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The Girl Next Door
In 1995, Oklahoma housewife Stacy Baker posed for a photograph that changed her life.
Encouraged by her then-husband to pose nude for a contest. . . . MORE

A Calling to Care
Grace Stanley left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling.
Halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan she followed a calling to teach nursing to local women, but in a strict Muslim culture that forbids women to touch men, this is no easy task. . . . MORE

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
The life, work and extraordinary story of Tobias Schneebaum, controversial artist and author.
After seven months with no word, the U.S. State Department presumed he was dead. New York headlines told the story of a prominent local painter lost in the Amazon. When Schneebaum reemerged from the jungle. . . . MORE

Doc Spot

Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire
Documentary Educational Resources
Waltham, Mass USA

Of Men And Gods

A frank look at a largely unexplored area, Of Men And Gods examines the daily existence of several Haitian men who are openly gay.

Prevalent, yet still taboo, homosexuality and gay culture are allowed to flourish within the context of Haiti's Vodou religion.

More about Of Men and Gods

The filmmaker, Anne Lescot, is an anthropologist who has studied Haitian Vodou for 10 years. Laurence Magloire has been working in the field of television for 10 years.

Reflections
Documentaries with new signifigance

The United States is at war with Iraq
Iraqi Women—Voices from Exile
	1994 The recent history of Iraq through the eyes and experiences of
Iraqi women living in exile in Britain. The Arab world usually speaks to the outside with a male voice and Arab women’s voices are rarely heard. . . . MORE

War is underway in Afghanistan - and threatening in Iraq - more U.S. women than ever before are preparing for battle
Their Own Vietnam
1995 Five American women who served in the Vietnam War as
nurses and officers. Spirited interviews intercut with rare archival images and home movies explore their day-to-dayexperiences in the U.S. military. . . . MORE

Roe v. Wade is 30 years old in 2003 - and the movement to overturn the law is now stronger than ever
Access Denied
	1991 This doc covers cutbacks in women's reproductive
freedom and civil rights against the backdrop of Operation Rescue's religious anti-abortion fervor. Presents three years of actions for reproductive rights in contrast to attacks by the anti-choice movement. . . . MORE

Festival Highlights

This month's selection of documentaries currently on the festival circuit

LOVE AND DIANE - Jennifer Dworkin's award-winning documentary
"a searingly honest and moving examination of poverty, welfare and drug rehabilitation" MORE

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