AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

This listing does not claim to be comprehensive: there are so many groups active in the field that it would be impossible to list them all. Many of the groups have many functions and are therefore difficult to assign to categories. We have tried to separate them out in order to give examples of each of these functions, but to get a
full picture the list should be read as a whole.

The categories we have used are the following: groups who both produce and distribute films; film and video distributors; libraries and resource centres; groups providing training for physiology, with an emphasis on reproduction, contraception and abortion; and offering positive images for women to identify with.

Production

There are two main types of films within Cine-Mujer's scope. The first is the production of short films (8 to 15 minutes) for national distribution in Colombia's cinemas, accompanying feature films.

These short films are certain to reach an audience of at least 500.000 people throughout the country. These films have certain limitations: there are some controversial issues (such as abortion) that may be excluded. The restriction in time makes it difficult to develop a subject in depth, and these films must be produced within very limited budgets. On the other hand, a massive captive audience is guaranteed, and they are self-financing projects, enabling the production to be continuous.

The second category of films that Cine-Mujer envisages is the production of longer films (30 to 90 minutes) based on research on different aspects of the condition of women, the participation of women in history, and educational subjects.

Distribution

The first category of films mentioned above are exhibited through a distribution company who is in charge of allocating short films to the cinemas all over the country for a period of 12 to 18 months, in agreement with Cine-Mujer and within the legal requirements

women; publications (books and journals); groups taking action aroundjournals); groups taking action around women and the media; photographic agencies; and groups producing cartoons, posters and postcards.

We are aware that we have only touched a small part of a rapidly growing area, and would be very grateful for information about other groups under any of these categories.
They will be included in the guide which we are compiling.

Full details of the films, videos, slideshows available from all these sources can be found in the ISIS packet

The second category of films, which are excluded from theatrical distribution, are to be distributed directly through Cine-Mujer's distribution program. This program consists of an organization dedicated to acquiring and distributing films and other audiovisual materials dealing with women's issues. These 16mm films are to be hired or lent to women's groups, schools, universities, community centres, labor unions and other institutions or individuals, in Colombia and abroad.

FILMOGRAPHY

So far, we've produced a series of five colour films in video-cassette 3/4" and 1/2".

A Primeira Vista, 1979, (12min.), 16mm and 35mm, about women's everyday life in contrast to the media stereotypes.

Paraiso Artificial, 1980, (12 min.), 16 mm and 35 mm about the break down of a middle class woman's marriage

Y Su Mama Que Hace?, 1981, (10 min.), 16mm and 35 mm, a comedy about housework.

Carmen Carrascal, 1981, (12 and 27 min.), 16 mm and 35mm, about peasant artisan women in Colombia.

Llegaron las Feministas!, 1981, (55 min.), about the First Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting held in Bogota, July 81.

Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative Ltd P.O. Box 217, Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011, Australia. Tel: (02) 310721

Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative is a body of independent filmmakers who distribute the work of the Sydney Women Filmmakers and other independent women filmmakers.

Their wonderful catalogue lists more than 300 films and tapes made by women, articles on women and film, how to run a screening, reading list and graphics. As well as documentaries, they have dramas, comedies, features and animated films; and separate catalogues for health, women and work, sexuality, birth, nuclear issues and prison films, many of which have bibliographies to aid discussion. Films are mainly 16mm. Catalogue price Aust. $4.

Filmnews, the monthly newspaper of the Coop, contains frequent articles by women filmmakers or about women and film. Subscriptions $10. An important resource group.

Martha Stuart Communications, Inc. 66 Bank Street NY NY 10014 USA ]

Martha Stuart produces and distributes half-hour videotapes on a broad range of subjects. She gathers a group of people who share a common experience and lets them talk to each other. The tapes are designed to stimulate discussion and allow people to make their own solutions. Subjects available so far include: village women
in Egypt, welfare mothers, women who have had an abortion, women who have not had an abortion, women in management, key women at International Women's Year. In addition, she is available for workshops on learning to use video, as well as speaking engagements on what it is like to be a woman with a family who has had her own business for twenty years.

