Women's Voices For Change

Women all over the world are changing history for themselves, their peers, and future generations in sometimes small and quiet ways. Two of these less glamorous but equally inspiring stories have been made into compelling short films.

This year's Academy Awards took steps to reinvent itself, recognizing that viewing habits are changing and that Hollywood needs to represent more of America — more women, more blacks, Latinos, Asians, and immigrants — in the films and filmmakers it honors.

Calling it a "good film" seems incongruous, given the tragic subject matter. But other words come to mind: wondrous, stunning, strangely and irrationally beautiful.

"Egg" is a film that will likely be appreciated by women more than men. (Not that the reverse ever stopped Hollywood from making a movie.)

In recent years, exploitive movies have featured female victims who turn the table on their attackers. With graphic and violent rape scenes precursing any acts of vengeance, these often feel more like male fantasies than tales of true female empowerment. 'Rust Creek' is different.

'On the Basis of Sex' begins in 1956, when Ruth Ginsburg was starting out as one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law.

While we're waiting for the Windsors to return to the small screen, we can find multiple queens at the multiplex.

In 'Tea with the Dames,' there's very little action. But there's plenty of drama.