Martha Gellhorn Extraordinary Women

BBC Worldwide Ltd, (production company.). Films Media Group, (film distributor.).

Summary: Grace Kelly, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Indira Gandhi, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek were worshipped, loved and sometimes even feared by millions the world over. These pioneers showed that a woman could be the equal of a man but behind the public success, there was often private heartache and personal tragedy. This series featuring archive interviews and dramatic re-enactments, reveals the price these women paid for their achievements and adversities they overcame to emerge as triumphant, inspirational icons of the 20th century. In this documentary, we follow the career of war journalist Martha Gellhorn, who criticized power abuse and social injustice and championed civilians in 20th century conflicts. Fearlessly accessing fronts in the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War, she refused to sacrifice her passion for domesticity.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 23 sec.)) : sd., col.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2011]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 01, 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:	Martha Gellhorn: Introduction (2:32) -- Childhood and Early Adulthood (3:03) -- Great Depression (3:05) -- Famous Patron (2:39) -- Spanish Civil War (2:28) -- Becoming a War Correspondent (2:23) -- Covering World War II (2:29) -- London Blitz (2:07) -- From Husband to Rival (2:04) -- D-Day (2:59) -- Military Romance (1:21) -- Dachau Concentration Camp (3:07) -- Motherhood and Domesticity (3:01) -- Vietnam War (3:00) -- Criticizing American Foreign Policy (2:25) -- Personal Loss (2:49) -- Invasion of Panama (2:40) -- Final Assignment (4:02) -- Credits: Martha Gellhorn: Extraordinary Women (0:47)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, November 04, 2015).