It’s Raining Women
The Glass Ceiling: What is it? And how do you break it?
Genres
Overview
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 ceilings is usually associated with women’s opportunities to advance to well paid managerial positions, but the documentary connects itself more broadly to the structural problems of work life from women’s perspective. Glass ceilings are long trials about equal pay, having to continually prove one’s skills, and 85-cent euros. The topic cannot be handled without intersectional crossings: what are invisible glass ceilings for some, are solid concrete for others.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
2022-02-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Finnish
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7
Rebecca Burke
Self
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self
Tarja Halonen
Self
Anna Cendalska
Self
Mervi Lampinen
Self
Françoise N'Thépé
Self
Aksel Põder
Self
Miyoko Kojima
Self
Sheila Aly
Self
Sam Walker
Self
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