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Social Studies
Social 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 TALE OF THREE CHINATOWNS
The history, evolution and challenges faced by Chinatowns in three American cities
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
ALL THAT I AM
The story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on a path to recovery
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
ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING
WHEN AISHA DECIDES TO QUIT SCHOOL, HER MOTHER, TROUBLED BY HER OWN COLONIAL EDUCATION, SEES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM BOTH TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR KWAKWAKA'WAKW CULTURE.
ATTLA
The untold story of Alaska Native dogsled racing champion George Attla and his legacy
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND
The Legacy of Pat Brown
CAREGIVER: A Love Story
A woman’s heroic decision to take control of the end of her life creates complex, unexpected challenges for her caregiver husband
CESAR’S LAST FAST
Cesar Chavez, a historic fast and the fight for farmworkers rights
CLARISSA'S BATTLE
A single mother’s fight for child care for all
CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL BULLY
Twenty-year-old Natasha bravely reflects on her past as a middle school bully
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.
EARTH WATER WOMAN
A Rastafarian woman in the Caribbean sparks an environmental movement
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL
One Black man's journey from straight-A student to bank robber — and back
FIRST VOTE
Asian American voters in battleground states
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE
Following three California women as they lend their bodies to carry someone else’s child
GIVE AND TAKE
An inside look at the community fridge movement in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic
GUEST HOUSE
the story of three women in a re-entry house as they battle addiction & recidivism
HUNGRY TO LEARN
THE HIGHEST COST OF COLLEGE MIGHT BE YOUR HEALTH
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
INVENTING TOMORROW
FREE 14 DAY STREAMING or DVD - FILL OUT FORMS
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
LEFTOVER WOMEN
Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood
MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA
Exploring the debate over stem cell research through the story of biologist Dr. Jack Kessler who seeks a cure for spinal cord injuries after his daughter’s accident
NO MÁS BEBÉS
Mexican-American women fighting for justice after being sterilized against their will
ON THE DIVIDE
The story of three Latinx people in McAllen, Texas connected by the last abortion clinic on the U.S./Mexico border
OUT OF STATE
Native men return to Hawaii after their cultural reawakening at a private prison in the Arizona desert
PAD YATRA - A GREEN ODYSSEY
A bottom up environmental movement: One Buddhist trek to save the Himalayas
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
REBOUND
Carrying the weight of motherhood, trauma, and incarceration, two women find healing and hope through sisterhood, service, and education
RECKONINGS
Featured in the United Nations Film Festival Association – a new film about the aftermath of the Holocaust, when German and Jewish leaders bridge an impossible divide and meet in secret to grapple with the first reparations in history
REZ METAL
A documentary about a Navajo metal band and the vibrant heavy metal scene throughout the Navajo Nation
SAY HIS NAME: FIVE DAYS FOR GEORGE FLOYD
An on-the-ground look at the uprising in Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd
SEPA, NUESTRO SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS
The story of a prison without bars forgotten in the Peruvian Amazon
SERENADE FOR HAITI
A classical music school in the heart of Port-au-Prince becomes a refuge of hope
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
SOFT VENGEANCE: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
A film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Chinese adoptees navigate their multicultural identities and adolescence
STRONG!- Lift Like A Girl
The strongest woman in the world: A portrait of Olympian Cheryl Haworth
THE BAD KIDS
An extraordinary principal’s journey to help her students realize their potential
THE CONDOR & THE EAGLE
Bringing to light the interconnected nature of social and environmental issues
THE CORRIDOR
the first high school of its kind in the United States that provides incarcerated adults the opportunity to earn a high school diploma
THE FIRST RAINBOW COALITION
In a city determined to keep them apart, Blacks, Whites and Latinos dared to unite
THE GIG IS UP
Uncovering the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of people around the world working for companies like Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo
THE LAST PIG
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE AND ONE FARMER’S ETHICAL CRISIS
THE NEW FIRE
What if the Solution to Climate Change is Hiding in Plain Sight?
THE PUSHOUTS
People call them "Dropouts." They tell a different story.
THE RETURN OF ELDER PINGREE - MEMOIR OF A DEPARTED MORMON
A lapsed Mormon retraces the steps he took 25 years ago in Guatemala as a devout missionary to search for the people who once trusted him with their religious faith
THE S WORD
A suicide attempt survivor is on a mission to find fellow survivors
THE UNAFRAID
They are undocumented. They are unapologetic. They are THE UNAFRAID.
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