Rentals for videos range from US $25 - $100, and sale prices from $175 - $500. Format 3/4" videotape and 16mm film.

Community Video 445 Oxford Street . "  Paddington NSW Australia

Studio D National Film Board of Canada P.O. Box 6100 Montreal Quebec H3C 3H5 Canada

A mixed team whose main objective is to bring a women's perspective to social issues and to act as a catalyst for social change through the medium of film.

Women Artist Filmmakers Inc. New York NY 10012  USA. Tel: (212)966 5944

Film and video production and distribution cooperative, founded in 1973 by 10 artists seeking to extend and transform their creative ideas. They organise screenings and discussions.

New Day films P.O. Box 315 Franklin Lakes NJ 07417 USA. Tel: (201) 891 8240

A cooperative making and distributing feminist films.

Iris Films Box 5353 Berkeley, CA 94705 USA. Tel: (415) 549 3192

Feminist film production and distribution. They also provide 16mm services and equipment, and hold workshops, panel discussions and classes on film-making and theory.

Women In Focus Arts & Media Center Suite 2 0 4 - 456 W. Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1 R3 Canada Tel: (604) 872-2250

This all-female crew started in 1974 and has produced and distributed almost 40 tapes and films on subjects like: the women's suffrage movement in Canada, women and science, sexism in the school, self-defence for women, women and art, rape, women's studies, interviews, jobs, sport, etc...

Special prices can be arranged for  women's groups and individuals operating without a budget.

Format: 1/2" reel to reel, 3 / 4 " cassette or film

Women Make Movies 257 West 19th Street NY NY 10011 USA

Filmmakers/film distributors, this group of women also produce a newslette

DEMS

Development Education Media Services Foundation (DEMS) 89 B Jacinto Street, Davao City Philippines 9501

Specialises in audio-visual productions for the grassroots communities. Have a slideshow on women.

MUSIDORA 12 Rue des Bernardins 75005 Paris France Tel: 325 33 96

A group of women directors, camerawomen, actresses and critics who work together making and promoting their own films. Currently fighting for a
Womens Film Festival at Cannes and Venice and for more women on the judging panels at major festivals.

COB Concord Films Council Ltd 201 Felixstowe Road Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9BJ England Tel: (0473) 715754

A 16mm educational film and video library specialising in documentary and TV programmes on contemporary problems. Distribute their own films and videos, and advise on and distribute material for many charities and other bodies. They have a catalogue on women, women and development and peace films. Hire facilities only cover UK, but they occasionally send video cassettes abroad.

Producers

AN IDEA: A FEMININE FILM PRODUCER IN BRAZIL

Films made by women about women are now increasing in Brazil, especially in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. There is a project among some of these women that work with cinema of doing their own production, in order to have more organization and facilities for doing their films.

Since 1976 women have been choosing various womens' issues as subjects for their scripts. They've been doing short films about prostitutes ('Mangue' by Celia Resende-Rio de Janeiro, 1978 and 'Mulheres da Boca' ('Streetwalkers') by Cida Aidar and Ines Dastilho-Sao Paulo. 1982); maids ('Vida de Domestica -'The Life of a Maid'— by Elaine Bandeira-Sao Paulo, 1976 and 'Tempo Quente' by Leilany Fernandes Leite-Rio de Janeiro, 1981); workers ('Trabalhadoras Metalurglcas'— Women Metal Workers'- by Olga Futema-Sao Paulo, 1978) as well as about problems like abortion ('Vida de Mae e Assim Nesmo? by Eunice Gutman—Rio de Janeiro, 1983; women in their thirties
('Balzaquianas' by Elaine Bandeira and Marilia de Andrade-Sao Paulo, 1981); Women in their fifties ('A Terceira Idade' ('Third Age') by Eliane Bandeira and Marilia de Andrade-Sao Paulo, 1982) and parents' expectations about the baby's sex during pregnancy CE Menino ou Menina' ('Is it a Boy or a Girl?') by Elaine Bandeira and
Marilia de Andrade-Sao Paulo, 1977).

Films in progress include 'Tres Marias' ('Three Marias'), about relationships between men and women, by tnes Castilho, already shot, in the editing room; and a film about Indian women in Brazil, "Mulher India" ("Indian Woman"), by Eliane Bandeira to be shot in July.

