Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
This dramatization of Henrik Ibsen's play Ghosts opens with Jakob Engstrand attempting to convince Regina, his daughter and a maid in the Alving household, to come work for him. She refuses, happy with her position in a proper household, but we are ...
Loving A Stranger
Four North American women fall in love with younger Muslim men from Morocco, Pakistan and Guinea. What follows are years of longing, heartbreak and betrayal. Two cultures clash leaving the women questioning themselves and the honesty of their partne...
After Happily Ever After
With half of American marriages ending in divorce, why does 90 percent of the nation still enter into matrimony? Is the Western notion of permanent, monogamous marriage entering a new phase, a more flexible and adaptable one, or is it becoming obsol...
Michael Kimmel: on gender
We've heard again and again that men and women are engaged in a "battle of the sexes," that we're so differently wired and so foreign to each other that we might as well come from different planets. In this powerful new lecture, renowned speaker and...
Love
Science tells us a lot about sex, but what can it tell us about love? This program highlights research on the neurochemistry and psychology of love, suggesting ways to improve—and even salvage—long-term relationships. Four couples undergoing var...
Portraits in Human Sexuality: Human Development
Parents, friends, sex education classes, the media—all of them shape our perceptions of reproduction and physical intimacy. Starting at the beginning, then, this program focuses on developmental issues in human sexuality. Its four interview segmen...
Women and men unglued: marriage and relationships in the 21st century
Men and women of marriageable age are staying single in record numbers. The traditional family is fast becoming an anachronism. Could the 21st century be the era when the sexes go their separate ways? Through a series of filmed portraits and candid,...
War of the Sexes: Language
Why do girls demonstrate greater reading and writing ability than boys? Is the female brain hardwired for faster verbal development? Should men let women do the talking? This program studies language differences between the sexes and explores the po...
A Soft Place to Fall
A Soft Place to Fall is a dance film that investigates a couple’s shifting relationship. This dance tells the passionate story of a man and a woman and the humour and peril of becoming vulnerable to each other as the two move through states of obs...
Man for a Day
Performance artist and gender activist Diane Torr has appeared on stages around the world as a drag king, performing male characters and raising issues of gender and performativity. Now she holds workshops for other women in which they develop their...