Hearts and Hands

"...Important as well as entertaining for all those who want to understand nineteenth-century American history."
–Dr. Glenna Mathews
Historian, University of California, Irvine

MORE ABOUT THE FILM

The film chronicles the lives of ordinary women as well as individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard and Abigail Scott Duniway through the great 19th century events: industrialization, abolition, the Civil War, westward movement, temperance and suffrage.

The Hearts and Hands companion book is available through Rutledge Hill Press in Nashville, TN 1(800)234-4234.

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High School•College/University

60 minutes • VHS
60 minutes • 16 mm

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REVIEWS

"A beautifully crafted film. It explores women's history, U.S. social history, folk art, and music, and is a glorious memorial to our persevering foremothers. An essential purchase for public libraries."
Margaret Wyatt
AV Librarian, San Francisco Public Library

"One of the most interesting films I've seen in recent years. Beautifully structured--a new form for telling history."
William Sloan
Film Librarian, Museum of Modern Art, New York

"A quality production for public libraries, colleges and universities. Our patrons loved QUILTS IN WOMEN'S LIVES and now we're proud to offer them HEARTS AND HANDS."
Sandra Koontz
Director, State AV Center, Kansas

"Absorbing and professionally executed, this sweeping documentary examines the role of women in shaping America from the days of emerging industrialization to westward expansion. Exquisite...painstakingly crafted...for schools, libraries and museums."
Booklist

"An absolutely expert outing, made with quality and a kind of subtle ferocity"
Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA

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AWARDS / SCREENINGS

PBS, American Experience
Blue Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival
Crystal Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival
Best Fine Arts, San Francisco Film Festival

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