Despite all the problems in making these films - shortage of money for example — we can say that Brazilian women are developing a strong women's film output and perhaps the best way to succeed is by creating their own productions that could gather women together in a creative process. 

Contact: Ines Castilho Rua Conego Eugenio Leite 818/9 05414-Sao Paulo-SP Brazil. Telephone: (5511) 231-2959

Cine Mujer Angeles Negoechea Penuri 19 Sede Casa Oyoacan DF Mexico

Has been functioning since 1974- 1975. The group is interested in the production of audiovisual material and in presenting a different image of women through the media. Today the group is made up of six women. They have produced films on abortion, rape, housework, and a fourth film about a meeting organized by women of the popular sectors of Mexico

Feminist Film Workers 1 Rose St Chippendale, N.S.W. 2008 Australia

Feminist Film Workers (FFW) are a group of women who have been making and distributing films for the Women's Liberation Movement since 1970. The FFW works as part of the Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative and the Sydney Women's Film Group to develop and distribute a comprehensive feminist film collection. In addition, FFW offers assistance for those hiring and those making films. Addresses of f ilmproducers/women actively involved in women's film production.

SWEDEN

Marie Falksten Sodra Vagen 53 S-412 54 Gothenburg

Annika Geijerstam Kaponjargatan 5 Gothenburg

Ingela Romare & Margareta Wasterstam & Birgitta Svensson SKFF Box 2068 103 12 Stockholm

 

FINLAND

Tuija-Maija Niskanen Postbox 10 00241 Helsingors 24

DENMARK

Barbara Adier Sdlvgade 6 b 1307 Copenhagen Iben Haahr & Maj Skadegard Tjele Alle 20 2800 Lyngby

Danska Filmskolan Store S^ndervoldsstraede, 1419 Copenhagen (Danish film school)

NORWAY

Inge-Lise Langfeldt Ths Hesteyes gate 52 Oslo 2 Nicole Mace Inkognitogate 15 bOslo 3

Vibeke Lekkeberg - same as

Nicole Mace Albanie Morin Groupe d'Intervention Video 1308Gilfottl Montreal H2J 1R5

Canada

Meera Dewan A-7 Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016 India

Hagit Gal-Ed Hakotzev str-9 Ramat-Hasharon P.O. Box 1257 Israel

Atiat El Abnoudi 38A Yehia Ebrahim Street Zamzlik Cairo Egypt

Amel Charbouni 18 rue Ahmed Tlili le Bardo Tunis

Maria Jose Alvarez Instituto Nicaragua Del Cine Apt 4660 Managua Nicaragua

Maria Barea Pukara Cine SA Teodoro Cardenas 223 Lima 14 Peru

Cinemien Amstel 256A 1017AL AmsterdamNetherlands

Akonte Dapper 22 Bolden StreetLondon SE 8England

Dorica Makuc Zavetiska 861000 LjubljanaYugoslavia

Natalia Czarminska Gornoslaska 1 Warsaw Poland

Lana Gogoberidze Verband der Filmschaffenden Domkino Wassiliewskaja 13 Moscow USSR

NEW ZEALAND

Womens Community Video c/o OutreachPonsonby Road Auckland

Ketherine De Nave TV producer c/o TVNZ Avalon Lower Hutt

Gaylene Preston Independent producer 26 Roxburgh St Wellington

Merata Mita Independent producer/director Mita Films 16 Cricket Ave Mt Eden Aucklan

CD I-Cinema Distribuicdo Independente Rua 13 de Maio 489 CEP01327-Sao Paulo-SP Brazil.

CDI-Cinema Independent Distributor is a distributor created and administered by film-makers who decided to create a vehicle so that films produced     independently could reach their public: schools, universities, unions, community groups, women's groups, associations, etc.

The films they distribute, many of which have received awards in Brazil and internationally, reflect a wide range of subjects: political films, popular movements, popular culture, Indians, women's movement, experimental

films, cartoons, etc. After one and a half years, CD I has a collection of 175 film

Zaf ra AC Leonardo da Vinci 82 Mixcoac Mexico 19DF

Independent distribution and special section on women.

