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Women of Color in Collaboration and Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography Martha Ramirez and Judy Yung
The scope of this bibliography includes books, journal articles, and videos/films that are either on the topic of collaboration and conflict among women of color or are the products of collective efforts by women of color. We broadly define collaborative efforts among and by women of color to mean that work which occurs within two venues: among larger categories of cultural identity, as in collaboration between African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American, and/or Asian American women and within specific categories of cultural identity. While this listing is specifically focused on the works and ideas of women of color in the U.S., we have included some materials about international movements of women of color.
This bibliography itself was a collaborative effort among faculty, librarians, and graduate students that crossed racial/ethnic and disciplinary lines. In the process of working together, we learned to communicate, understand, and respect each other’s different perspectives on the scope and method of compilation. We also learned to compromise and come to a consensus as to what was feasible in our desires to develop a comprehensive list of titles on collaboration and conflict among women of color. This end product attests to what is possible when women of color with different perspectives and expertise work together on a common goal.
We see this bibliography as a contribution in the development of resources about women of color; it is not presented here as a definitive bibliography. Even given the excellent data bases now available for literature searches, we found it difficult to identify all the titles, especially in journal entries and book chapters, that fit the stated scope of this bibliography. In addition to our searches, we also worked from titles suggested by Maria Ochoa and Teresia Teaiwa. The list of videos and films grew out of Margaret Daniel’s work as coordinator of the Women of Color Video and Film Festival.
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Anthologies, Collective Works, Monographs
Alarcón, Norma, L. Albrecht, J. Alexander, S. Day and M. Segrest, eds.The Third Wave: Feminist Perspectives on Racism. New York: Kitchen Table Press, Forthcoming.
———. Cherrie Moraga and Ana Castillo, eds. The Sexuality of Latinas. Bloomington: Third Woman Press, 1991. An interesting series of essays, poetry, art and prose regarding the political implications of sexuality and sexual expression; the articles cover issues of Latina lesbian identity and sexual expression (including heterosexuality), as well as considering the body as a site of theorizing.
———, et al., eds. Chicana Critical Issues. Series in Chicana/Latina Studies. Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 1993. Essays on literary criticism, sexuality, violence, politics, health and reproductive technologies from a radical Chicana feminist perspective.
Amott, Teresa L. and Julie Matthaei. Race, Gender, and Work: A Multicultural Economic History of Women in the United States. Boston: South End Press, 1991. This inclusive economic history examines sexual inequality and exploitation of African American, Native American, Asian American, Latina and Euro-American women from the colonial period to the 1980s.
Anzaldua, Gloria, ed. Making Face, Making Soul, Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Foundation Books, 1990. A now-classic anthology explores the boundaries between the critical and creative spheres of producing knowledge.
Asian Women United. Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and about Asian American Women. Boston: Beacon Press, 1989. Collection of autobiographical writings, short stories, poetry, and essays on the experiences and history of women in America who trace their roots to China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Thailand.
Asian Women United. Without Ceremony. Second series. New York: Ikon, 1988. Anthology of poetry, essays, fiction, artwork, and round table discussion that focuses primarily on the East Coast.
Asian Women. Berkeley: Asian American Studies, University of California, 1971. First anthology of articles, poems, short stories, interviews, and biographies by Asian American women in addressing issues of history, identity, and politics.
Bair, Barbara, and Susan E. Cayleff, eds. Wings of Gauze: Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993. A collection of essays by community activists, health professionals and scholars; this unique volume focuses on the experiences and testimony of women of color in an attempt to change perceptions and address issues of race and gender discrimination within health care institutions.
Blea, Irene I. La Chicana and the Intersection ol Race, Class and Gender. New York: Praeger, 1992. An overview of social issues affecting Chicanas; the socio-economic background of contemporary Chicana concerns; and Chicana feminist critique of the social science literature on Chicanas.
Chung, C., A. Kim, and A. K. Lemeshewsky, eds. Between the Lines: An Anthology by Pacific/Asian Lesbians of Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz: Dancing Bird Press, 1987. One of the earliest collections of poetry, essays, and autobiographical pieces by Asian American lesbians.
Coast to Coast: A Women of Color National Artists’ Book Project. Radford: Flossie Martin Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalog for the art book exhibit which toured the US in 1990; reproductions of some of the 120 books representing work by 149 women artists of color.
Cochran, Jo, J. T. Stewart, and Mayumi Tsutakawa, eds. Gathering Ground. New Wnting and Art by Northwest Women ol Color. Seattle: Seal Press, 1984. An anthology of writing and art representative of and promoting self-identity, community perspectives, and cultural awareness.
