Media Services would like to highlight these documentaries in March that are perfect for enriching teaching, research, and learning. Explore timely and impactful topics like And Still I Sing (Afghanistan, Women’s Rights), Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners (African American Women, Hall of Fame, Sports), Girls Town (Female Friendship, Sex Crimes), Sisi & I (LGBTQ+, Historical Fiction), and Untold. Ernestine Rose (Women’s Rights, Social Movements), all of which foster critical thinking and deeper student engagement.
All titles are freely available to the IUB community via IUCAT. On and off-campus streaming is available with CAS authorization. Ask our expert-friendly staff (libmedia@iu.edu) for similar and important titles.
American Experience: Fly with Me (2024, 113min.) Directors: Sarah Colt & Helen Dobrowski. Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. The job offered unheard-of opportunities for travel and independence. These women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.
And Still I Sing (2023, 90min.) Director: Fazila Amiri. Three Afghan singers fight for women’s rights through music, despite death threats in a patriarchal society
Breaking Three Hours, Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners (2022, 79min.) Produced by: Filmhub. Of 14 million marathon finishers, only twenty who finished in under three hours were US-born African American women. This documentary is about nine sub-three-hour women, National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees.
Girls Town (2025, 90min.) Director: Jim McKay. In mid-1990s New York City, high school best friends Patti, Angela, Emma, and Nikki dream of their futures while navigating the challenges of adolescence. Their bond is unshakable until Nikki, after being sexually assaulted, unexpectedly takes her own life. Grieving and angry, the remaining three must find a way to move forward while confronting painful truths about the world around them. As they support each other through trauma and personal struggles, they come of age with a deeper understanding of friendship, loss, and resilience.
RBG (2018, 99min.) Directors: a film by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior’s rise to the nation’s highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg ‘s exceptional life and career from Betsy West and Julie Cohen.
Sisi & I (2023, 132min.) Director: Frauke Finsterwalder. A historical black comedy tells the fictionalized story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray.
Untold. Ernestine Rose (2023, 3min.) Produced by: New York Historical Society, DoGoodery. A pioneering suffragette and free thinker, Ernestine Rose was way ahead of her time. Described as the “first Jewish feminist,” she used her voice to campaign for women’s rights and improve the lives of millions.
Monique Threatt, Head, of Media Services, serving the IUB community since the parting of the Red Sea.
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