Cinema of Women (C.O.W. Films) Feminist Film Distribution 27 Clerkenwell Close London ECIR OAT Tel: (01) 251 4978

A collective of women filmworkers committed to distributing feminist films; "We see the films as being used primarily as starting points for discussions which question women's subordinate role in society and promote possibilities of change. We have found women-only discussions after the films to be Invaluable as this gives women
the chance to talk openly and freely, often for the first time — a mixed discussion can follow."

They distribute feminist films from Britain, Europe, America and Australia on subjects such as sexism at school, and in the family; on prostitutes, women In prison, our bodies, nurseries, black women, sexual harrassment in the streets and at work, romanticism, women's images, marriage and violence in marriage, pornography, women making music and lesbian mothers.

They also distribute animated films by the Leeds Animation Group and others. The films are suitable for schools, higher educational institutions, women's groups, trade unions, community centres, youth clubs and Independent cinemas. Their catalogue also Includes an excellent diagram and instructions for using a projector.

Format: 16mm optical sound film. Duration: between 15 and 30 mins.Duration: between 15 and 30 mins. on average; some full-length features such as A Question of Silence (Marleen Gorris)

Filmcooperative Zurich Josef strasse 106 8005 Zurich Switzerland Write to: Postfach 172 8031 Zurich  Switzerland.

Media Networlc 708 W 13 Street New York NY 10011 212/620-0878

Social issues, third world and women; films, videos, slide shows.

Cambridge Documentary Films Inc., PO Box 385 Cambridge, MA 02139

Department of Ethnic and Women's Studies California State University Chicago, CA 95929 USA Videos. DEC Films 427 BloorSt. W Toronto M5S 1X7 Canada

Idera Films 2524 Cypress St. Vancouver BC V6J 3N2 Canada.

Audio-Visual Section IDRC Publications Division PO Box 8500 Ottawa KIG 349 Canada.

Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center 406 Jarvis Street Toronto, Ontario M4Y 266 Canada

Films by women.

Farown Films 1470 Bleury Montreal Canada

Insight Exchange Box 42584, San Francisco, CA94101, United States of America

Liberation Films 2 Chichelle Road, London NW2, United Kingdom

Moonforce Media PO Box 2934, Main City Station, Washington, DC 20013, United States of America

Women and Film Group Educational Advisory Service, British Film Institute, 81 Dean Street, London WIV 6AA, United Kingdom

HKW Video Workshop 27-10 3 Chome Matsunoke Suginami-ku Tokyo 166 Japan.

Promote the direct exchange of videotape materials globally, seek to create links between women working in the video field, and to exchange independent productions outside the maledominated media machinery.

Libraries

Centre de Documentation, Information et Action Femenin contact Boulouiz Bouchra 46 Rue Abou-derr-Agdal Rabat, Morocco.

Medienkartei c/o Rita Schmidt Gauptstrasse97 1 Berlin 62 West Germany

Files on everything pertaining to the media, particularly the addresses of  women working in video, film, photography and the theatre.

Documentation Femmes 110 rue du Chateau 75014 Paris France Tel: 322 34 79

A documentation group which monitors all the French press for things published on women. It also lists feminist newspapers, journals, films available in France.

Concord Films Council Ltd. 201 Felixstowe Road Ipswich Suffolk IP 3 9BJ England Tel: (0473) 715754

16 mm educational film and video library specialising in documentary and TV films and videos. Advise on and distribute. Have catalogues on women, women and development, and peace.

American Friends Services Committee (AFSC) 2161 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge Mass. 02140 (617)661-6130

Large video library of social issues with a list on women.

Douglas College Libraries PO Box 2503 New Westminster BC Canada (521-4851)

Films, videos, slideshows

 Women in Focus Box 85, SVB, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada

Women In Focus have produced, directed and totally created a video tape library 'to fill in the need for information and communication on women'. More than 30 tapes available, on subjects ranging from Canadian women poets to karate and selfdefence for women. Write for catalogue.

