BEYOND BEIJING: THE HANDBOOK works as a companion to the video or on its own as a comprehensive picture of women's NGO participation in UN world conferences, offering an amazing diversity of voices from the global women's movement, and much more. Perfect bound, 136 pages, illustrated. $15, or free with the video
BEYOND DISABILITY: THE FE FE STORIES The Empowered Fe Fes (slang for female), a group of young women with disabilities, hit the streets of Chicago on a quest to discover the difference between how they see themselves and how others see them. Their revelations are humorous, thought provoking and surprising. As the young women grapple with issues as diverse as access, education, employment, sexuality and growing up with disabilities, they address their audience with a sense of urgency, as if to say, "I need to tell you so you'll see me differently." (26 minutes)
Awarded Spirit Award and Achievement Award by the SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival top
BEYOND DISABILITY: THE FE FE STORIES - A TEACHER'S GUIDE is a MUST for educators who show Beyond Disability in classroom and workshop settings. The guide is divided into three topics: Difference and Stereotype, Relationships, and Rights. Each topic has several activities to choose from that are designed to stimulate critical thinking about the material. Students are engaged through role play, vivid visual and spatial representations, using their bodies, drawing, reflecting on themselves, sharing experiences and opinions, and working together to strategize solutions. Definitions of key terms, supplemental information, and ideas for projects are also provided. The guide is made with high school classrooms in mind but it can easily adapted for younger students or adult education contexts.
CAN LGBTQ + SCHOOL = SAFE? This video explores the problems experienced by queer youth in school settings and offers proven solutions, including how to start a Gay-Straight Alliance in your school. (28 minutes) top
COMMUNITY PANELS FOR YOUTH VIDEO AND HANDBOOK Beyondmedia worked with three Chicago communities and Northwestern University's Children and Family Justice Center to produce the Community Panels for Youth two-video-and-handbook set, illustrating how to create an alternative to juvenile court and youth incarceration that is organized and run by community people. top
DOIN' IT: SEX, DISABILITY, AND VIDEOTAPE The Empowered Fe Fes, a peer group of young women aged 16 to 24 with different disabilities, strike again with their second video production, an insightful investigation into the truths about sex and disability. In the video, the Fe Fes educate themselves about sex from many angles by talking with activists and scholars. The viewer tags along on a date between a woman with a disability and her able-bodied boyfriend, exploring relationship issues of dating with a disability over a candle-lit dinner. (35 minutes) top
A FISH (ALMOST) EATEN BY A SHARK A 17 year-old soccer playing Latina tries to make a video, "How to Start a Gay-Straight Alliance in Your High School," and runs smack into the principal. The video incorporates the voices of gay and lesbian youth and compelling statistics to paint a sobering picture of school and family life for GLBT youth. (17 minutes)
GIRLS' THEORY: ME-SEARCH RESEARCH was produced in a year-long workshop with girls aged 14-17, using the media to explore their own lives and the world around them. In their own voices, the girls cover topics such as violence, stereotypes of women, sex, relationships, reputation, and the future. (24 minutes) top
HOME BIRTH/PARTOS EN CASA: The Chicago Community Midwives. A bilingual (Spanish-English) documentary on birthing at home provides an inspiring and informative depiction of these healthcare activist midwives and their diverse community. (30 minutes) top
REAL TALK: ENGAGING YOUNG MEN AS ALLIES TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN The young women's action team asks young and adult men to reflect on issues of violence, including street harassment, relationship violence, the media and how to build the movement to stop violence against women. Using poetry, dance and interviews, this video speaks to youth who want to confront violence in their communities. (28 minutes) top
RESPECT ME, DON'T MEDIA ME was produced in a workshop with Sisters Empowering Sisters, a program of Girl's Best Friend. The movie examines the portrayal of young women in music videos and other media. It also asks the questions: what does this kind of portrayal mean for young women? How does it affect our lives, our decisions, our relationships? And what can we do to change it? (30 minutes) top
SISTERS SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR: STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN! Pearl Cleage keynotes an intensely moving forum, where women and girls of many races, religions, ethnicities and classes speak out against the violence in their lives and their communities with courage and a sense of sisterhood. (37 minutes) top
TURNING A CORNER tells the stories of people involved in the sex trade and their efforts to raise public awareness of systemic injustice and promote needed reforms. Created in a media activism workshop with over a dozen members of Prostitution Alternatives Round Table (PART), this groundbreaking film recounts their survival and triumph over homelessness, violence and discrimination, and gives rare insights into Chicago's sex trade industry. (60 minutes)
VOICES IN TIME is a window into the lives of women who have served time in prison. In emotionally-charged interviews, women share their experiences before,in, and after prison and examine the relationship between the prison system and poor communities and communities of color. (36 minutes) top
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND: A VISIBLE VOICES VIDEO
WHY THEY GOTTA DO ME LIKE THAT? THE EMPOWERED FE FES TAKE ON BULLYING Young women with disabilities show us how we can work together to understand and stop school-based discrimination, particularly against people with disabilities. The Fe Fes offer tongue-in-cheek dreamscapes depicting everyday bullying along with solutions that can be used by any student, teacher or administrator. (12 minutes)
