Movies and TvShows featuring "womens-health" theme.
Unrest is a powerful documentary that explores the lives of individuals living with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS. Through intimate interviews, personal stories, and medical research, the film sheds light on the challenges faced by those with this debilitating illness.
A documentary that delves into the medical mystery surrounding chronic fatigue syndrome, with a focus on the experiences of patients and the search for a cure. It highlights the struggles and challenges faced by those suffering from the disease and sheds light on the medical research and treatments available.
Kim Ji-Woon was born to a lawmaker father and doctor mother. He then went on to work at a big company, but he quit his job and stopped talking to his parents. Kim Ji-Woon meets a woman and begins to work as a housekeeper at her home. While doing his job, he listens to his customer's worries and gives advice to help them solve their problems.
Seeing Allred is a documentary film that follows the life and career of Gloria Allred, a prominent women's rights attorney. It explores her battles for gender equality, her high-profile cases, and the impact she has had on the women's rights movement. The film also delves into her personal life and the challenges she has faced. Overall, Seeing Allred provides an intimate and inspiring look at the life of this iconic feminist activist.
In 'Unpregnant,' a 17-year-old girl named Veronica finds out she is pregnant and decides to have an abortion. However, her conservative parents and the strict laws in her state make it difficult for her to access the procedure. With the help of her estranged childhood friend, Bailey, Veronica embarks on a road trip from Missouri to New Mexico to seek out a women's health clinic that can provide the abortion she needs. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and challenges, but ultimately find strength in their friendship.
Unplanned follows the story of Abby Johnson, a young woman who becomes the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic, but has a change of heart after witnessing an abortion procedure. She decides to leave the clinic and joins the pro-life movement, becoming a prominent activist. The film explores themes of redemption, personal transformation, and the conflict between reproductive rights and religious beliefs.
After a regrettable sexual encounter, a high school student named Sunny discovers that she needs a Plan B pill. Along with her slacker best friend, she embarks on a hilarious and empowering journey to find the pill before it's too late.
A powerful TV mini-series exploring the stories of three women in Northern Ireland as they navigate the deeply personal and politicized issue of abortion.
A West Berlin doctor, married with a two-year-old child, leaves her husband to go to Munich to work in the birth clinic of a hospital. Her husband doesn’t know that she’s pregnant with their second child. Will she have to choose between motherhood and her career?
A 1978 short documentary.
Period. End of Sentence. is a documentary that sheds light on the social stigma surrounding menstruation in India, emphasizing the challenges faced by women due to religious discrimination, social taboos, and lack of access to feminine hygiene products. The film also explores the impact of this stigma on girls' education, female independence, and overall public health.
The Janes (2022) tells the story of the JANE collective, a group of women who created an underground network to offer safe and affordable illegal abortions. Despite facing arrests and operating clandestinely, JANE provided crucial reproductive healthcare to women in need.
Based on writer & producer Bonnie Gross's true story, Lady Parts is a dramedy feature film where a young woman’s sex life becomes a family affair when she has to undergo a vulvar vestibulectomy. Her loving, but overbearing parents help her through recovery (despite her cringing) and learn that saying “vagina” loud and proud is the first step to advocating for herself in all aspects of her life.
Jane: An Abortion Service is a documentary that explores the underground network of women who provided safe and illegal abortion services in Chicago during the 1960s. The film delves into the lives of these activists and their fight for reproductive rights and women's health.
A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
In an era of activism, filmmaker Connor Luke Simpson enters the world of Fat Acceptance, a provocative social movement that is seeking to change the negative perception of obesity. Is everything we know about obesity wrong, or, will this movement just become a footnote in the history books?
An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis.
A Quiet Inquisition is a thought-provoking documentary drama that tells the story of a doctor and her struggle with reproductive healthcare issues in her native Nicaragua. Driven by her desire to provide the best care possible, she faces numerous challenges and obstacles while working in a country where abortion is illegal.