Report on the 1st International Feminist Film & Video Conference c/o Cinemien Amstel 256 A • 1017 AL Amsterdam Netherland 

Held in Amsterdam the 25-31 of May in 1981, this conference was organised in order to bring together filmmakers from around the world. One result of the conference was the beginnings of a detailed resource list of information on films, funding, exhibition outlets, customs clearance, and more. Information requests should be directed to
Moira Jean Sullivan & Anna Kindgren, Kvinnohusfilmgrupp, Snickarbacken 10, 111 39 Stockholm SWEDEN .

Copies of the list of participants is available from ISIS, CP. 50, CH- 1211 Geneve 2 SWITZERLAND.

Women's Issues Videotapes California State University, Chico  Dept. of Women's Studies Chico, CA 95929 USA

Three videotapes - "Feminist Visions of the Future", "Male-Female Relations", and "Parenting" — were produced at the California State University at Chico for use in courses in women's studies, sociology, psychology, etc. Rental price of $250 includes a workbook with discussion questions, the script and a brief biography of the experts. Other tapes in earlier series on women also available.

Audiovisual

The making of audiovisuals on the condition of women is a fairly common activity of hundreds of feminist groups around the world. But since the activities of these groups
are very wide ranging and not dedicated exclusively to the production and distribution of this type of material, the audiovisual material they do produce is always unknown.

In the preparation of this bulletin we felt it was important to talk about these groups, because they are also, in practice, proposing new visual images of women. But unfortunately they continue to be invisible, even in feminist publications.

We hope to make our IS IS Resource Guide a much more comprehensive listing, and ask all groups to contribute information. For the moment, here are
the names of 6 Brazilian groups.

CIM (Centre de Informafaoda Mulher) Praca Benedito Calisto 56 Pinheiros Sao Paulo-SP 05406.

Casa da Mulher do Nordeste Rua Joao de Souza 93 Madalena Recife - PE 50000.

IDAC (Instituto de Acao Cultural) Rua Visconde de Piraja 550 / 1404 Ipanema Rio de Janeiro — RJ 22410.

Fundapao Carlos Chagas Av. Prof. Francisco Morato 1565 Sao Paulo - SP 05513.

Grupo do audlvisual sobre prazer sexual Rua Joinville 661 Vila Mariana Sao Paulo - SP.

Grupo de Saude da Mulher (SOS Corpo) Av. X de Novembro, 57 Varadouro — Olinda — PE 53.000.

Action Groups

ISIS received this letter (reprinted below) in December, 1982 from women in the media. Following the appeal, many women's groups in Delhi responded and jointly agreed on a plan of action for 1983. Forming themselves into sub-committees, the groups will work on aspects of the portrayal of women in different 'media' - including children's literature and textbooks.

Dear Friends,

We have long been feeling that the way women are depicted in the media is usually derogatory, explicitly or implicitly sexist and immensely harmful in its overall impact on women's lives.

Women, both individually and in small groups, have protested against this in various ways. However, the impact would clearly be greater if a larger number protested jointly. We thus feel that it is imperative to organise some form of joint action on the issue of Women and the Media. To mobilise public opinion on this issue and to launch a wide ranging protest we suggest that on the occasion of the next International Women's Day viz. March 8, 1983 we make this the theme.

The 'media' covers a variety of aspects  but for maximum impact we think we should concentrate on two facets

— films and advertisements.

In the context of films some of the features we could highlight are — the reinforcement and perpetuation of sex-stereotypes - woman as helpless victim, man as savior, woman as housewife man as breadwinner, woman the passive object man the active agent.

— the negative images of working women bordering on caricature.

— the increasing vulgarity and lewdness

— the increasing violence in films, violence in general and that against women and likely link of these phenomenon with the increasing incidence of sexual assault and
harassment of women.

— the depiction of ostentatious lifestyles and marriage sequences with their likely links with the increasing incidence of dowry demands etc.

Similarly advertisements portray women in sexist ways using them as sex objects to sell other objects.

The negative images and harmful values of films and advertisements penetrate our very homes through the television, radio, newspapers, magazines etc. This is affecting young minds and family relationships at every level.

