Short of the Week
18 min
Latest film · 2024
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht
Near the end of her life, Ilon Specht, the copywriter behind L'Oréal's 1973 slogan “Because I'm Worth It”, recounts how four words became a feminist statement that changed advertising.
Documentary · 18 min · 287K views
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Short of the Week
18 min
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht
2024 · Documentary · 287K views
Near the end of her life, Ilon Specht, the copywriter behind L'Oréal's 1973 slogan “Because I'm Worth It”, recounts how four words became a feminist statement that changed advertising.
Short of the Week
21 min
MINK!
2022 · Documentary · 78K views
The story of Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to the US Congress, and her fight for Title IX, the landmark law that reshaped gender equity in American schools and sports.
Short of the Week
22 min
The Queen of Basketball
2021 · Documentary · 1.2M views
Lusia Harris, the first woman officially drafted by the NBA and an Olympic pioneer, tells her own story of glory and obscurity.
Vimeo Staff Pick
14 min
I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit.
2019 · Documentary · 7.4M views
Singer Kim Hill recalls co-founding the early Black Eyed Peas, choosing to walk away in 2000, and watching the group become global superstars without her.
Vimeo Staff Pick
9 min
The King of Fish and Chips
2019 · Documentary · ♥︎ 844
In the late 1960s Haddon Salt built a booming fish-and-chips chain in America, until Kentucky Fried Chicken came calling.
Vimeo Staff Pick
14 min
That's My Jazz
2019 · Documentary · ♥︎ 1.2K
Renowned pastry chef Milton Abel II reflects on his complicated bond with his late father, a legendary Kansas City jazz musician.
Vimeo Staff Pick
5 min
Why This Road: Dan Portelance
2016 · Documentary · ♥︎ 1.5K
After his dream restaurant fails, a Massachusetts chef from a family of fish fryers finds a new calling in teaching.
10 min
Rust
2015 · Documentary · 5.8K views
A portrait of Nova Scotian master iron artist Gordon Kennedy, who reflects on his craft and a lifetime spent shaping metal at the forge.
Vimeo Staff Pick
10 min
Turns
2015 · Documentary · 9.2K views
A portrait of Nova Scotia master woodturner Steven Kennard and the patience and precision behind his delicate wooden boxes.
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