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American Studies
American Studies
A MAN AND HIS TRUMPET: The Leroy Jones Story
There are millions of musicians in the world, but there’s only one Leroy Jones
A PLACE TO BREATHE
explores the universality of trauma, resilience, and healing in immigrant communities
A TALE OF THREE CHINATOWNS
The history, evolution and challenges faced by Chinatowns in three American cities
ALWAYS IN SEASON
After 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging in North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins - centuries of trauma and lynching bleed into the present
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
The life of Chinese-American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the demise of civil liberties
ATTLA
The untold story of Alaska Native dogsled racing champion George Attla and his legacy
BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Follow immigrant families rising up to seek justice in a construction industry rife with exploitation.
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND
The Legacy of Pat Brown
CESAR’S LAST FAST
Cesar Chavez, a historic fast and the fight for farmworkers rights
CHINATOWN
Three senior activists fight for housing rights in DC’s historic Chinatown
CLARISSA'S BATTLE
A single mother’s fight for child care for all
CRIME + PUNISHMENT
Unprecedented examination of the United States' most powerful police department
CROW COUNTRY: OUR RIGHT TO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Tribal members on the Crow Reservation fight for better food and a better future for their community
CURED
Meet the LGBTQ activists who refused to accept psychiatry's mental illness label - and changed history
DALYA'S OTHER COUNTRY
A Syrian teen attempts to balance her new life in L.A. while maintaining her Islamic traditions
DECADE OF FIRE
The South Bronx is burning. Stay, fight, build.
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL
One Black man's journey from straight-A student to bank robber — and back
EXILED
Two military veterans, both green card immigrants willing to die for America, get deported
FATHER'S KINGDOM
He changed the course of civil rights in this country and you never heard his name
FIRST VOTE
Asian American voters in battleground states
GUEST HOUSE
the story of three women in a re-entry house as they battle addiction & recidivism
HAPPY VALLEY
The Penn State abuse scandal: athletics, fandom, and campus sexual assault
HUNGRY TO LEARN
THE HIGHEST COST OF COLLEGE MIGHT BE YOUR HEALTH
I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE (PRE-ORDER)
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show
IF YOU CAN EVER GET BACK
US army combat medics who served in Iraq’s “triangle of death" struggle to find their place in the civilian world and to lay to rest their wartime ghosts
INHABITANTS: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON RESTORING OUR WORLD
Indigenous perspectives on environmental stewardship and resilience in a changing world
JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY
The moving, funny, and triumphant comeback story of trans comedian, Julia Scotti, “the crazy old lady of comedy”
K-TOWN '92
Twenty-five years after the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, reporters of color reflect on their contributions to the news coverage of the historic event
LANDFALL
Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL examines a ruined world at the brink of transformation, spinning a cautionary tale for our times
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS
A nuanced view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family
LOVE & STUFF
Grieving her beloved mother and living amidst 63 boxes of dead parents’ stuff, one transformative “YES” turns filmmaker Judith Helfand into a 50-year-old new mother
LUPE UNDER THE SUN
A portrait of migrant farmworkers grappling with the faultlines of the American Dream
MANZANAR DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles
MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART
25 years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his estranged lover and cracks open a Pandora’s box of unresolved family drama
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE MIGRANT DEATH CRISIS IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN
MY AMERICA...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA
An Asian American Road Odyssey Set Amidst a Subculture of Rappers, Debutantes & Freedom Fighters
MY SO-CALLED SELFISH LIFE
A PARADIGM-SHIFTING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ONE OF OUR GREATEST SOCIAL TABOOS: CHOOSING TO NOT BECOME A MOTHER
NO MÁS BEBÉS
Mexican-American women fighting for justice after being sterilized against their will
NO STRAIGHT LINES
The journeys of five scrappy queer artists from the margins of the underground comics scene to mainstream acceptance
OF TWO MINDS
Take your best day and your darkest moment and multiply it by a million
ON THE DIVIDE
The story of three Latinx people in McAllen, Texas connected by the last abortion clinic on the U.S./Mexico border
ONCE A FURY
Sisterhood is complicated
OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Five family members fight to find hope, heal resentments, and pull each other out of the depths of addiction
OUT OF STATE
Native men return to Hawaii after their cultural reawakening at a private prison in the Arizona desert
PERFECT STRANGERS
One woman's journey to give away a kidney raises thorny philosophical questions about acts of compassion
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Three seniors at Brooklyn high schools are determined to get their entire class to college
POSSIBLE SELVES
Two teens pursue college dreams while growing up in the unstable world of foster care
POWERLANDS
A young Navajo filmmaker investigates the displacement of Indigenous people and the environmental devastation caused by global corporations
RAISE YOUR VOICE
These aren’t just kids practicing their first amendment rights, they are living them
REBOUND
Carrying the weight of motherhood, trauma, and incarceration, two women find healing and hope through sisterhood, service, and education
REZ METAL
A documentary about a Navajo metal band and the vibrant heavy metal scene throughout the Navajo Nation
RICOCHET
The shooting of a woman by an undocumented immigrant ignites a political and media furor that culminates in Trump's election. In the eye of the storm, two public defenders fight to reveal the truth.
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MENTORS EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH ANCESTRAL ART & CULTURE
SAY HIS NAME: FIVE DAYS FOR GEORGE FLOYD
An on-the-ground look at the uprising in Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd
SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM
Musician Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez - from humble beginnings as a California farmworker to receiving the Library of Congress highest musical honors
SOLITARY
A daring exploration of one of America's most notorious supermax prisons
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Chinese adoptees navigate their multicultural identities and adolescence
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Amidst the rise of “English-only” initiatives, four diverse American students in language immersion schools open their minds to new ways of thinking
STUMPED
An extraordinary journey through tragedy, comedy and restoration
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