In addition to the joint march on March 8, we could, in the preceding weeks consider mobilising larger numbers of women and men by organising mass meetings in different areas and seminars on related themes, setting up exhibitions and slide shows, enacting street plays etc. on "Women and the Media".

We are inviting to this meeting people from Women's organisations, other organisations/action groups concerned with women's issues as well as interested and concerned individuals.

Yours in Solidarity,

Amiya Rao, Kamla Bhasin, Bina, Agarwal, Neerja Chowdhry, Kamla Mankekar, Vina Mazumdar, Nalini Singh, Amrita Chhachi, Savita Sharma.

Women and the Media 4, Bhagwan Das Road New Delhi

Agences Femmes Information, 104 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France

Aktion Klartext (AKT), Gleichstelling der Frauen in der Medien, Am Ehrenkamp 15, 4800 Bielefeld, 12 Federal Republic of Germany

Women's Broadcasting and Film Lobby 28 Torbay Road, London NW6, United Kingdom

ZDF: Frauengruppe (Elisabeth Seiffert), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Postfach 4040, 6500 Nainz, Federal Republic of Germany

Media-Vrouwen, Vrouwenhuis, Nieuwe Herengracht 95, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Alliance for Fair Images and Representation in the Media (AFFIRM) c/o Women's Arts Alliance 10 Cambridge Terrace Mews, London NW1 England

This group coordinates activity against sexism in the media. Produces and sells stickers such as 'This ad exploits women' and 'How dare you presume I'm a stereotype

Media Women's Action Group Hilary Sinclair 22 Warwick Street Wellington New Zealand.

Gruppo Comunicazione Visiva Vico S. Marcellino 10 16124 Genova, Italy Tel: (010) 297 747

A feminist collective working on video and films, who have organised a women's film festival.

Women Against Media Myths (WAMM) c/o Womens Centre, Bristol England. A local equivalent of the Londonbased AFFIRM, they collect and display material, write to TV, complain at Job Centres, give talks and slideshows, take photographs of particularly awful hoardings.

Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media PO Box 14614-N San Francisco CA94114 USA

An action group who also produce a monthly news letter. US$15.

Women on Words and Images PO Box 2163 Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA.

Established to combat sexism in education, they have a 25-minute slide show on sex stereotypes in primers, as well as a pamphlet 'Dick and Jane as Victims' US$ 1.50.

Womens Institute for Freedom of the Press 3306 Rose Place N.W. Washington DC 20008 USA.

Researches the structure of the communications industry and the role of the mass media in maintaining male dominance in society. Produce annually 'Media Report to Women' US$10 to women, $15 to others.

Casa de la Mujer Cra. 19 No. 56-29 Bogota Colombia.

A very activist centre with health and sexuality groups, support for rape victims and a resource centre, they also arrange film screenings, seminars and
exhibitions for women

Trainings

c/o Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency PO Box 8166 Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Launched in October 1982 with the objectives of: a) training African women in media skills at all levels, (b) promoting professional excellence on the part of women communicators, (c) producing easily readable materials relevant to rural women and the urban poor, (d) monitoring the media's response to women's concerns and the response of women to media, (e) research on the image and participation of women in the media and (f) administering a widespread and vigorous placement of women in
media positions, especially those related to policy and management

Centre Simone de Beauvoir 32, Rue Maurice Ripoche Paris, France

Organized in 1982 by the women who belonged to the "Les Muses s'Amusent" association. The Center produces videos about the problems of contemporary  women and has an archive with about 130 videos produced by women in different parts of the world.

They have sound and editing rooms, a dark room, an archive, and a small auditorium for screenings. They offer courses internships and open discussions at week-ends

Mujer-Tec Sonia Andujar Apartado Postal 284-9 Los Rios, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Mujer-Tec (mujer means woman in Spanish) is an action and advocacy group, an indigenous nongovernmental organization (NGO) in the Dominican Republic that is devoted to promoting community action through the media.