Combahee River Collective. The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing in the Seventies and Eighties. New York: Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1986. Statement of Black feminist politics, issues, and practice first published in 1977 and since reprinted in But Some ol Us Are Brave, This Bridge Called My Back, and Home Girls; includes a foreword by Barbara Smith.
Cordova, Teresa, et al. Chicana Voices: Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender. Colorado Springs: National Association for Chicano Studies, 1990. Proceedings of the 1984 conference of the National Association for Chicano Studies—”Voces de la Mujer”; papers explore sexism in Chicano Studies, Chicanas in labor movements and politics, Chicana historiography and Chicana perspectives on language, literature and theater.
Del Castillo, Adelaida R., ed. Between Borders: Essays on Mexicana /Chicana History. Mujer Latina. Encino: Floricanto Press, 1990.
Farley, Ronnie, ed. Women of the Native Struggle: Portraits and Testimony of Native American Women. New York: Orion Books, 1993. Photographs and interviews of Native American activists; their reflections on womanhood, identity and the state of Native America.
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the Instituto Cultural Mexicano Present Contemporary Art by Women of Color. San Antonio: s.n., 1990. Exhibition catalog and symposia proceedings for the 1990 juried exhibit Contemporary Art by Women of Color; includes speeches by Lucy R. Lippard, Rina Swentzell, Judith Wilson, Yong Soon Min, and Amalia Mesa-Bains.
Hull, Gloria T., Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith, eds. All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies. Old Westbury: Feminist Press, 1982. This historical, important text brings together essays, syllabi on Black women’s studies.
James, Joy and Ruth Farmer, eds. Spirit, Space, and Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe. New York: Routledge, 1993. Essays by African American scholars examine discriminatory hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in higher education; addresses alternative approaches to learning, teaching, and administration.
Kono, Juliet, and Cathy Song, eds. Sister Stew: Fiction and Poetry by Women. Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 1991. Anthology of poetry and short stories by Asian and Pacific Islander women, most of whom live in Hawaii.
LaDuke, Betty. Women Artists: Multi-cultural Visions. Trenton: The Red Sea Press, 1992. Interviews of women artists from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the United States; including Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Patricia Rodríguez, Yolanda López, and Mine Okubo; with an introduction by Charlene Touchette.
Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin, Mayumi Tsutakawa, and Margarita Donnelly, eds. The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women’s Anthology. Corvallis: Calyx Books, 1989. Collection of short prose poetry and art by women of Chinese, Japanese, Philippine, Vietnamese, Korean, Malaysian, and Pakistani descent.
Lobo-Cobb, Angela, ed. Winter Nest: A Poetry Anthology of Midwestern Women Poets of Color. Madison: Blue Reed Arts, 1987.
Lorde, Audre. I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities. Freedom organizing series #3. New York: Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1985.
Madison, D. Soyini, ed. Woman That lam: The Literature and Culture of Contemporary Women of Color. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. A collection of poetry short stories, plays, cultural narratives, and critical perspectives by contemporary American women of color. The 121 selections are drawn from monographs, anthologies, journals, pamphlets and magazines; works by well-known authors as well as those rarely anthologized are included; introductions provide background on women’s roles in the literary history of Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and Latinas/os.
Mahone, Sydne, ed. Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African American Women. New York: Theater Communications Group, 1994. An anthology of works by eleven contemporary African American women playwrights; the introduction provides background on the contributions of African American dramatists and the role of African American women playwrights in the contemporary theater; brief interviews and biographical sketches for each of the contributors are also included.
McCluskey, Audrey T., ed. Women of Color: Perspectives on Feminism and ldentity. Bloomington: Women’s Studies Program, Indiana University, 1985.
Melville, Margarita B., ed. Twice a Minority: Mexican American Women. St. Louis: Mosby, 1980. A ground-breaking anthology devoted to social sciences perspectives of Chicanas.
Moraga, Cherrie and Gloria Anzaldúa, eds. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Watertown: Persephone Press, 1981; New York: Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1983. A diversity of voices, styles, and genres address relationships between women. It is the first widely distributed work to use the category “women of color” as a means of political identification. For the second edition, Moraga wrote a useful introduction/self-critique of the earlier publication.
Rakow, Lana, comp. Women Making Meaning: New Feminist Directions in Communication. New York: Routledge, 1992. A collection of feminist perspectives on media and representation; includes essays by Jackie Byars, Chad Dell, Jane Rhodes, Victoria Chen, and Lourdes Torres.
Ramos, Juanita, comp. and ed. Compañeras: Latina Lesbians: An Anthology. New York: Latina Lesbian History Project, 1987. A collection of oral histories, essays, poems, short stories, and art work by and about Latina lesbians.
Ruiz, Vicki L., and Ellen Carol DuBois. Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women’s History. New York: Routledge, 1990. Reprinted essays on issues of work, families, political activism, community development, and sexual differences from a multicultural perspective; includes selected bibliographies on African American women, Asian American women, Latinas, and Native American women. A second edition was issued in May 1994.
Smith, Barbara, ed. Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. New York: Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1983. A collection of essays, poems, short stories, and critical writings by and for women of African descent.
Tórre, Adela de la and Beatríz M. Pesquera. Building with Our Hands: New Directions in Chicana Studies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. A collection of essays which covers a range of disciplines: cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and education.
Trujillo, Carla Mari, ed. Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About. Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 1991. An anthology which covers a wide span of issues regarding Chicana lesbians, this text is notable for publicly naming the homophobia of the Chicano community. A mix of genres: poetry, essays, short stories, art work, and theory.
Welch, Lynne Brodie, ed. Perspectives on Minority Women in Higher Education. New York: Praeger, 1992. Based on papers presented at the Third International Conference for Women in Higher Education; contributors focus on the need to sensitize educational leaders to cultural differences.
Zinn, Maxine Baca and Bonnie Thornton Dill. Women of Color in U.S. Society. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. Edited by a Chicana and an African American woman, this collection of essays examines the convergence of race, class, and gender as interlocking systems of oppression in the experiences of women of color.
International Perspectives
Campbell, Maria, et al. Give Back: First Nations Perspectives on Cultural Practice. Gallerie: women artists’s monographs. North Vancouver: Gallerie Publications, 1992. A collection of short, self-reflective works by indigenous women involved in the arts.
Grewal, Shabnam, et al., eds. Charting the Journey: Writings by Black and Third World Women. London: Sheba Feminist Publishers, 1988. The stories, poems, essays, interviews and commentary found in this text explore a joint history of colonialism and racism, as well as the challenges and contradictions posed by divisions due to class, nationality, ethnicity, and sexuality.
Gupta, Nila and Makeda Silvera, eds. The Issue Is ‘ism: Women of Colour Speak Out. Toronto: Sister Vision, 1989. Racism, sexism, classism, imperialism, and other ‘isms are explored through short stories, poems, photographs, and graphics.
Perreault, Jeanne, and Sylvia Vance, eds. Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada, an Anthology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. An anthology of short stories, poems, essays, and memoirs by contemporary Native American women of Canada’s prairie provinces and western Northwest Territories.
James, Selma, ed. Strangers & Sisters: Women, Race & Immigration: Voices from the Conference “BIack and Immigrant Women Speak Out and Claim Our Rights,” London, England, 13 November 1982. Bristol: Falling Wall Press, 1985. Proceedings from a conference on race and immigration initiated by Housewives in Dialogue.
Mohanty, Chandra Talpade, Ann Russo, and Lourdes Torres, eds. Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. Traces Third World women’s engagement with past and present feminist political and theoretical debates, analyzing the simultaneous oppressions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and imperialism in the productions of knowledge and of persons.
Ruiz, Vicki, and Susan Tiano, eds. Women on the U.S./Mexico Border: Responses to Change. Thematic Studies in Latin America. Boston: Allen Unwin, 1987. Cross-disciplinary collection of articles focus on women’s wage labor on both sides of the border.
Silvera, Makeda, ed. Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology. Toronto: Sister Vision, 1991. A Canadian/U..S. trans-border collection of writings reflecting the reality and struggles of lesbians of color.
Terborg-Penn, Rasalyn, Sharon Harley and Andrea Benton Rushing, eds. Women in Africa and the African Diaspora. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1987. Includes papers presented at the meeting, “Women in the African Diaspora: An Interdisciplinary Perspective,” sponsored by the Association of Black Women Historians and held June 12-14, 1983 at Howard University.
Wallace, Ann, ed. Daughters of the Sun, Women of the Moon. Trenton: Africa World, 1991. This anthology brings together the diverse voices of Canadian-born and immigrant Black women poets.
Reference Works
Beelick, Susan A. “American Women of Color Artists. A Selected Annotated Bibliography of General Sources and Exhibition Catalogs.” Visual Arts Research 19.2 (Fall, 1993).
