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Democracy & Social Movements
Democracy & Social Movements
999: THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS
In the Spring of 1942, the Nazis ordered the Slovak government to provide a slave labour force. The Slovaks sent 999 teenage Jewish girls. They paid the Nazis the equivalent of $3,000 for each girl, and gave them a one way rail ticket to Auschwitz.
A GOOD NEIGHBOR
A Latina single mother fights against racism and climate change as she campaigns for city council in one of the nation’s most polluted zip codes
A LONG MARCH
Filipino American WWII veterans whose service was erased by the U.S. Government fight for their rights and recognition
A TALE OF THREE CHINATOWNS
The history, evolution and challenges faced by Chinatowns in three American cities
ABORTION: ADD TO CART
With increasing burdens on clinics, activists are combining the power of abortion pills and the internet to provide self-managed abortions in a revolutionary way
ADIOS AMOR
the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot - Maria Moreno, a migrant mother who became the charismatic leader of an early movement for farmworker justice
ADVOCATE
Lea Tsemel, an Israeli-Jewish lawyer who has represented Palestinian political prisoners for nearly 50 years, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits
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
BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE
Stripped of their constitutional rights, 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced into desolate camps, surrounded by guard towers and barbed wire. Ironically it was the All-American pastime of baseball that saved their sanity.
BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE - FREE 3 YEAR STREAMING OR DVD FOR CALIFORNIA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS
A special film for California Students that paints the story of Japanese American incarceration during World War II through the lens of baseball, America's beloved pastime
BEING MICHELLE
a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past
BEYOND BARS
Son of Weather Underground activists imprisoned when he was a baby, Chesa Boudin's journey from a childhood shaped by incarceration to a reformist DA fighting for restorative justice is a story of trauma, resilience and hope
BREAKING THE NEWS
Seeking to buck the white male status quo, a group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch a news startup asking who’s been omitted from mainstream coverage, and how to include them
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
CHI-TOWN GUNS, GUN VIOLENCE & THE NRA
In this feature documentary with an original song by Macy Gray, delves into where the guns are coming from that produce “mass shootings” in the U.S. by focusing on the 3rd largest city (Chicago) and by sharing solutions
CLARISSA'S BATTLE
A single mother’s fight for child care for all
CURED
Meet the LGBTQ activists who refused to accept psychiatry's mental illness label - and changed history
DECADE OF FIRE
The South Bronx is burning. Stay, fight, build.
DELIKADO
Three environmental crusaders confront murder and betrayal as they battle to save an island paradise in the Philippines
DISSIDENTS
An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protestor is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy movement is violently attacked. Not even exile is safe
DONGAR DEI PARIBI NAHIN (I CANNOT GIVE YOU MY FOREST) - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE
Deep inside the Niyamgiri forest in Odisha, India, Timoli, a mother from the aboriginal Kondh community, shares her songs and her world, a microcosm of aboriginal communities coexistence with Nature
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
FEELING THE APOCALYPSE
A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world
FIRST VOTE
Asian American voters in battleground states
FOR THE RECORD
Running out of time and money, editor Laurie Brown battles an oil bust, a global pandemic, and a growing mistrust of the media as she fights to keep her newspaper alive in rural Texas
FROM THE SHADOWS #MISSINGIRLS - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE
An artist relentlessly sprays silhouettes on public walls tagged #missing, in a country where every 8 minutes a child goes missing
GIVE AND TAKE
An inside look at the community fridge movement in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic
GREENWOOD: A DREAMLAND DESTROYED
A destroyed dreamland erased from history
GUN SHOT WOUND
Gun Shot Wound takes a hard look at routine gun violence in America through the eyes of its trauma surgeons
HOLY RIGHTS - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE
A deeply religious Muslim woman in India challenges patriarchal interpretations of Islamic Law especially in regards to divorce. Tensions and negotiations that mark her journey are interwoven with other Muslim women's fight for gender justice.
I AM BISHA
One man's quest to pull the strings of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir
ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL
A riveting meditation on resilience in the face of disaster, Illusions of Control unfolds in landscapes irrevocably shaped by human attempts to dominate them
INVENTED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
We Can't Hide From History
JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS
A legendary champion of the arts who believed theater was for everyone, not just a privileged few
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
KEEP THE CAMERAS ROLLING: THE PEDRO ZAMORA WAY
The story of Pedro Zamora, the charming young activist who transformed the face of AIDS in America by allowing MTV's REAL WORLD to chronicle his joy, his influence, and his journey with a disease that would ultimately kill him
KING IN CHICAGO
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and the Chicago Freedom Movement confront northern racism and poverty
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
LIQUOR STORE DREAMS
A portrait of two second generation Korean Americans trying to create their own future by honoring their parent’s past through understanding and healing
LITTLE BERLIN
When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 36 cows
LIVE AT MISTER KELLY'S
Mister Kelly's smashed color and gender barriers to put unknown, controversial voices on stage and transform entertainment, and America in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ’70s
LOST SILVERFISH OF BERLIN
While making a film about Berlin’s housing Crisis, Rory Ryder stumbles upon a forgotten East German building that just might be a groundbreaking solution for emergency housing world wide
LOUDMOUTH
Interviews and never-before-seen footage provide insight into the life of the Rev. Al Sharpton, the polarizing civil rights activist who has spent decades fighting for social change
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
NAVALNY
NAVALNY follows Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, through his political rise, attempted assassination and search to uncover the truth
NUMBERED
An explosive, highly visual, and emotionally cinematic journey, guided by testimonies and portraits of Auschwitz survivors
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
ONE DROP OF LOVE
A multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender in pursuit of truth, justice and LOVE.
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE?
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE? tells the untold story of the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its impact on American politics and society then and now
PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa battled racism, gender discrimination, and political opposition in her quest to become the first Nepali woman to summit Mt Everest
PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: THE CORKY LEE STORY
Photographer Corky Lee's epic quest to document Asian American history, culture and activism for five decades
PLAN C
A grassroots network fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade
PLEASE REMEMBER ME
Octogenarians Feng and Lou have been inseparable for over 40 years, but aging and illness threaten their deep bond
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