Cambridge Documentary Films
Encyclopedia
Cambridge Documentary Films is a non profit organization established in Massachusetts in 1974. The purpose of the organization is to create new perspectives on important social issues and give voice to groups and individuals whose perspectives are ignored by mainstream media . Cambridge Documentary Films produces and distributes award winning documentaries to thousands of universities, community organizations, schools, libraries and public interest organizations throughout the United States
and the world. These films have won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and have been screened at the UN General Assembly, The White House, the Office of the Vice President, the US Congress and numerous state houses . The subjects include: advertising's image of women, domestic violence
, trauma, rape
, eating disorders, self esteem, media literacy, homophobia
, the labor movement, gender roles, career counseling, nuclear war, reproductive health
hazards, the women's health movement, gay and lesbian parenting and other social issues .
United States
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and the world. These films have won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and have been screened at the UN General Assembly, The White House, the Office of the Vice President, the US Congress and numerous state houses . The subjects include: advertising's image of women, domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
, trauma, rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
, eating disorders, self esteem, media literacy, homophobia
Homophobia
Homophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...
, the labor movement, gender roles, career counseling, nuclear war, reproductive health
Reproductive health
Within the framework of the World Health Organization's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system...
hazards, the women's health movement, gay and lesbian parenting and other social issues .
Cambridge Documentary Film Titles
- 1974 “Taking Our Bodies Back: The Women’s Health Movement”
- 1975 “Rape Culture”
- 1977 “Eugene Debs and the American Movement”
- 1979 “Killing Us Softly”
- 1982 “Pink Triangles: A film about Homophobia”
- 1984 “Hazardous Inheritance: Workplace Hazards to Reproductive Health”
- 1986 “Last Empire: US Intervention”
- 1987 “Still Killing Us Softly”
- 1988 “Not Just a Job”
- 1991 “Life’s Work”
- 1993 “Defending Our Lives”
- 1998 “Strong at the Broken Places”
- 2000 “Beyond Killing Us Softly”
- 2001 “The Strength to Resist: Media’s Impact on Women and Girls”
- 2003 “Rape Is”
- 2005 “Healing the Wounds"
- 2010 “BirthMarkings”