Password: Women
Password: Women is a film about the meaning of modern forms of communication and information dissemination – like the Internet, Internet radio and digital CDs – as tools for improving the position of women in society.
Virtual discussion
The film weaves together the personal stories of extraordinary women from Uganda, Costa Rica and Macedonia. They all use the Internet, CDs, radio and e-mail in their own ways to fight to achieve women’s rights and empowerment. The film also features a ‘virtual discussion’ about the benefits and disadvantages of modern media and communication methods for women’s development worldwide.Extraordinary women
In Uganda, 79-year-old Anastasia Namisongo carries her laptop on her shoulder and travels from village to village by motor scooter to teach women to use the CD ‘How to make money’.
Enisa Eminova, based in Skopje, Macedonia, is using e-mail to set up an extensive network of Roma women in Central and Eastern Europe. Together, they are challenging traditional sexual taboos in the Roma community.
Katarina Anfossi and Maria Suarez Toro have together started FIRE: the first radio station for women that is broadcast by Internet – and thus free of censorship.
Details
Production: Kasander Film Company, commissioned by AlettaDirection: Rinske Bosch
Editing: Saskia Buren
Year: 2004
Length: 47 minuten
Video: (VHS) with English or Spanish subtitles
DVD: Dutch/English or Spanish/English subtitles
Price: €5.00