"passed through the village. Rylstone is referenced in the poem entitled The White Doe of Rylstone by William Wordsworth. Rylstone Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 160. Rylstone railway station opened in 1902, closed to passengers in 1930, and closed completely in 1969. The members of Rylstone and District Women's Institute were the inspiration for the 2003 film ""Calendar Girls"", although the film was"
"is on display in the Museum of Modern Art and other museums around the world. Zeisel's age is a key theme of the film, and several interviewees comment on her unusual industriousness and innovation for an elderly woman. The film is the first in a series of three films by Directors Guild of America Award-nominated director Jyll Johnstone that ""explores the lives of three 85-plus women still actively engaged in creative lives."" ""Throwing Curves"" screened at the 2002 Mill Valley Film Festival and the Rocky Mountain Women's Festival. Throwing Curves: Eva Zeisel Throwing Curves : Eva Zeisel is a 2002"
"Calendar Girls Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999 after the cancer death of one of their member's husband. The film stars an ensemble cast headed by Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Geraldine James and"
"Crying Ladies Crying Ladies is a 2003 Filipino film directed by Mark Meily, and winner of Best Picture in the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was the Philippines' submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The story revolves around 3 mature women, Stella (Sharon Cuneta), Rhoda (Hilda Koronel) and Choleng (Angel Aquino) who are in badly need of cash for their family. They would do everything, from crying to funerals to dirty work just to make both ends meet. They were hired by a"
"""explores the lives of three 85-plus women still actively engaged in creative lives."" Hats Off (2008 film) Hats Off is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jyll Johnstone. It screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, as well as on Sveriges Television in Sweden. ""Hats Off"" tells the story of actress and model Mimi Weddell who, at the age of 93, still enjoys a successful career in New York City. The film centers on Mimi's day-to-day life, focusing on her exuberant personality and relationship with her children. It follows Mimi from her apartment to"
"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003 film) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is a 2003 American-Irish made-for-television romantic drama film and a remake of the 1961 film of the same name based on the 1950 novel of the same title by Tennessee Williams. The film follows the odyssey of Karen Stone, an actress who loses her husband to a heart attack. In Rome, she meets a contessa and another man with other romantic intentions and interests that have nothing to do with Mrs. Stone. The screenplay was written by Martin Sherman, based on the Tennessee Williams novel. ""Variety"""
"West End, opening at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2017. Calendar Girls Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999 after the cancer death of one of their member's husband. The film stars an ensemble cast headed by Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda"
"funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in cooperation with Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) and Saint Mary’s University, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. All profits from the documentary were donated to the Women Helping Women Center in Angeles, Philippines, and to Mila, who suffers from tuberculosis. The documentary was written, directed and produced by Meredith Ralston. Ralston is a professor in the women's studies and political studies Departments at Mount Saint Vincent University and president of Ralston Productions Ltd. in Halifax where she lives. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Ralston"
"rich Chinese business family to cry for the patriarch, who died recently. Crying Ladies Crying Ladies is a 2003 Filipino film directed by Mark Meily, and winner of Best Picture in the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was the Philippines' submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The story revolves around 3 mature women, Stella (Sharon Cuneta), Rhoda (Hilda Koronel) and Choleng (Angel Aquino) who are in badly need of cash for their family. They would do everything, from crying to funerals to dirty"
"the lives of working-class Victorian servant women. They are a record of sixteen-hour days and profound respect for the middle-class morality of the era despite her obvious deviancy from sexual norms especially. In 2003, a short independent film based on Cullwick's diaries, ""On My Knees"", was made by Kim Wood. It stars Melora Creager, of Rasputina. Hannah Cullwick Hannah Cullwick (26 May 1833 – 9 July 1909) was a diarist who revealed less-known aspects of the relations between Victorian servants and their masters. Working in domestic service, she caught the attention of Arthur Munby, a prominent barrister and philanthropist, who"
"Walker III, Louis Abelman and Lynn True and was aired as part of PBS's ""Point of View"" series in 2007. Lumo (film) Lumo is a 2007 documentary film about twenty-year-old Lumo Sinai, a woman who fell victim to ""Africa's First World War."" While returning home one day, Lumo and another woman were gang-raped by a group of soldiers fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As a result, Lumo suffered from a traumatic fistula, a chronic condition that leaves her unable to bear children. Rejected by her fiance and most of the"
