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The Gods of Our Fathers

January 1994 •English

Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile.

Birth Control Your Own Adventure

April 2018 •English

A darkly comedic, personal testimony about birth control side effects and navigating the inadequacies of women’s healthcare.

All for One

April 2002 •French

In a closed locker room, rugby players perform the last pre-match rituals. Warming up their souls and bodies, all tense in anticipation of the fight.

Margaret Sanger: A Public Nuisance

October 1993 •English

An exploration of the early public debate surrounding birth control, the media's involvement, and the unstoppable Margaret Sanger, in a style mimicking the films of the period.

Manly Feelings

September 2024 •Dutch

Manly Feelings is a short film by Chris Blom, about the difficulty that many men face while experiencing, expressing, and sharing the difficult emotion of sadness. The film lingers in this place of difficulty through interviews with men, supported by metaphorical imagery.

Doctor Woman: The Life and Times of Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw

January 1978 •English

Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As one of the first women to practise medicine in Canada, she had to overcome society's bias against women in medicine. During her seventy-year career she helped to instigate change in public opinion on that issue, as well as the issue of birth control. The film captures the personality of this remarkable woman through a contemporary interview and re-enactments of episodes from her youth. The sepia tones of the re-enactments are in keeping with the film techniques of the time, giving the viewer a strong sense of the period. The film is of special interest to persons interested in the evolution of women's roles in Canadian society.

Boy´s Games

August 2023 •Spanish

Jaime and Pablo explore and work on their identity by telling us about their experiences and participating in a masculinity theatrical laboratory where we will discover the conflict that led them to question their masculinity. This conflict forced them to question the games they taught us as boys, proposing different games where we learn to care for the people we love.

Men: The Origins

December 2022 •Italian

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

March 1995 •English

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. Sanger later helped to establish America's first birth control clinic in 1916, and in 1925 was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.

Pink Matter

October 2023 •English

When a young man goes to a brothel to lose his virginity, he finds wisdom in a courtesan.

Hedgehog

May 2024 •English

A headstrong trans teenager is propelled into their hangover when a reckless decision to have sex without a condom triggers an urgent need for the ‘morning after’ pill.

Nevada

October 2017 •English

In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap.

Z.P.G.

May 1972 •English

In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules.

Blessed: Live, Laugh,Run!

March 2026 •English

In Indiana, a group of pro-life terrorist lure vulnerable young women into a trap. Which one will escape? Which one will be blessed?

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

May 1917 •English

A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.

The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie

July 2024 •English

With the 10-year high school reunion around the corner, Xander and his squad embark on a journey to become the dopest versions of themselves in time to flex on all of their old classmates.

The Local Stigmatic

March 1990 •English

Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in perversely brutal acts of violence against victims apparently chosen at random

In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself

January 1943 •English

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.

Take Your Birth Control

October 2017 •English

This is a book excerpt adaptation from Anna Akana's "So Much I Want To Tell You: Letters To My Little Sister"

Contraceptive

Invalid date •English

A teenage girl undergoes the uncomfortable and intrusive process of acquiring a birth control prescription.