Joan Micklin Silver

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Calling the Shots
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Calling the Shots

Sep 08, 1988

Calling the Shots
1988 100 min 1 vues
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
Documentary
Chilly Scenes of Winter
6.6

Chilly Scenes of Winter

Oct 19, 1979

Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979 95 min 23 vues
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Comedy
Chilly Scenes of Winter
6.6

Chilly Scenes of Winter

Oct 19, 1979

Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979 95 min 23 vues
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Comedy
Hester Street
6.232

Hester Street

Oct 19, 1975

Hester Street
1975 90 min 28 vues
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Drama
Loverboy
6.1

Loverboy

Apr 28, 1989

Loverboy
1989 98 min 160 vues
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Comedy
A Private Matter
4.8

A Private Matter

Jun 20, 1992

A Private Matter
1992 92 min 4 vues
The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Drama
Between the Lines
5.2

Between the Lines

Apr 27, 1977

Between the Lines
1977 101 min 21 vues
The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Comedy
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
5.6

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Oct 06, 1976

Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976 45 min 10 vues
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Comedy
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
3.8

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

Jan 26, 1991

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991 79 min 4 vues
Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - about a mother whose son has ceased to go to prison for visits. The third - about the experiences of women on the eve of its release.
Drama
Hunger Point
4.2

Hunger Point

Jan 13, 2003

Hunger Point
2003 88 min 13 vues
A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.
Drama
Hester Street
6.232

Hester Street

Oct 19, 1975

Hester Street
1975 90 min 28 vues
A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.
Drama
The Fur Coat Club
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The Fur Coat Club

Jun 01, 1973

The Fur Coat Club
1973 18 min 1 vues
Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.
Family
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
5.6

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Oct 06, 1976

Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976 45 min 10 vues
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Comedy
Invisible Child
6.9

Invisible Child

Mar 08, 1999

Invisible Child
1999 93 min 5 vues
A nanny is hired by a troubled mother and finds herself fighting to hold together the entire family when she realizes the woman has an imaginary daughter.
Drama
The Frontier Experience
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The Frontier Experience

Jan 01, 1975

The Frontier Experience
1975 25 min 1 vues
The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.
Drama
Limbo
6

Limbo

Oct 31, 1972

Limbo
1972 112 min 1 vues
A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.
Romance
Limbo
6

Limbo

Oct 31, 1972

Limbo
1972 112 min 1 vues
A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.
Romance
Finnegan Begin Again
6.3

Finnegan Begin Again

Feb 24, 1985

Finnegan Begin Again
1985 115 min 10 vues
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Comedy
The Nightingale
3.7

The Nightingale

May 10, 1983

The Nightingale
1983 54 min 3 vues
A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.
Fantasy
On the Yard
5.8

On the Yard

Sep 16, 1978

On the Yard
1978 102 min 6 vues
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
Drama
The Case of the Elevator Duck
6

The Case of the Elevator Duck

Jan 01, 1974

The Case of the Elevator Duck
1974 17 min 1 vues
Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.
Drama
The Case of the Elevator Duck
6

The Case of the Elevator Duck

Jan 01, 1974

The Case of the Elevator Duck
1974 17 min 1 vues
Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.
Drama
The Fur Coat Club
1

The Fur Coat Club

Jun 01, 1973

The Fur Coat Club
1973 18 min 1 vues
Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.
Family
8.227

Nov 14, 1987
1987 min 22 vues
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Drama