the US were invited to read aloud and respond to letters from the 70s sent to the editor of Ms.
Tomboy Trailer (2020)
13 March 2020
Shot over a five-year period in a nuanced, cinematic style, Tomboy tells the story of four women drummers, making their mark in a stereotypically masculine field.
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela Trailer (2020)
13 March 2020
Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets.
Women Blacksmith Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
A 2006 documentary made in Uganda that follows three women, Sharifa, Fatuma, and Peninah, and tracks their participation in a program that aids them in making wheel chairs of their own.
The Supreme Price Trailer (2014)
03 October 2014
The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles.
The Women's Happy Time Commune Trailer (1972)
01 November 1972
The first all-women Western. Set in a fictional 1850, the movie is about one woman's attempt to recruit others for an all-women commune.
Battleground Trailer (2022)
07 October 2022
Heading distinctly different anti-choice organizations, three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v.
93Queen Trailer (2018)
29 April 2018
Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, "93Queen" follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
Jacinta Trailer (2021)
08 October 2021
An intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma, Jacinta follows a young woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration, and crime.
Heather Booth: Changing the World Trailer (2017)
01 January 2017
Heather Booth is the most influential person you have heard of. The newest film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Lilly Rivlin, HEATHER BOOTH: CHANGING THE WORLD is an urgent response to the recent election of Trump and all that has ensued.
Among the Believers Trailer (2015)
16 April 2015
An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
Recovery City Trailer (2024)
12 June 2024
Recovery City is an intimate, unflinching portrait of four bold women who refuse to let themselves or their community give in to the stigma and despair of addiction.
A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps Trailer (2019)
27 September 2019
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave young Americans the opportunity to serve their country in a new way by forming the Peace Corps.
Maid In America Trailer (2005)
05 March 2005
Three years in the making, this documentary takes an intimate and emotional look into the lives of three Latinas who work as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, three of the nearly 100,000 domestic workers living in that city today.
Sin by Silence Trailer (2009)
22 March 2009
Sin by Silence is a domestic violence documentary film by Olivia Klaus about women who have killed their abusive husbands.
Bloodlines Trailer (2008)
21 December 2008
A moving meditation on guilt and reconciliation, Bloodlines explores the unwritten cost of war and genocide on future generations - of both victims and perpetrators.
Because the Dawn Trailer (1988)
08 November 1988
Marie is a Manhattan vampire thirsting for acceptance and blood, not necessarily in that order. Apparently a renaissance woman, she sings the blues, poses for a picture, and rides through Times Square in a horse drawn carriage.
Tigre Gente Trailer (2021)
11 June 2021
The Madidi National Park—located in Bolivia—is home to rich and treasured natural land: the most biodiverse in the whole planet.
Tree Shade Trailer (1998)
01 June 1998
Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise.
A Man, When He Is a Man Trailer (2023)
09 April 2023
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America?
Voices of Muslim Women from the US South Trailer (2015)
10 December 2015
When one thinks of the American Deep South, the image of veiled Muslim students strolling the University of Alabama campus is the last thing that comes to mind.
Age 12: Love with a Little L Trailer (1991)
12 July 1991
This film is depicts early lesbian sexuality, using reenacted scenes from the experience of a 12-year old girl as the platform for a meditation on forbidden desire, transgression, and Lacanian psychoanalytic concepts of identity formation.
Running with My Girls Trailer (2021)
13 November 2021
Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, five diverse female activists decide to run for municipal office in Denver — one of the fastest gentrifying cities in the country.
Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury Trailer (2015)
10 March 2015
At the age of 45, actress, writer, wife, and mother-of-two Laury Sacks had a reputation as the quickest wit in the room.
Two Lies Trailer (1990)
27 March 1990
Doris Chu, a recently divorced Chinese American woman, has plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder. From her teenage daughter Mei's perspective, her mother's two eyes equal two lies.
Theatre Girls Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
In her final piece at film school, Longinotto and her partner take us into the "Theatre Girls Club" in Soho, London–a hostel for elderly and destitute women and the only shelter in London that would take in any woman at any time.
Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
This documentary examines issues related to the struggle for gender equity and the portrayal of suffragettes in the early days of the silver screen.
In the Morning Trailer (2005)
21 January 2005
When a young Turkish woman is brutally attacked, the responsibility of restoring her family's lost honor is left in the hands of her younger brother: a thirteen-year-old boy.
