Judith Helfand

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Blue Vinyl
5.3

Blue Vinyl

Jan 10, 2002

Blue Vinyl
2002 93 min 6 vues
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
7.5

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Jul 12, 2019

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
2019 79 min 4 vues
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
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Love & Stuff
8

Love & Stuff

Nov 11, 2020

Love & Stuff
2020 79 min 1 vues
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby's room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half century older than her daughter.
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Love & Stuff
8

Love & Stuff

Nov 11, 2020

Love & Stuff
2020 79 min 1 vues
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby's room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half century older than her daughter.
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Private Violence
6.5

Private Violence

Jan 19, 2014

Private Violence
2014 77 min 10 vues
One in four women experience violence in their homes. Have you ever asked, “Why doesn't she just leave?” Private Violence shatters the brutality of our logic and intimately reveals the stories of two women: Deanna Walters, who transforms from victim to survivor, and Kit Gruelle, who advocates for justice.
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Blue Vinyl
5.3

Blue Vinyl

Jan 10, 2002

Blue Vinyl
2002 93 min 6 vues
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
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The Uprising of '34
1

The Uprising of '34

Jun 27, 1995

The Uprising of '34
1995 88 min 1 vues
Textile workers recall with pride the long- suppressed story of the General Textile Strike of 1934 when 500,000 Southern mill laborers walked off their jobs.
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Orgasm Inc.
5.9

Orgasm Inc.

May 02, 2009

Orgasm Inc.
2009 73 min 13 vues
Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry.
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A Photographic Memory
1

A Photographic Memory

Mar 01, 2024

A Photographic Memory
2024 87 min 1 vues
A filmmaker ventures into the archives of her photographer mother to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they leave behind.
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Blue Vinyl
5.3

Blue Vinyl

Jan 10, 2002

Blue Vinyl
2002 93 min 6 vues
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
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Everything's Cool
8.1

Everything's Cool

Jan 01, 2007

Everything's Cool
2007 89 min 7 vues
In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a mission to get the world to care about rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Taking a topic that's inherently serious and applying their signature blend of humor and emotional heft, Gold and Helfand advance the environmental dialogue in a surprisingly entertaining way.
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A Healthy Baby Girl
1

A Healthy Baby Girl

Jun 17, 1997

A Healthy Baby Girl
1997 58 min 1 vues
Filmmaker Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself to document her battle with cancer caused by DES, a drug prescribed to her mother during pregnancy. Refusing to confine the tears, rage, laughter and hope to dinner table conversations, Helfand invites us to witness her personal journey from radical hysterectomy patient to vocal opponent of toxic exposure. From her suburban home to the halls of Congress, the intensely private becomes widely public, and an American family is transformed and strengthened.
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Pariah
6.837

Pariah

Dec 27, 2011

Pariah
2011 86 min 147 vues
Filmmaker Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself to document her battle with cancer caused by DES, a drug prescribed to her mother during pregnancy. Refusing to confine the tears, rage, laughter and hope to dinner table conversations, Helfand invites us to witness her personal journey from radical hysterectomy patient to vocal opponent of toxic exposure. From her suburban home to the halls of Congress, the intensely private becomes widely public, and an American family is transformed and strengthened.
Drama
The Land Beneath Our Feet
1

The Land Beneath Our Feet

Nov 03, 2016

The Land Beneath Our Feet
2016 60 min 1 vues
The Land Beneath Our Feet follows a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, who returns from the USA with never-before-seen footage of Liberia’s past. The uncovered footage is embraced as a national treasure. Depicting a 1926 corporate land grab, it is also an explosive reminder of eroding land rights.
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
7.5

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Jul 12, 2019

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
2019 79 min 4 vues
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
5

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Jan 22, 2011

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
2011 25 min 3 vues
The film features 85-year-old Mr. Armstrong, an African American barber in Birmingham, Alabama, as he experiences the manifestation of an unimaginable dream: the election of the first African American president. This colorful and courageous activist of the Civil Rights era casts his vote, celebrates Obama's victory and proudly unfurls the American flag as he is inducted into the Foot Soldiers Hall of Fame. Mr. Armstrong links the magnitude of the present paradigm shift with challenges he faced in the past: from his sons' integration into an all white school to the Bloody Sunday march for voting rights. The documentary raises questions about democracy and patriotism in the face of adversity, and the vigilance and action required to ensure continued forward movement to end racial injustice.
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Wo Ai Ni Mommy
1

Wo Ai Ni Mommy

Aug 31, 2010

Wo Ai Ni Mommy
2010 75 min 1 vues
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.
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My Favorite Neoconservative
1

My Favorite Neoconservative

Jan 01, 1970

My Favorite Neoconservative
1970 80 min 1 vues
My Favorite Neoconservative offers a rare glimpse of intimate Washington politics through a unique father-daughter relationship. The main character is the filmmaker’s father, Edward Luttwak, who makes a living as a military strategist. He devised the air campaign of the first Iraq War; his life was threatened on the nightly news by the notorious terrorist, Abu Nidal. The film tells a father-daughter story with a massive military and political twist.
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Everything's Cool
8.1

Everything's Cool

Jan 01, 2007

Everything's Cool
2007 89 min 7 vues
In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a mission to get the world to care about rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Taking a topic that's inherently serious and applying their signature blend of humor and emotional heft, Gold and Helfand advance the environmental dialogue in a surprisingly entertaining way.
Documentary
Love & Stuff
8

Love & Stuff

Nov 11, 2020

Love & Stuff
2020 79 min 1 vues
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby's room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half century older than her daughter.
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اوزاک یوللار
1

اوزاک یوللار

Jan 27, 2025

اوزاک یوللار
2025 137 min 1 vues
37-year-old Sara Shahverdi, a motorcycle riding, land owning, former midwife-turned-fierce citizen advocate and recent divorcée, just won a landslide local election in her remote Iranian village and everyone has an opinion about it.
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