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Creating her own history 

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The closing credits of The Watermelon Woman (1996) tell the audience that “Sometimes you have to create your own history”. Forced to do just that, director Ch..

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The Watermelon Woman

United States, 1997
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Stolen moments

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Some American feminists

Canada, 1977
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A Woman's place is in the house

United States, 1975
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Devotion

United States, 1995
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Accomplished women

United States, 1974
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The Continuous woman

United States, 1974
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Women and sexuality: a century of change (TEFC)

United States, 1982
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Black by popular demand: black and blue: black women in jazz and blues music.

United States, 1988
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Animated women

United States, 1967
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

United States of America, 1999
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Woman in a house

Australia, 1972
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Desperate living (E)

United States, 1977
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Alice Guy-Blaché

France, c. 1900
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Taking control

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The Celluloid closet

United States, 1995
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Better than chocolate

Canada, 1999
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A Few things I know about her

Australia, 1996
Similarity: 63%
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