Mujer-Tec's objectives are:

• To train women in non-traditional jobs in communications;

• To produce educational material in the areas of health, education, and employment as those areas concern women;

• To encourage research that analyzes, evaluates, and recommends changes in the field of communications as that field relates to women's struggle for equal participation in Dominican society

The founding of the organization was the culmination of a long process of informal collaboration on projects concerned with women and media, projects which various members of Mujer-Tec have been involved with since 1973. These have included radio and TV productions, planning activities, and interviews with women, as well as other activities involving women's access to the media.

The women concerned came to the conclusion that a new perspective on women's roles in the media was essential if change was to occur. Mujer- Tec, which is politically independent and has no religious affiliation, believes that women must use the media effectively to persuade people in power of the importance of women's development.

Because Mujer-Tec does not yet have the funds to set up training programs of its own, it has directed its efforts to finding scholarships for members. The hope is that the organization can thus f o rm an in-country team of trained women who can then train other women. So far, a corps of women has been trained in management,  photography, TV production, and organizational skills.

Other educational efforts of Mujer-Tec include the production of educational and audiovisual materials. The organization has produced a TV Special Report on "Working Children," a pamphlet on women in prisons, and many articles on women's contributions to various projects.

From: Development Communication Report 1414 22nd st. N.W. Washington, DC, 20037, USA 

Photography, Graphics and Posters

We have included in our listings a small sample of groups working in photography and graphics because they too are important ways of countering existing images of women and filling in some of the gaps.

Women's photographic agencies came into existence because of the lack of real pictures of women, in the home, at work, and in the community.

Women cartoonists are working to counter existing stereotypes and produce jokes which are funny but not sexist, which come from the collision between the feminist way of thinking and traditional patriarchy and provoke thought as well as a laugh. Posters and postcards have followed badges in England as a potent low-technology way
of presenting ideas quickly and clear 

Format Photographers 25 Horsell Road Islington London N51 X L England Telephone (01) 609 3439

FORMAT is a new photographic agency opened in 1983. It is the first all women photographic agency in Britain. 8 skilled women photographers are backed up by three Picture Editors.

FORMAT' S coverage centres on Women's issues - political, social, work and culture - and Lesbian and Gay Liberation —, making it an important resource centre for Picture Editors throughout the media.

Other issues and situations covered include: Work, Health, Maternity and Social Welfare, Labour Relations and the Trade Union Movement, Music and Dance, Fringe Theatre, Famous Faces, Disarmament, Education and Childcare, Child Development, Youth subcultures, and the political and cultural life of Black settlers - Caribbean and
Asian - in Britain. Wide selection on China, Africa, Israel, the Far East, South and Central America, the USA and Europe.'

Photos in black-and-white and colour

Blatant Image 2000 King Mountain Trail Sunny Valley OR 97497-9799 USA

This publication on feminist photography is richwith the imagesof women rarely seen: women cooking, working in offices, building houses, and much more. Images of how women see themselves. A perennial, a limited number of the first volume (1981) are available for US$10 (post paid within USA), while the 1982 edition is US$11. Deadline for submissions for third volume is June 30, 1983. Each issue also includes articles ~ critical, technical, and philosophical - plus book reviews and resource materials
information. Very highly recommended.

Goslna Mandersloot Zocherstraat 33 I Amsterdam Holland.

Photographic exhibits on women in the third world.

Agenda F 4 Fotografias F 4 Photographic Agency R. Joinville 661 Vila Mariana - Sao Paulo - SP Brazil.

F 4 was created seven years ago by a group of independent photographers. They produce and distribute photos, audio-visuals and video tapes about general political matters, especially the Brazilian popular movements. They have a good archive about the condition of women in Brazil: health, work, sexuality, daily life, women's movement.

Asociacion Amauta — Cusco Nueva Baja 576 Apartado982 Cusco, Peru.

Edit the review 'Mujeres de Cusco' and have an excellent collection of photographs of women at work and in action

Ovo Photo C P . 1431 Succ. a Montreal H3C2Z9 Quebec Canada.

Women's photographic magazine.

Sheba Feminist Publishers 488 Kingsland Road London E8 4AE England

Postcards of women's graphics, cartoons and photographs. A poster cartoon strip on lesbian love.

Poster-Film Collective Box 50 182 Upper Street London Nl England.

