Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearing and the recent resignation of Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin have been dominating current news stories and opening discussion about the struggles and demands on women in leadership positions.
Complementing this topical discussion is Women Make Movies' new release, COURTING JUSTICE, which takes viewers behind the gowns and gavels to reveal the women who make up 18 percent of South Africa's male-dominated courts and chronicles the hard fought progress of achieving gender and racial justice in a burgeoning new judiciary.
COURTING JUSTICE, a groundbreaking film about legal transformation under the new democracy of South Africa, brings the issue of transformational law to viewers in this compelling new film from creator Ruth Cowan and director Jane Thandi Lipman. From tyranny to democracy, this film asks the question, "What is essential for transformation to succeed?" It profiles indomitable female judges charged with the task of advancing new democratic rights while confronting the challenges of a male-dominated institution. This dynamic film examines democracy through the intimate and inspiring stories of women working for change from the bench.
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* ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS - tells the story of 27 year-old Malalai Joya - an extraordinary, outspoken woman, a folk hero and a women's rights activist - who was elected to the newly formed democratic parliament in Afghanistan in 2005.
* GEORGIE GIRL - A fascinating profile of Georgina Beyer, a Maori ex-sex worker who became the world's first transgender person to be elected to national office.
* THE FEMINIST INITIATIVE - A behind-the-scenes look at the passion, pitfalls and promise of women working to establish the world's first feminist political party in Sweden in the spring of 2005
* IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA - Follows Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her remarkable team of women in their critical first year in office
* STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS - In 1965, three Mississippi women arrived to their country's capital seeking civil rights for all and walked into the U.S. House of Representatives as the first black women allowed into the senate chambers in over 100 years.
* THUNDER IN GUYANA- the remarkable tale of Janet Jagan who was elected president of Guyana in 1997, the first foreign-born and first woman to serve in the role.
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