| Other author/creator | Bhavnani, Kum-Kum. |
| Other author/creator | Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- |
| Other author/creator | Foran, John. |
| Other author/creator | Zavistovski, Monique. |
| Other author/creator | Harnack, Matthew. |
| Other author/creator | Pettey, Ryan. |
| Abstract |
"The documentary weaves together the daily life stories of Khady, Bilkusben, Oraiza, Dona Antonia, and Gila who, through candor and humor, infuse their communities with a passion for change. The women spearhead rainforest preservation (women working as rubber-tappers in the Brazilian rainforest); sustain a vast co-operative of rural women (India: SEWA: the largest trades union in the world with 700,000 members); promote an end to female genital cutting (FGC) (Senegal: communities abandoning FGC); strengthen opposition to the Israeli occupation of Palestine (Women in Black in Jerusalem); maintain a farm, Navdanya (in the foothills of the Himalayas) to further economic independence and biodiversity by preserving women's role as seed keepers"--The shape of water movie website. |
| General note | Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006. |
| Credits | Editor, Monique Zavistovski ; camera, Rachel Dang ; music, Maga Bo, Jesse Berg, Todd Hannigan, Jason Marianis. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Susan Sarandon. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Chiefly in English; with French, Portuguese, and various local languages with English subtitles. |
| Awards note | Best Feature Documentary, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival 2006; World Cinema Award, Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival 2006; Best Director, Documentary, San Francisco Women's Film Festival 2006. |
