Summary: It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA IMI

Summary: In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAD

Summary: Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ON

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ON

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONT