Women's History Month | KCET
Women's History Month
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Keeper of the Beat: A Woman's Journey into the Heart of Drumming
Keeper of the Beat: A Woman's Journey into the Heart of Drumming
"Keeper of the Beat: A Woman's Journey into the Heart of Drumming" is an award-winning documentary on the life and music of acclaimed drummer, composer and teacher, Barbara Borden.
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Women Outward Bound
Women Outward Bound
"Women Outward Bound" profiles the first group of young women to participate in an Outward Bound survival school course in 1965, and chronicles their experiences in the wild.
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Behind The Pearl Earrings: The Story of Dickey Chapelle Combat Photographer
KCET celebrates Women’s History Month 2018 with a slate of special programming that highlights the lives and legacies of some of the most influential female leaders and innovators of our time. American aviator Amelia Earhart, combat photojournalist Dickey Chapelle and musician/composer Barbara Borden are all featured in the lineup of documentaries celebrating women who continue to inspire others. Explore more content celebrating Women's History Month below.
KL Featured Category
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aviation
Blue Sky Metropolis
Meet the Daring Women of Color Who Beat Bigotry in Aviation
Post date:Despite gender and racial discrimination, Bessie Coleman and those inspired by her blazed the trail for future female aviators.
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aviation
Blue Sky Metropolis
Soaring into Herstory: The Women's Air Derby of 1929
Post date:In 1929, Santa Monica was overflowing with spectators as the host for the first Intercontinental Woman’s Air Derby, where twenty female aviators signed up to participate in the 2,759-mile course to the finish line in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Lost Colony of Sven-Ska: Christina Lillian and the Cathedral City Artists
Post date:She was a beautiful blonde artist — a friend to Greta Garbo, D.H. Lawrence and Agnes Pelton — and she ruled over a Valhalla of early artists, Sven-Ska, somewhere out in the California desert.
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Women's History Month
Soldier On: Life After Deployment
Soldier On: Life After Deployment
Post date:In "Soldier On: Life After Deployment," three women confront the challenges of readjusting to civilian life after their post-9/11 military service.
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Women's History Month
Beyond The Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
Beyond The Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
Post date:The first Women's Air Derby in 1929, which was comprised of 20 women, including Amelia Earhart, was flown from Santa Monica to the finish line in Cleveland.
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Val
SoCal Connected
Val Zavala’s 30-Year Career in Broadcast Journalism
Post date:Val Zavala's had an award-winning career in public media. How did she start and what were some of her milestones?
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Performance
Artbound
This Latinx Feminist Performance Series Finds Inspiration in the Animal World
Post date:“En Cuatro Patas (On All Fours),” the Broad’s new Latinx feminist performance series, which will run from January through November of this year, promises to replace our everyday animal reality with something weirder.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Spotlighting the Work of Transgressive Latinas in Art
Post date:Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is a long-overdue tribute to artists who are not just from Latin America, but who also identify as female.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Photography Series Give Latinas and African-American Women A Royal Bearing
Post date:Duo captures the beauty and dignity of brown and black women through elaborate hairstyles adorned with gold jewelry and beautifully composed photography.
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PST: LA/LA
Artbound
Legendary Mexican Photographer Gets Her Own Graphic Novel
Post date:At 75 years old, Graciela Iturbide refuses to slow down. In the coming months two exhibitions in Southern California will feature her iconic work, plus her own biography will take on graphic novel form and published by the Getty.
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Music
Artbound
An All-Latina All-Vinyl DJ Collective Spins a Safe Space for Music and Identity
Post date:In over 40 years of DJ culture, there have rarely been platforms for women, least of all of color, to talk about records, learn to mix, and importantly, play gigs — that changes with the proliferation of Chulita Vinyl Clubs around the Southwest.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Videos Explore the Voice Shaming of Women
Post date:Filmmaker Adebukola “Buki” Bondunrin explores the prejudice experienced by women because of their voice.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Forgotten Black Women of Early Hollywood are Saved from Obscurity in New Exhibition
Post date:In the first half of the 20th century, black women were largely relegated to playing mammy and jezebel roles. A new exhibition reveals how as early as 100 years ago, independent black filmmakers presented complex portrayals of women of color.
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Ellen Ochoa, First Latina in Space, to be Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame
Post date:As the first Latina woman in the world to fly into space, Ellen Ochoa's influence can be felt far beyond the spaces of the astronautical world.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Pachucos: Not Just Mexican-American Males or Juvenile Delinquents
Post date:Participants of pachuco culture were not just male, youth or Mexican American. The history of the culture includes a number of complexities.
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Women
Laura Flanders Show
Women's History Makes The Future: Blanche Wiesen Cook
Post date:For Women's History Month, Laura speaks to Cook about Eleanor - the First Lady of the World - and why her work still resonates.
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intersections
History & Society
Sporting Golden State: Women and Athletics in 20th Century California
Post date:Before and after 1972 when Title IX radically altered American sport, California and its female athletes have been and continue to be a forerunner regarding issues of gender, race, and sexuality.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
'Womyn' at Work: Muralist Sistas Bring Color to San Fernando Valley
Post date:An all-women mural crew gives counterpoint to the male-dominated "Mural Mile" in the San Fernando Valley.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Five Emerging Women Writers of L.A. Letters
Post date:This week L.A. Letters spotlights five emerging women authors who are doing important work in our contemporary scene.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Heroines of L.A. Letters
Post date:This week L.A. Letters highlights a new play celebrating Latina voices, along with five iconic L.A. women writers.