Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

Born: March 25, 1934
in Toledo, Ohio, USA
Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Movies for Gloria Steinem...

Becoming bell hooks
Title: Becoming bell hooks
Released: February 27, 2024
Type: Movie
Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. Learn how bell’s childhood in Hopkinsville and her connection to Kentucky’s “hillbilly culture” informed her views and her belief that feminism is for everybody. Becoming bell hooks, a one-hour documentary, features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.
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Bella!
Title: Bella!
Character: Self
Released: July 30, 2023
Type: Movie
Bella! tells the story of Bella Abzug, who first rose to prominence as a scrappy grassroots activist in New York's West Village, and then went on to champion everything from an end to the Vietnam War to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.
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Title: Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 3, 2023
Type: TV
Actor, model, and global superstar Brooke Shields’ journey from a sexualized young girl to a woman who embraces her identity and voice.
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Periodical
Title: Periodical
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Tells the unexpected story of the human body by exploring the marvel and mystery of the menstrual cycle, from the first period to the last.
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For All Humankind
Title: For All Humankind
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Discover the story of humanity and space exploration as witnessed in the interrelated events of 1968 and 2020.
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Title: Live to Lead
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2022
Type: TV
Leaders committed to making a difference in the world share their inspiring life stories in this series executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan.
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Title: And Just Like That…
Character: Gloria Steinem
Released: December 9, 2021
Type: TV
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
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Title: Ziwe
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 2021
Type: TV
This variety series from writer, comedian and internet sensation, Ziwe is a no-holds-barred mix of musical numbers, interviews and sketches that challenge America’s discomfort with race, politics, & other cultural issues.
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The Glorias
Title: The Glorias
Character: Gloria
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.
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I Am Jackie O
Title: I Am Jackie O
Character: Self (archive voice)
Released: November 26, 2020
Type: Movie
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was the most famous woman in the world, impossibly glamourous and universally admired. She was also complex, layered, and extremely guarded, making her endlessly fascinating and enigmatic. This incredibly compelling film provides a definitive exploration of her life, from iconic first lady to widow, unofficial royalty and fashion icon.
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Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe
Title: Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe
Character: Herself
Released: November 2, 2020
Type: Movie
"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. Mohawk Clan Mother Louise Herne and Professor Sally Roesch Wagner shake the foundation of the established history of the women’s rights movement in the United States. They join forces on a journey to shed light on the hidden history of the influence of Haudenosaunee Women on the women’s rights movement, possibly changing this historical narrative forever.
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Title: Challenger: The Final Flight
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 16, 2020
Type: TV
Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.
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All In: The Fight for Democracy
Title: All In: The Fight for Democracy
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the film offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
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Title: Dear...
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2020
Type: TV
An inventive and cinematic approach to biographies of the most iconic figures in society today by using letters written by those whose lives have been changed through their work.
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Title: History 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2020
Type: TV
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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Title: Hillary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: TV
A portrait of a public woman, interweaving moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage with biographical chapters of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life. Featuring exclusive interviews with Hillary herself, Bill Clinton, friends, and journalists, an examination of how she became simultaneously one of the most admired and vilified women in the world.
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Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Title: Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Title: Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2018
Type: Movie
Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.
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Reversing Roe
Title: Reversing Roe
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.
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Do Women Have a Higher Sex Drive?
Title: Do Women Have a Higher Sex Drive?
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2018
Type: Movie
For years men have thought women had a lower sexdrive? Can men be proven wrong again? The film explores the the scientific, historical, biological and social aspects behind the female sex drive and female gaze.
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RBG
Title: RBG
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
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Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie
Title: Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Barbie, the most popular doll ever created, is a fashion icon and a target for feminists. This telling documentary features new footage, access to Barbie's biggest reinvention, and examines over 60 years of women through the lens of an 11.5-inch plastic doll.
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Seeing Allred
Title: Seeing Allred
Character: Self
Released: January 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.
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Equal Means Equal
Title: Equal Means Equal
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2016
Type: Movie
An unflinching look at how women are treated in the USA today examining issues such as workplace harassment, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. It shows how discriminatory attitudes still prevail and influence society and argues for the need to improve laws that claim to protect women.
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Title: Woman
Character: Herself
Released: May 3, 2016
Type: TV
At the intersection of violence and stability, of oppression and progress, are women. Gloria Steinem travels the world meeting those whose lives are in the crosshairs.
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Femme
Title: Femme
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.
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Title: Makers: Women Who Make America
Character: Self
Released: February 26, 2013
Type: TV
The story of the modern American women’s movement and its impact on work fields once largely closed to women.
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Title: Finding Your Roots
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: TV
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
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Gloria: In Her Own Words
Title: Gloria: In Her Own Words
Character: Herself
Released: August 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Despite decades of opposition from the right, and recent personal setbacks, Gloria Steinem remains one of the most outspoken and visible symbols of the women’s movement today. This film blends interviews of Steinem in her Manhattan apartment, archival footage, photographs from throughout her life and clips from press interviews over the years.