"Tanya Plibersek MP, Australian Minister for the Status of Women, at the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, from 2 to 13 March 2009. That was the first time Australian Aboriginal women were presented at CSW. Tristan (2011) by Hogan was a follow-up film to ""Yajilarra"" and was commissioned by Oscar and the ""Lililwan Project"", The George and the University of Sydney Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health. The documentary was part of the campaign to support children affected by FASD. When ""Tristan"" was released, the Australian government had yet to"
"Greystone, revisits one of the 20th century’s most shocking and mysterious society murders. Filmed on location at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills California, in the very rooms where the killings took place, and using only dialog appropriated from dozens of Hollywood feature films that were also shot within the storied estate, Greystone proposes a series of explanations for how a Los Angeles oil tycoon and his personal assistant might actually have arrived at their deaths. Critical Mass is Kerry Tribe's tribute to Hollis Frampton’s groundbreaking experimental film Critical Mass (1971). Hollis Frampton's original work captures an argument between a couple"
"2003, including the 2003 Venice Film Festival, where it was presented in the Critic's Week (Parallel Sections) and later awarded the FIPRESCI Award ""For important theme on women's issues and female infanticide handled with sensitivity by a first-time director"". The story begins in a rural village in Bihar, with the delivery of a baby girl to a village couple. Her disappointed father, who was hoping for a boy, drowns her in vat of milk in a public ceremony. Many years later somewhere around 2050 A.D., this unchecked trend leads to the village being populated solely by males. The now uncouth"
"played aspiring 14-year-old concert violinist Emily Lindstrom. For that role, she was nominated for Best Leading Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards. That same year, Wood played a supporting role in the Andrew Niccol-directed science fiction satirical drama film, ""Simone"", which starred Al Pacino. Wood's breakthrough movie role followed with the 2003 film ""Thirteen"". She played the role of Tracy Louise Freeland, one of two young teens who sink into a downward spiral of hard drugs, sex, and petty crime. Her performance was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Actress - Drama and for a Screen Actors"
"Normal (2003 film) Normal is a 2003 drama film produced by HBO Films, which became an official selection at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Jane Anderson, the film's writer and director, adapted her own play, ""Looking for Normal"". The film is about the transition of Ruth Applewood, a fictitious transgender woman who is said to have been living as a man for 25 years of marriage. A Midwestern factory worker, Applewood (then going by ""Roy"") stuns her wife of 25 years by saying she wishes to undergo sex reassignment surgery and be out as a woman. In a HBO interview"
"for her AIDS-stricken long-time friend and poet, Richard (Harris) in 2001; Laura Brown (Moore), a pregnant 1950s California housewife with a young boy and an unhappy marriage; and Virginia Woolf (Kidman) herself in 1920s England, who is struggling with depression and mental illness while trying to write her novel. The film was released in Los Angeles and New York City on Christmas Day 2002, and was given a limited release in the United States and Canada two days later on December 27, 2002. It did not receive a wide release in North America until January 2003, and was then released"
"a young womanizer in a small southern town. Four of the films""The Baroness and the Pig"", ""Pieces of April"", ""The Station Agent"", and ""All the Real Girls""premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Clarkson received numerous accolades for her performances: For ""The Station Agent"", she won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among others. Her performance in ""Pieces of April"" earned her a Sundance Special Jury Prize, as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance"
"Loveday and Tatura internment camps until 1942. Notes:<br> ""When It's Over"", by Geraldine Sherman and Eduardo Machado: ""Thin Ice"", 1995 film Dena Hammerstein worked as a volunteer in New York City hospitals for over 15 years, and in 2003 received the United Hospital Funds New Leadership Group’s Humanitarian Award. She is Founder of Only Make Believe, a non-profit organisation that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, inspired by her early work as an actress in the UK touring special-needs schools. In 1970, a choreographer friend invited her to holiday in New York where she"
"film was an official selection of: Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Starz Denver Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, Central Standard Film Festival, Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival, Northampton Film Festival. Risk/Reward Risk/Reward is a 2003 documentary film about women on Wall Street. It follows the lives of four Wall Street women - a research analyst, a currency trader, an NYSE floor broker and a rookie investment banker. It was directed by Elizabeth Holder and Xan Parker and produced by Roland Park Pictures. The documentary"
"Hats Off (2008 film) Hats Off is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jyll Johnstone. It screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, as well as on Sveriges Television in Sweden. ""Hats Off"" tells the story of actress and model Mimi Weddell who, at the age of 93, still enjoys a successful career in New York City. The film centers on Mimi's day-to-day life, focusing on her exuberant personality and relationship with her children. It follows Mimi from her apartment to dance lessons, auditions, Elizabeth Arden appointments, and fashionable strolls around New York City."
