Transforming Lives Documentary Films
The IWL Transforming Lives Documentary Series contains student-produced short films on women leading change in a variety of contexts. This project combines filmmaking and interview skills to help our undergraduates learn from women leaders who are making a difference in the world and to gain an understanding of the use of media as a vital tool for creating social change in the 21st century.
Mahnaz Afkhami
Former Minister of Women’s Affairs,
Iran
Student Filmmaker: Hera Mir
Gloria A. Bachmann, MD
Leading Expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Student Filmmaker: Fariha Siddiqui
Alison Bechdel
Cartoonist and Author
Student Filmmaker: Miriam Zander
Alison R. Bernstein
Late Director, Institute for Women’s Leadership
Ford Foundation Executive
Student Filmmaker: Olivia Cruser
Patricia Brentano
Artist and Environmentalist
Student Filmmaker: Alexandra Pacia
Charlotte Bunch
Women’s and Human Rights Activist
Founding director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Student Filmmaker: Suzan Sanal
Cheryl Clarke
Black Lesbian Poet, Educator, and Community Activist
Student Filmmaker: Mariah Eppes
Adrienne Germain
Senior Advisor and Former President, International Women’s Health Coalition
Student Filmmaker: Nadia Khan
Sandra Harding
American Philosopher and Pioneering Feminist Theorist
Student Filmmaker: Olivia Cruser
Mary S. Hartman
Founding Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership and Former Dean, Douglass College
Student Filmmaker: Nancy Santucci
Bonnie Kerness
Founder Prison Watch Project
Student Filmmaker: Beth Breslaw
Billie Jean King
Founder Women’s Tennis Association and #1 Professional Tennis Player
Student Filmmaker: Rebecca Granet
Faith Ringgold
Artist, Activist, and Storyteller
Student Filmmaker: Karin Zahavi
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Former Executive Editor, Feministing.com,
Author of Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life
Student Filmmaker: Arabelle Sicardi
Marien Casillas Pabellon
Worker Rights Activist, New Labor
Student Filmmaker: Lesley Pairol
Catherine Stanford
Cultural Anthropologist, Vice-President, Who is My Neighbor Inc.
Student Filmmaker: Anna Zailik
C. Vivian Stringer
Head Coach, Rutgers University’s Women’s Basketball Team
Student Filmmaker: Vanity Jenkins
Christine Todd Whitman
Former New Jersey Governor
Student Filmmaker: Justine Del Gaudio
Contact
Institute for Women’s Leadership
162 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555
P: 848.932.1463
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