Race, Culture & Ethnic Studies

"Voices from Texas" directed by Ray Santisteban. A collage of Mexican-American poets in the lone star state. https://vimeo.com/859874124
VOICES FROM TEXAS
Cultural and historical factors shape Mexican American writers as they employ poetry and spoken word to navigate their struggles and celebrate life
Trailer for documentary "Wade in the Water: Drowning in Racism" directed by Cathleen Dean. Black and white image of men splashing and running in ocean. https://vimeo.com/1045880677
WADE IN THE WATER: DROWNING IN RACISM
Black Florida's courageous struggle for the right to swim, highlighting the powerful 1960s Civil Rights protests that fought to desegregate the state's beaches and swimming pools
Trailer for documentary "Warrior Women" directed by Christina D. King & Elizabeth A. Castle. Two women standing in front of car on grassland. https://vimeo.com/301097219
WARRIOR WOMEN
Mothers and daughters fighting for indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement
Trailer for documentary "We Are Unarmed" directedy by Gwendolen Cates. Woman holding cardboard sign. https://vimeo.com/753168801
WE ARE UNARMED
A fresh look at the Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline
https://vimeo.com/349813970
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?
Muslim, Catholic, Pagan, Buddhist, Lakota and Jewish millennials share their experiences in America
Trailer for documentary "What Do You Believe?" directed by Sarah Feinbloom. Five teenagers standing by bay. https://vimeo.com/390630701
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
The religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers
Trailer for documentary "What We Left Unfinished" directed by Mariam Ghani. Person holding clapperboard. https://vimeo.com/361927570
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
The story of five unfinished Afghan Communist films, and just how far artists will go to keep making art in times of war and political repression
Trailer for documentary "Where Art Meets Justice" directed by Mary Ann Braubach. Textile of South African flag. https://vimeo.com/1075924041
WHERE ART MEETS JUSTICE
Justices Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro of South Africa’s Constitutional Court discuss art’s role in fledgling democracies and judicial systems
Trailer for documentary "While I Breathe, I Hope" directed by Emily Harrold. Man holding sign in front of street. https://vimeo.com/433816418
WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE
what it means to be young, Black, and Democrat in the American South
Trailer for documentary "Who Will Write Our History" directed by Roberta Grossman. Man selling books to old man. https://vimeo.com/359373369
WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY
Resistance comes in many forms
“Wisdom Gone Wild” directed by Rea Tajiri. Daughter presses her noes against her mother who is in hospice. https://vimeo.com/866122140
WISDOM GONE WILD
A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia
https://vimeo.com/817806180
WRITING WITH FIRE
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit and marginalised women.
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