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Resource ideas

Film Education has produced resources on all the following films which have been selected for inclusion here because they either represent strong female characters, have been written or directed by a woman or deal with themes and ideas that are relevant to International Women’s Day. Any of these films will provide interesting stimulus material to include in your celebration of the day.

If you choose to watch one or more of these films in their entirety, keep the Bechdel test in mind: does the film ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ according to the criteria?

• Amelie
• Anita and me
• Arrietty
• Bend it Like Beckham
• Brave
• Bride and Prejudice
• Broken Embraces
• Elizabeth
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc Sec
• The Help
• Howards End
• The Hours
• Hunger Games
• Hurt Locker
• Jane Eyre
• Made in Dagenham
• Matilda
• Miss Bala
• Miral
• Sket
• Persepolis
• Precious
• Fast Girls
• Tomorrow When the War Began
• Trishna
• Whale Rider
• Wuthering Heights