Working Woman Movies

Famous dancer and film actress Fong Nan (Mao Mei) desires both a career and a family after marrying an eminent doctor (Guan Shan), who, however,...

Lynn Ryan, 35, is a tough-minded single mother of five. After help from employment counsellors and a course in welding, she got off welfare for a...

This film provides a lively introduction to the professional and personal lives of three female engineers-just a few of the growing number of women...

This feature documentary shines a light on a group of women who are passionate about their non-traditional job – trucking. Filmed in 1999, it...

Lizette, a waitress in a donut shop in small town has a milestone birthday coming up that she's not happy about. The only thing that could make it...

Laila Paattinen is a working woman. Tired of low-paying jobs, she completed a five-month course in dry-wall installation. Because she had chosen a...

Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the...

Made in 1957, this film glamorizes a service job in which minor emergencies appear as serious and absorbing challenges. Marriage is assumed to be the...

The documentary by Mari Soppela focuses on glass ceilings, a metaphor for the invisible borders between men and women in work life. Talk about glass...

"Have you ever answered the wrong call—only to change a life? When a middle-aged sanitation worker picks up a ringing helpline phone, she...

An introduction to the employment picture in Canada in the late 1950s, designed to inform potential immigrants of job opportunities existing for...