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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide

Format

DVD

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Publisher

DOCURAMA

Date Published

October 20, 2012

ISBN-13

0767685278482

ASIN

B008NNY98U

Product Description

Inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's groundbreaking book, HALF THE SKY: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE takes on the central moral challenge of the 21st century: the oppression of women and girls worldwide.

Take an unforgettable journey with six actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Kristof to meet some of the most courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and enduring hope. You will be shocked, outraged, brought to tears. Most important, you will be inspired by the resilience of the human spirit and the capabilities of women and girls to realize their staggering potential.

HALF THE SKY is a passionate call-to-arms, urging us not only to bear witness to the plight of the world's women, but to help to transform their oppression into opportunity. Our future is in the hands of women, everywhere.

Over 90 minutes of Special Features includes

Extended and deleted scenes and interviews
PSAs
Trailers
Mini-campaign videos
Bonus content for Facebook game
Take Action Next Steps

Editor reviews

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide 2012-10-02 19:04:16 Julie Clayton

Overall rating		5.0
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Content		5.0
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Reviewed by Julie Clayton October 02, 2012
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Just by chance (or was it?) I turned on television last night and saw the first of a two-part series of this film on PBS. Inspired by the book published in 2010,it takes a long, hard look at the oppression of girls and women worldwide. Recognized as "the greatest moral challenge of our time," it visits five countries and gives an in-depth journalistic look at the linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality (which still needlessly claims one woman every ninety seconds). If what you see and hear doesn't enrage you, inspire you, shock you, and break your heart, you don't have a pulse.

Overall, the message is one of optimism and hope, not only for the survivors we meet in the film, but for the world. For, only when we, the marginalized half of the population, are treated with the full rights and privileges of being human will any of us have the opportunity to heal the human family. Then the real work can begin.

More than just a film, this is a movement-- not fighting against something, so much as relentless pushing forward toward the ultimate goal of rendering the obstacles that women face obsolete.

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