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U.S. History & American Studies
U.S. History & American Studies
'TIL KINGDOM COME
the controversial bond between Evangelicals and Jews in a story of faith, power, and money
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 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
A TREE OF LIFE
On October 27 2018, a white supremacist opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people as they prayed; the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
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
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 JUSTICE ON TRIAL: PEOPLE V. NEWTON
The untold story behind the murder trial of Black Panther leader Huey Newton: the landmark case that put racism on the stand.
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
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.
BEING MICHELLE
a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse uses her artwork to depict the trauma and heal from her past
BLURRING THE COLOR LINE
Stories of Chinese families in the Black South during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America’s racial history
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.
CALAVERA HIGHWAY
A sweeping story of a family of seven men grappling with the meaning of masculinity, fatherhood, and a legacy of rootless beginnings.
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
COMING AROUND
A queer Muslim woman from Brooklyn grapples with the complexities of faith, sexuality and her difficult decision to come out to the most important figure in her life - her strictly devout, psychiatrist mother
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.
EVEN THE WOMEN MUST FIGHT
When Vietnamese women speak, an old war story changes
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
FINDING HER BEAT
A master of Japanese drumming and a Korean adoptee from Minnesota boldly convene an all-female troupe to perform Taiko, the Japanese drumming art that has been off-limits to women for centuries
FIRST VOTE
Asian American voters in battleground states
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
GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME
Undeterred by prejudice, post-Katrina neglect, and appropriation of their traditions, the Harrison family guard their legacy, re-defining what Black masking culture means in New Orleans
GUEST HOUSE
the story of three women in a re-entry house as they battle addiction & recidivism
GUN SHOT WOUND
Gun Shot Wound takes a hard look at routine gun violence in America through the eyes of its trauma surgeons
HAPPY VALLEY
The Penn State abuse scandal: athletics, fandom, and campus sexual assault
HAVA NAGILA
The song you thought you knew. The story you won't believe
HUNGRY TO LEARN
THE HIGHEST COST OF COLLEGE MIGHT BE YOUR HEALTH
I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE
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
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
INHABITANTS: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON RESTORING OUR WORLD
Indigenous perspectives on environmental stewardship and resilience in a changing world
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
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
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 WOUND'S WARRIORS
As Pine Ridge Indian Reservation faces the lasting effects of inter-generational trauma as well as a recent teen suicide epidemic, the voices of Little Wound High School students rise up in hope
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS
A nuanced view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family
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
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
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