Women Warriors
Amazons of the Eurasian steppes, India, Central Asia, and Brazil. Dahia al-Kahena of Tunisia; Fu Hao of Shang dynasty China; Han Gaku and Tomoe Gozen of Japan; martial artists Ng Mui, Yim Wing Chun, and Qiu Jin. Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Cheyenne, Moving Robe of the Hunkpapa Lakota, Fallen Leaf of the Crow, Lozen of the Chiricahua Apache. Yennenga of Burkina Faso, Queen Amina of Zauzau, Nigeria,and the Fon Amazons of Dahomey. Shahr Banu of Iran, Juana Azurduy of Alto Peru, Akh Chibek of the Khakassy, Laskaria Bouboulina of Greece, and Ethiopian empress Taytu Betul. Armenian partisans, the Night Witches of Russia, and the African-American women who beat back armed slavecatchers in Ohio, 1848. There's more but that will give you an idea of the range.
Visual Talks by Max Dashu. All titles are live visual presentations (average 90 minutes)
with a break midway and more time for questions and discussion.
Tech requirements: digital projector with VGA cable, screen, and mic.See also:
Woman Shaman: the Ancients video (on dvd)
other titles
By Place: Regional visual talks
