Movies and TvShows featuring "bryn-mawr-pennsylvania" theme.

The Watermelon Woman is a fake documentary about Cheryl Dunye, a black lesbian filmmaker who sets out to make a film about Fae Richards, a black actress from the 1930s who was known for her roles as a mammy in Hollywood films. As Cheryl researches Fae Richards' life, she also navigates her own personal relationships and experiences as a black lesbian in Philadelphia.

A documentary on the life and achievements of Katharine Hepburn, showcasing her iconic roles and personal struggles. From her early days in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the film explores Hepburn's extraordinary journey as an actress and her impact on the film industry.

The Women of Summer reveals that from 1921 to 1938, 1700 blue collar women participat./ia ma controversial and inspired educational experiment known as the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers. Shows that the program changed their lives forever and has left a legacy meriting public awareness. The School was funded by prominent capitalists such as the Rockefellers, DuPonts and Carnegies, and introduced women workers of every./ia mand nationality to the realm of humanistic and political thought, including Marxism and trade unionism. In the end it was considered too radical and was discontinued, but not before it had exerted a profound influence on its faculty and students, producing union, community and government leaders. Coproduced with Rita Heller.