Burnham, Linda, ed. Women of Color Organizations & Projects: A National Directory. Oakland: The Women of Color Resource Center, 1991.
Cotera, Martha, and Nella Cunningham. Multicultural Women’s Sourcebook: Materials Guide for Use in Women’s Studies and Bilingual/Multicultural Programs. Austin: Women’s Educational Equity Act Program, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1982
Hernandez, Aileen C. National Women of Color Organizations: A Report to the Ford Foundation. New York: Ford Foundation, 1991.
Kranich, Kimberly. “A Bibliography of Periodicals By and About Women of Color.” Feminist Teacher 5.1 (1990).
Oshana, Maryann. Women of Color: A Filmography of Minority and Third World Women. New York: Garland, 1985.
Redfern, Bernice. Women of Color in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. New York: Garland, 1989.
Journal Literature
Aguilar-San Juan, Karin. “Landmarks in Literature by Asian American Lesbians.” Signs 18.4 (summer 1993): 936(7).
Black American Literature Forum (Black Film Issue) 25.2 (summer 1991).
“Black/Asian Conflict: Where Do We Begin?” Ms. Magazine 2.3 (Nov/Dec, 1991): 63(5).
Boyd, Julia A. “Ethnic and Cultural Diversity: Keys to Power.” (Special Issue: Diversity and Complexity in Feminist Therapy) Women &Therapy 9.1-2 (1990): 151-167.
Brant, Beth. “Giveaway: Native Lesbian Writers.” Signs 18.4 (summer 1993): 944(4).
Bridge: Asian American Perspectives (Special issue: Asian American Women) 8, 3 (summer 1983).
Chabram-Dernersesian, Angie, and Rosa Linda Fregoso, eds. (Special issue: Chicana/o Representations: Reframing Critical Discourses) Cultural Studies 4.3 (October 1990).
Chancy, Myrian J.A. “Sin Fronteras, Sans Frontieres: Women of Color Writing for Empowerment.” Frontiers 13.2 (1993): 153-167.
“Chicanas en el Ambiente Nacional: Chicanas in the National Landscape.” Special issue Frontiers 5.2 (1980).
Christian, Barbara. “But Who Do You Really Belong To—Black Studies or Women’s Studies?” (Special Issue: Across Cultures: The Spectrum of Women’s Lives) Women’s Studies 17.1-2 (November, 1989): 17(7).
Comás-Díaz, Lillian. “Feminism and Diversity in Psychology: The Case of Women of Color, 1963-1989.” Psychology ol Women Quarterly 15.4 (December 1991): 597-610.
Dill, Bonnie Thronton. “Race, Class, and Gender: Prospects for an All Inclusive Sisterhood.” Feminist Studies 9 (1983).
Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. “Tortillerismo: Work by Chicana Lesbians.” Signs 18.4 (summer 1993): 956(8).
“Gender and Ethnicity: Perspectives on Dual Status.” Special issue of Sex Roles 22.7-8 (April, 1990).
Gomez, Jewelle. “Speculative Fiction and Black Lesbians.” Signs 18.4 (summer 1993): 948(8).
Hagedorn, Jessica. “Asian Women in Film: No Joy, No Luck.” Ms. Magazine 4.4 (Jan-Feb. 1994): 74(5).
Homans, Margaret. “‘Women of Color’ Writers and Feminist Theory.” New Literary History 25.1 (winter 1994): 73(22).
Hurtado, Aida. “Relating to Privilege: Seduction and Rejection in the Subordination of White Women and Women of Color.” Signs 14.4 (summer 1989): 833(23).
Ibrahim, Farah A. “A Course on Asian-American Women: Identity Development Issues.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 20.1-2 (summer 1992): 41-53.
“In Your Midst: Contributions of Women of Color in the Law” (Special issue of Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 28.2 (summer 1993).
Jue, Jennifer. “Women of Color Breaking the Silence: Exploring the Life Stories of Women of Color.” Religious Education 88, 3 (summer 1993): 451-463.
Malveaux, Julianne. “What You Said about Race.” Ms. Magazine 2.6 (May/June 1992): 24(7).
Martin, Jane Roland. “Methodological Essentialism, False Difference, and Other Dangerous Traps.” Signs 19.3 (spring 1994): 630(28).
Revista Mujeres. Elba Sanchez and Katia Panas, eds. Santa Cruz University of California, 1987-present.
Ruiz, Vicki L., ed. “Las Obreras: the Politics of Work and Family.” Special issue of Aztlan 20.1-2 (spring/fall 1991).
