Films

Good Monday Morning is a spirited Laura Skye film about working women and their struggles with microtechnology in the workplace. Besides presenting various personal perspectives on work life, it illustrates a cross-section of contemporary working conditions and a variety of office machinery and procedures. Women demonstrate the work they do. Available for purchase or on loan from the NUPGE Film Project at 204 - 2841 River- side Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 8N4.

Just for Me is a sensitive and true story of three women who decide that it's time for a change. They experience getting involved in physical activity. Each was able to satisfy the demands of her family and the pressures of her job after working through the problems of finding time, where to begin and what to do with the children. It is available in French and English from the National Film Board of Canada, P.O. Box 6100, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3H5.

Vancouver Women in Focus Society Arts and Medica Centre has a variety films and videotapes as well as a catalogue available. Their address is: Suite 204, 456 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1R3. The following are a sample of their latest acquisitions. Rental fees range from $25 - 50. Also available for purchase.

Change of Life (Overgang ) This videotape is about older women's lives. A group of women get together and compare such common problems as menopause, the medical system, frustration with the role of women in the family, disappointments in marriage, material gain and loneliness. Through their contact and support, they are able to make changes in their lives towards both material and emotional independence.

Size 10 raises discussion about body image, sexuality, society's conditioning of what women should look like, the fashion industry's profits from our insecurities, pressures on women to conform, adolescence and how women can feel better about their bodies.

It's Not Your Imagination Sexual harassment of women in the workforce can take many forms, from sexual innuendo to actions that threaten our economic survival to sexual assault. This film shows five women from various social and economic backgrounds who have been sexually harassed on the job. All of the women learned through their experiences what sexual harassment was and did something about it.