The F-word who wants to be a feminist?

DVD 2010

"Feminism. Does the word have any meaning today? Has it become tainted with connotations that alienate some women? Or is it simply irrelevant in the 21st century? Today in North America, women make up half the work force and more than half of all university students. But according to the UN, they own only 1% of the world's wealth despite comprising 53% of the population. And in Canada they're badly outnumbered on corporate boards and in Parliamen...

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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Young adult / Adult

Other Title:

Who wants to be a feminist? [DVD]
Doc zone (Television program)

Notes:

Canadiana
RPL : Licensed for public performance
Broadcast on the CBC television program Doc zone, March 3, 2011
Interviews with Susan Faludi, Naomi Wolf, Germaine Greer, Amy Richards, Christina Hoff Sommers, Kathleen Lahey, Jessica Yee and Nichole Abraham
Produced with the participation of CMF/FMC
This DVD may not play in all DVD players
Director of photography, Catherine Lutes ; edited by Greg Hopen ; music by Evelyne Datl
Host, Ann-Marie MacDonald
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen 4:3
Licensed for public performance
Closed-captioned

Contents:

Introduction
Women as people
True equality
Transmission of power

Control Number:

1879629

Other Authors:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Holm, Judy
MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-
Markham Street Films
McNamara, Michael, 1953-

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Saskatoon Public Library copies with Educational/Public Screening copyright are limited to Saskatoon residents and must be picked up and returned in the Fine Arts department on the second floor of Frances Morrison Central Library. Films can be booked in person, by phone at 306.975.7579 or online.

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