Sandoval, Chéla. “U.S. Third World Feminism: The Theory and Method of Oppositional Consciousness in the Postmodern World. Genders 10(1991).
Segura, Denise and Beatríz Pesquera. “Beyond Indifference and Antipathy: The Chicana Movement and Chicana Feminist Discourse.” Aztlan 2 (1988/90).
Stevenson, Brenda E. “‘Rich Tokens’: The Recruitment and Retention of Women of Color Historians.” Journal of Women’s History 4.3 (winter 1993): 152(5).
“Tellin’ It Like It Is.” (Lesbians of color issue) Sinister Wisdom: A Journal for the Lesbian Imagination in Arts and Politics 47 (summer/fall 1992).
“Women, Race and Class in a Cultural Context.” Special issue of Critical Perspectives of Third World America 2.1 (fall 1984).
Vaz, Kim Marie. “A Course on Research Issues on Women of Color.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 20.1-2 (summer 1992): 70-85.
Xu, Wu, and Ann Leffler. “Gender and Race Effects on Occupational Prestige, Segregation, and Earnings.” Gender & Society 6.3 (September 1992): 376-392.
Zinn, Maxine B. “Family, Feminism, and Race in America.” Gender & Society 4.1 (March 1992): 68-82.
Video and Film
Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution. Produced by Not Channel Zero, Cyrille Phipps and Michelle McKenzie. New York: Black Planet Production; distributed by Third World Newsreel, 1992. 1 videocassette (30 min.). A piece dealing with Black women’s representation in the media, particularly in the music industry. It also deals with Black women’s perceptions of their own participation in the women’s liberation movements.
Color Schemes: America’s Washload in 4 Cycles. Directed by Shu Lea Cheang. New York: Women Make Movies, 1989. 1 videocassette (28 min.). An upbeat comic look at the U.S. multicultural society. This was originally an instillation piece for washing machines.
Fighting for Our Lives: Women Confronting AIDS. A video program of the National Resource Center on Women and AIDS of the Center for Women Policy Studies. Washington, D.C.: Center for Women Policy Studies, 1990. 1 videocassette (29 min.). One of the first videos made with a cross-cultural perspective on how women of color are responding to the AIDS crisis through education and health care programs.
Four Women. Produced and directed by Loni Ding and Amy Hill. San Francisco: Asian Women United of California; distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1982. 1 videocassette (42 min.). Stories of four Asian American women committed to social change: Heidi, a social worker; Sara, a professor and architect; Shirley, a physician; and Pat, a union organizer.
Frankly Speaking. Produced and directed by Loni Ding. San Francisco: Asian Women United of California; distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1982. 1 videocassette (30 min.). High school students, teachers, employers and counselors discuss the challenges faced by young Asian American women as they enter adulthood.
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock. Produced by Eye of the Storm Productions and Michelle Parkerson. Directed by Joseph Camp. New York: distributed by Women Make Movies, 1992. 1 videocassette (58 min.). A documentary of the famous African American a cappella group. Consists of footage of their 10th anniversary concert as well as interviews with each of the members.
Her Giveaway: A Spiritual Journey with AIDS. Produced by Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force. Directed by Mona Smith. New York: Women Make Movies, 1987. 1 videocassette (22 mm ). A portrait of a Native American woman living with AIDS. It is an inspiring example of Native American philosophies of illness.
I Never Danced the Way Girls Were Supposed To. Produced by Third World Newsreel. Directed by Dawn Suggs. New York: Third World Newsreel, 1992. 1 videocassette (7 min.). What makes Black lesbians so special? The filmmaker takes a fresh and funny approach in exploring this and other questions with women “in the know.”
(In)visible Women: Fear of Disclosure. Produced and directed by Marina Alvarez and Ellen Spiro for the Fear of Disclosure Project. Chicago: Video Data Bank, 1991. 1 videocassette (ca. 33 min.). This inspiring documentary focuses on the empowered responses of three women of color to being HIV-positive. These highly vocal women explode notions of female invisibility and complacency in the face of the AIDS epidemic.
Juxta. Produced and directed by Hiroko Yamazaki. New York: Women Make Movies, Inc., 1989. 1 videocassette (29 min.). An observation on the deep and complex psychological effects of racism on two racially-mixed children of Japanese women and U.S. servicemen (one African American and the other European American) growing up in the 1950s and 1960s.
