Academic Resources: film database
Name of film: Murshidat: Female Primary Health Care Workers Transforming Society in Yemen
Topics: Women's health and women healers in Yemen
Brief Summary: This film highlights a developing program designed to educate and provide women with healthcare, and to train local women as midwives and healthcare providers in Yemen. Several other current issues in anthropology, including gender relations, the feminization of poverty and immigration are discussed. Directed and narrated by anthropologist Dolores Walters.
Date of Release: 1999
Length: 38 minutes
Where was it produced/filmed & in what language: Penn State Media, English
Where to get it: Penn State Media Sales