The Call of the Drums
The history of Afro-Brazilian women is one of resistance, creation and celebration. The 400 women of the Afro-feminist group Ilú Obá de Min create music and dance together - Together, their bodies and instruments become one.
The history of Afro-Brazilian women is one of resistance, creation and celebration. The 400 women of the Afro-feminist group Ilú Obá de Min create music and dance together - Together, their bodies and instruments become one.
The history of Afro-Brazilian women is one of resistance, creation and celebration. The 400 women of the Afro-feminist group Ilú Obá de Min create music and dance together - Together, their bodies and instruments become one.
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.