Knowing Her Place: A Documentary. Produced and directed by Indu Krishnan. New York: Women Make Movies, 1990. 1 videocassette (40 min.) A documentary portrait of the “cultural schizophrenia” faced by a South Asian woman who has spent most of her life in the U.S. The video probes the multicultural conflicts that immigrants, particularly women, confront in coming to terms with who they are and where they belong.
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde. Produced and directed by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson. New York: Third World Newsreel, Forthcoming. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.). This forthcoming documentary deals with the experiences of Lorde’s growing up in New York City in a West Indian family; her work as an educator and poet, the history of her political involvement in diverse movements; uses archival footage and interviews with family, friends and political activists.
Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets. Produced and directed by Alli Light and Irwing Saraf. San Francisco: Light/Saraf Films, 1981. 16 mm and video (58 min.). An examination of the lives of Asian Americans through the poetry of Mitsuye Yamada and Nellie Wong. Interviews, rare archival footage, intimate family scenes, and a lively dialogue between these two fascinating women underscore the different histories of Chinese- and Japanese Americans, and their shared experiences of biculturalism and generational difference.
Mujeria. Produced and directed by Teresa “Osa” Hidalgo de la Riva. New York: Women Make Movies, 1992. 1 videocassette (20 min.). Combined two short works, Olmeca Rap and Primitive and Proud, which focus on pre-Colombian iconography in the development of Chicana and Third World women’s self-identity.
On New Ground. Produced and directed by Loni Ding. San Francisco: Asian Women United; distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Cross Current Media, 1982. 1 videocassette (30 min.). Shows how ten Asian American women broke the barriers of such traditional male jobs such as stockbroker, police officer, and welder.
Our House: Gays and Lesbians in the Hood. Produced by Not Channel Zero. Directed by Cyrille Phipps. New York: Not Channel Zero Productions; Third World Newsreel, 1992. 1 videocassette (21 min.). This portrait of lesbians and gay men of African American and Latino descent examines the difficulties of conflicts between cultural and sexual politics, experiences of coming out, and challenges of working in one’s own community.
Ourselves. Produced and directed by Jon Wing Lum. Lincoln: GPN, 1979. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Five Asian American women share their experiences growing up Asian and female in America; as they confront Western standards of beauty, dating, marriage, and learn the strength of self-acceptance.Picking Tribes. Produced and directed by Saundra Sharp. New York: Women Make Movies, 1992. 1 videocassette (7 min.). Using vintage photographs and watercolor animation, this delightful, short film takes a light look as a daughter of the 1940s struggles to find an identity between her African American and Native American heritages.
A Place of Rage. Trinh, Minh-Ha, June Jordan, Angela Yvonne Davis, Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar. Produced and directed by Pratibha Parmar. New York: Women Make Movies, 1991. 1 videocassette (52 min.). This celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker.
Sa-i-gu: Korean American Women’s Perspectives on the L.A. Crisis of April 19, 1992. Produced by Christine Choy, Elaine H. Kim and Dai Sil Kim-Gibson. Directed by Christine Choy and Dai Sil Kim-Gibson. San Francisco: National Asian American Telecommunications Association, CrossCurrent Media, 1993. 1 videocassette (36 min.). Explores the effect the Rodney King rebellion had on a group of Korean American women shopkeepers.
Slaying the Dragon. Produced by Asian Women United and Deborah Gee. Directed by Deborah Gee. San Francisco: Asian Women United of California; distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, CrossCurrent Media, 1988. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Chronicles Hollywood’s stereotypes of Asian American women through film flips and interviews with media critics, actors, and affected women.
Talking History. Spencer Nakasako and Amy Hill. San Francisco: Asian Women United; distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association, CrossCurrent Media, 1984. 1 videocassette. Oral histories and historical footage on the immigrant experiences of five Asian (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Laotian) women in the United States.
Tapestry II. Organization of Asian Women. New York: Third World Newsreel, 1991. 1 videocassette (55 min.). History of the immigration of Asian women to the United States.
That Which Is Between. Produced and directed by Mona Smith and Nan Toskey. New York: Women Make Movies, 1989. 1 videocassette (8 min.). This lyrical piece explores the juncture of native spirituality and response to AIDS combining political engagement and video aesthetics.
Women of Gold. Produced by Pacific Rim Media, Eileen Lee and Marilyn Abbink. Directed by Eileen Lee and Marilyn Abbink. New York. Women Make Movies, 1990. 1 videocassette (28 min.). A documentary showing the participation of African American lesbians in the gay games.