394 records matched your query       

Title:

Ovarian psycos / a film by Sylvia Frances Films; directed and produced by Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle.

Publisher:

Women Make Movies,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Feminism--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Urban violence--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Crime and race--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Victims of crimes--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Racism--United States.

Other Authors:

Sokolowski, Joanna, film producer. film producer.
Trumbull-LaValle, Kate, film producer. film producer.
Sylvia Frances Films, production company.
Women Make Movies (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

The Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade; includes interviews with various community residents. This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD players or drives.

Summary:

"Riding at night through streets deemed dangerous in Eastside Los Angeles, the Ovarian Psycos use their bicycles to confront the violence in their lives... The film Ovarian Psycos rides along with the Ovas, exploring the impact of the group's activism, born of feminist ideals, indigenous understanding and an urban/-hood mentality, on neighborhood women and communities as they confront injustice, racism, and violence, and take back their streets one ride at a time"--Container.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)954483035

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)