In celebration of Women's History Month, we present a selection of award-winning documentaries from the Bullfrog Films catalog that highlight the achievements and contributions of some remarkable women to a variety of disciplines including the culinary arts, local politics, STEM sciences, and more.

You will also find documentaries that insightfully explore and contextualize the long and hard-fought struggle for reproductive rights and bodily integrity, and the ongoing fight for social justice by Indigenous women and Women of Color.

These and other documentaries are available for purchase and rental by schools, libraries, and other organizations; our convenient new dropdown ordering menu makes it easy to find the correct format and license type for your institution. Academic streaming can be licensed from Docuseek. Campus and community groups interested in hosting a community screening can book now through Bullfrog Communities.
Amá tells an important and untold story: the abuses committed against Native American women by the US Government during the 1960s and '70s, including forced and involuntary sterilization. The film features the testimonies of many Native Americans, including three remarkable women who share their very personal stories: Jean Whitehorse, Yvonne Swan and Charon Asetoyer. Amá also includes a revealing and rare interview with Dr. Reimert Ravenholt whose population control ideas were the framework for some of the government policies directed at Native American women.
Featuring candid interviews with world-renowned chefs including World’s Best Female Chef Dominique Crenn, Emmy Award-winning TV host Lidia Bastianich, two Michelin-starred chef April Bloomfield, Iron Chef Cat Cora, World’s Best Chef Daniel Humm and many more, A Fine Line explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.

Using the story of her own mother's journey from struggling single mother to successful restaurateur, filmmaker Joanna James traces the history of discrimination and harassment faced by female chefs in the culinary world, grappling with pertinent contemporary themes including workplace harassment, equal pay, paid parental leave and career advancement.
As a young scientist in the 1960s, Lynn Margulis was ridiculed when she first proposed that symbiosis was a key driver of evolution, but she persisted. Instead of the mechanistic view that life evolved through random genetic mutations and competition, she presented a symbiotic narrative in which bacteria joined together to create the complex cells that formed animals, plants and all other organisms - which together form a multi-dimensional living entity that covers the Earth.

Symbiotic Earth explores the life and ideas of this brilliant and radical scientist, whose unconventional theories challenged the male-dominated scientific community and are today fundamentally changing how we look at our selves, evolution, and the environment.
This award-winning documentary revisits the journey of Thelma and Louise in Ridley Scott's classic film through the lens of viewers who saw that iconic film upon its release in 1991 and documented personal stories at that time. Those same women and men were tracked down 25 years later by filmmaker Jennifer Townsend in order to revisit their feelings toward the film and its themes. Through laughter and tears, they candidly share intimate stories about their “Thelma and Louise Experience” and ruminate on the meanings the film now holds for them in light of today’s #MeToo Movement.
The era of illegal abortion—roughly the period between the turn of the century and the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973—has been a sealed chapter in women's history, thanks in large part to the profound aura of shame and fear surrounding unwanted pregnancies and abortions before that time. When Abortion Was Illegal illuminates this largely undocumented era and reveals the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having an abortion when it was a criminal act. Through candid interviews and personal stories, When Abortion Was Illegal reveals the tragedies, the courage, and the heroism of a shrouded time in our history.
Through the stories of four tireless women fighting against the political status quo to have their voices heard, Can You Hear Us Now? reveals how Wisconsin has become a cautionary tale of shifting voting rights policies, gerrymandering, and unaccountable government. The film follows the campaigns of two women running for State Assembly seats—seats they know they can’t win due to restrictive voter ID laws and gerrymandered legislative maps. Open records requests expose the alarming disconnect between constituent views and their representatives’ voting records. In Wisconsin, where extreme partisanship has become the norm, voters are finding that their views are becoming increasingly irrelevant to state lawmakers.
No Time To Waste celebrates legendary centenarian and former National Park Service ranger Betty Reid Soskin's inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America's story. Before her retirement in May of 2022, Betty presented her personal story at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, illuminating the invisible histories of Black Americans. Her efforts were instrumental in changing the way the National Park Service conveys this history to audiences across the U.S.
In Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes, award-winning public garden designer Lynden B. Miller explores the remarkable life and career of America's first female landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand. The film follows Miller as she journeys to iconic gardens designed by Farrand, engaging with designers, scholars and horticulturists in a spirited dialogue about the meaning and importance of Farrand's groundbreaking work in a field dominated by men in the early 20th century.
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