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Miss Representation
Title: Miss Representation
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2011
Type: Movie
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
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I Know a Woman Like That
Title: I Know a Woman Like That
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman between 64 and 94 years old. Among those featured in this extraordinary exploration of womanhood are famed model-turned-actress Lauren Hutton, screen and stage legend Rita Moreno and Hollywood pioneer Eartha Kitt.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Gloria Steinem
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 16, 2009
Type: TV
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
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Title: Sex: The Revolution
Released: May 12, 2008
Type: TV
Sex: The Revolution was a four-part 2008 American documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel. It chronicled the rise of American interest in sexuality from the 1950s through the 1990s. The version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity. VH1 Latin America aired the uncensored version.
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Slacker Uprising
Title: Slacker Uprising
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Michael Moore visits colleges in swing states during the 2004 election with a goal to encourage 18–29 year olds to vote.
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Title: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
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Title: The Colbert Report
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: TV
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
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Title: The L Word
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 2004
Type: TV
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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Home of the Brave
Title: Home of the Brave
Character: Self - Interview
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Title: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: Movie
Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Herself
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Miss America
Title: Miss America
Character: Self
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. The pageant is about commercialism and sexual politics, about big business and small towns. But beyond the symbolism lies a human story—at once moving, inspiring, infuriating, funny, and poignant. Combining rare archival footage, with a host of intimate interviews with distinguished commentators including Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Isaac Mizrahi, former contestants and behind–the–scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and why others briefly rejected it - how the pageant became a battle ground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society.
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The Real Linda Lovelace
Title: The Real Linda Lovelace
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Takes a look at the rise and fall of Linda Lovelace, the first major porn star.
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The Righteous Babes
Title: The Righteous Babes
Character: Self
Released: December 22, 1998
Type: Movie
The Righteous Babes shows how the self-affirmative music of young women is renewing the 90's feminism. In the film, audience can experience feminism not in the library but in the rock concert hall. The film shows interviews and performances. In addition, controversial feminists along with American and British women journalists share their views on pop culture.
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My Feminism
Title: My Feminism
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
In an era of antifeminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of Thank God I’m a Lesbian forcefully reminds us that the revolution continues. Powerful interviews with feminist leaders including bell hooks, Gloria Steinem, and Urvsahi Vaid are intercut with documentary sequences to engagingly explore the past and present status of the women’s movement. Discussing the unique contributions of second wave feminism, they explore their racial, economic and ideological differences and shared vision of achieving equality for women. Anessential component of women’s studies curricula, My Feminism introduces feminism’s key themeswhile exposing the cultural fears underlying lesbian baiting, backlash, and political extremism.
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The First Wives Club
Title: The First Wives Club
Character: Gloria Steinem
Released: September 20, 1996
Type: Movie
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!
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Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
Title: Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
Character: Herself - Author
Released: August 9, 1996
Type: Movie
Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas transformed our conception of the mind. Yet, fears and obsessions wracked the father of psychoanalysis. His theories continue to inspire debate, even as the discipline he invented drifts farther from his work. Through personal letters, diaries and interviews with biographers, psychiatrists and Freud's grandchildren, this documentary explores the life of the man who was once derided as the doctor of love.
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The Search for Satan
Title: The Search for Satan
Released: October 24, 1995
Type: Movie
FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars. Were these professed victims of secret satanic cults really helped by the psychiatric care they received?
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Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
Title: Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 1995
Type: Movie
This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenges commonly accepted truths about the global economy. The filmmakers detail Waring's early rise to political prominence and her successful protests against nuclear arms. Waring also speaks candidly about wartime economies, suggesting that government policies tend to marginalize the fiscal contributions of women.
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Title: New York News
Released: September 28, 1995
Type: TV
New York News is a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1995 fall lineup.
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Title: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 12, 1995
Type: TV
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Title: Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Character: Commentator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Parker reading poetry and scenes from the 1994 film on Parker's life, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Matthew Broderick.
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Title: Intimate Portrait
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 1993
Type: TV
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.
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Sex & Justice
Title: Sex & Justice
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Documentary, Political Documentaries - At Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, the issue of sexual harassment took the national stage when Thomas's former colleague Anita Hill testified that he made sexually provocative statements to her while he was her boss. The highlights of these historic proceedings, which include memorable contributions by Sen. Orrin Hatch, are condensed into this transfixing account, narrated by feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
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Title: American Masters
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1986
Type: TV
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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Waiting Tables
Title: Waiting Tables
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Interviews with people whom Gloria Steinem calls "pink collar" workers--those who wait tables.
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Night of 100 Stars II
Title: Night of 100 Stars II
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1985
Type: Movie
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
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Year of the Woman
Title: Year of the Woman
Released: October 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Utitlising humour, fantasy, animation, poetry and theatrics, Hochman and her crew challenge the male establishment for ignoring the first meeting of the National Women's Political Caucus and Shirley Chisholm's bid for US vice-president.
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
Title: Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs.
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The Fall
Title: The Fall
Released: January 15, 1969
Type: Movie
"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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The Pop Show
Title: The Pop Show
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.