Matilda Graphics 21 Shepherd Street Chippendale NSW Australia.

A feminist collective producing antisexist, anti-racist graphics.

Poster-Film Collective BCM-PFC London WC IN 3XX England

A two-part poster series (13 posters in part I) looking at the ideological and economic structures of women's oppression in society.

 Leeds Animation Workshop 45 Bayswater Row Leeds 8 England. Tel: (0532) 484 997

A four-women cooperative film workshop producing animated films on women's issues. They have three films available: 'Who needs nurseries? We do'; 'Risky Business', on health and safety at work; and 'Pretend you'll survive', one woman's nuclear nightmare. Coming soon: 'Give us a smile', on violence against women. They also have long-term plans for a project centred on Dale Spender's 'Man Made Language'.

The workshop also produces a cartoon postcard for each film. Catalogue available. The films are 16mm optical or video, and run for about 10-15 minutes

 Sourcream Top Flat 488 Kingsland Road London E8 England Tel: (01)249 3784

When 4 feminist cartoonists working in England self-published and distributed their own first book, they were inundated with letters saying "Hullo! I thought I was the only feminist cartoonist in this country." They called a meeting and 24 women became a fluid and changing group which has now produced 2 comics and a second volume of Sour Cream (published by Sheba). They also meet to exchange experiences of work conditions and payment in their otherwise solitary freelance lives

CIPAF Benigno F. de Rojas No. 305 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Produce excellent non-sexist graphics for consciousness-raising pamphlet series on subjects such as housework, sexuality.

Publications

International Feminist Film and Video Newsletter c/o Abigail Norman Women Make Movies 257 W 19th St New York, NY USA

JUMP CUT PO Box 865 Berkeley CA 94701 USA

Overseas subscriptions US$8 This quarterly publication provides both criticism of commercial films and news of alternative filmmakers. Each issue includes a "special section" which in recent issues covered: lesbians and film, pornography, and film and feminism in Germany today. These sections also include bibliographies and filmographles — the bibliography on pornography is especially extensive. Third World films too receive in-depth

Camera Obtcura: A Journal of feminism and Film Theory PO Box 4517, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.

Film theory and history; feminist theory; psychoanalytic theory; Marxist theory; photography; video and performance. Quarterly. Price US$9 (indiv.) $18
(inst.).

Beyond the Image: A Guide to Filnre about Women and Change National Film Board of Canada P.O. Box 6100, Station A, Montreal, H3C3H5, Canada.

"A guide to films that reflect the experiences of women's lives, that provoke questions and discussion and offer analysis and insight". It draws on films produced by the NFB, the CBC, and independent Canadian filmmakers. Only those films easily available in Canada are included.

Women and Film 2802 Arizona Ave Santa Monica CA 90404 USA

This publication covers both aspects of women and film: films by women and the critique of the presentation of women in films made by men (mass media). Vol. 1, nos 3 & 4 - a double issue — includes an article which outlines a history of women making films around the world from the

Vimochana No. 7 Balaji Lay out Wheeler Road Extn Bangalore - 560 084 India.

Vimochana Magazine (Forum for Women's Rights) in conjunction with Bangalore Film Society organises an annual festival of films on women. The programme for each festival includes articles on women and film and analyses of films - both Western and Indian. A valuable resource.

Serpentine Postbus 15426 1001 MK Amsterdam Holland. Monthly magazine by a group of feminist women journalists working with radio, television and weekly magazines.

Frauen und Film c/o Rotbuch Verlag Potsdamerstr. 98 1000 Berlin 30 West Germany.

German language quarterly on film published since '74. The issues are thematic and usually include a catalogue of new women's films, as well as film politics, theory and criticism. Price: DM 24 — per year.

Feminism and Cinema Annette Kuhn Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Broadway House, Newton Road Henley-on-Thames OxonRG9IEN England.

In this book, the author explores the relationship between feminism and cinema and examines the alternatives for feminist film analysis and film making. Issues are discussed, analytic terms explained and current approaches demystified using examples from both mainstream and alternate cinema. The book proposes the basis
for a truly feminist alternative cinema in terms of film language. (Published 20th May 1982, paperback, £4.95).