"by three women. Unknown to him, the three are nuns in street clothing who want to aid the community but are afraid the local residents might be reluctant to seek help if their true identities were known. The nuns are also facing opposition from the rude and arrogant priest from the local parish. Carpenter falls for Sister Michelle Gallagher, played by wholesome Mary Tyler Moore, but Sister Michelle's true vocation remains unknown to Dr. Carpenter. She also has feelings for the doctor but is reluctant to leave the order. The film concludes with Sister Michelle and Sister Irene entering a"
"won one Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for another five. Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson both received acting nominations for the Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy's and Satellite Awards. Normal (2003 film) Normal is a 2003 drama film produced by HBO Films, which became an official selection at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Jane Anderson, the film's writer and director, adapted her own play, ""Looking for Normal"". The film is about the transition of Ruth Applewood, a fictitious transgender woman who is said to have been living as a man for 25 years of marriage. A Midwestern factory worker, Applewood"
"through some emotional things and some funny things. But primarily it doesn't tie up every little frayed ending into a neat little bow and it leaves you gasping."" The film was lensed in Nova Scotia in the summer of 2003. Blessings (film) Blessings is a 2003 American made-for-television drama film directed by Arvin Brown. Based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Anna Quindlen, the film stars Mary Tyler Moore and Liam Waite. Lydia Blessing (Mary Tyler Moore) is an 82-year-old heiress of wealthy background who, since the death of her husband decades earlier, has been living as"
"to her daughter and does not know how to deal with her changes. The film features female friendship and the difficulties of adolescence. Hardwicke has developed these as recurring themes in her work. The film received critical acclaim and had praise for its stars and Holly Hunter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. ""Thirteen"" earned Hardwicke the directing award at Sundance in 2003. She went on to direct this fictionalized account of skateboarding culture. The film is based on the documentary ""Dogtown and Z-Boys"" by Stacy Peralta, whom Hardwicke had worked with. As she lived in"
"an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name, that features an ensemble cast including Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, and Meryl Streep, in which she plays Jo March. She has also committed to star alongside Kate Winslet in ""Ammonite"", a drama about the romance between two British women in the 1840s. Ronan holds dual Irish and American citizenship. She resides in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an ambassador for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. In 2016, Ronan was featured by ""Forbes"" in two of their 30 Under 30 lists and"
"film stars Reese Witherspoon as a professional softball player involved in a love triangle. Brooks began work on the film in 2005, wishing to create a film about a young female athlete. While interviewing numerous women for hundreds of hours in his research for the film he also became interested in ""the dilemmas of contemporary business executives, who are sometimes held accountable by the law for corporate behavior of which they may not even be aware."" He created Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson's characters for this concept. Filming finished in November 2009, although Brooks later reshot the film's opening and"
"film as the 380th film of 2003 by domestic gross earnings. Scorched (film) Scorched is a 2003 independent criminal comedy film starring Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson and John Cleese. The film was directed by Gavin Grazer, brother of television and film producer Brian Grazer. ""Scorched"" follows the story of several disgruntled bank employees who all try to rob the same bank on the same night without knowing that others are doing exactly the same thing. The film had a very poor financial performance at the box office. From the initial budget of US $7 million, ""Scorched"" earned"
"presses Emily to help him rob Bernstein's. Klepto Klepto is a 2003 straight-to-DVD independent thriller film starring Meredith Bishop and Jsu Garcia. It is the debut film of director Thomas Trail and premiered at the 2003 CineVegas Film Festival. In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac who is addicted to pills and misses her jailed father, and is undergoing therapy trying to resolve her compulsion. She has a police record for shoplifting, and her mother Teresa is a compulsive shopper. The security guard Nick, of Bernstein's department store, sees Emily through a camera and becomes fascinated with her. When"
"ended two weeks before their planned wedding. In 2003, she married the actor and playwright Rhashan Stone, with whom she has two daughters. After filming ""The Postman"", she spent time in Bolivia studying spectacled bears in the rainforest. Nominated: Empire Award for Best Actress Won: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress Nominated: London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year<br> Nominated: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won: London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year<br> Won: National Society of Film Critics Award"
"of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Helene D. Gayle (1970), President of the American Civil Liberties Union Susan Herman (1968), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Judith Kaye (1958), Chair of the National Labor Relations Board Wilma B. Liebman (1971), musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson (1969), actress, activist and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon (1988), author of ""The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"" Ann Brashares (1989), actress from Grey's Anatomy Kelly McCreary (2003), writer and director Greta Gerwig (2004), and Disney Channel actress Christy Carlson Romano (2015). Sources Barnard College Barnard College is the women's liberal"
"of having been abandoned by her lover Martha. In both the book and movie, May and June Raskob (played by Harriet Hagman and Mary Duncan) are twin sisters who work in a circus, but in the book they are overweight side show attractions, rather than photogenic trapeze artists as in the film. On February 21, 2012, ""Thirteen Women"" was released on manufactured-on-demand DVD through the Warner Archive Collection. Thirteen Women Thirteen Women is a 1932 American pre-Code psychological thriller film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Archainbaud. It stars Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez. The"
"the perspective of Mary Rowlandson, an Englishwoman who was captured and spent some time in the company of Native Americans during the war. Later works, such as ""The Courtship of Miles Standish"" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, have provided a romantic and partially fictionalized account of life in Plymouth Colony. There are also numerous films about the Pilgrims, including the several film adaptations of """"The Courtship of Miles Standish""""; the 1952 film ""Plymouth Adventure"" starring Spencer Tracy; and ""Desperate Crossings: The True Story of the Mayflower"", a 2006 television documentary produced by the History Channel. In 1970, the United States Postal"