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U.S. History & American Studies
U.S. History & American Studies
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.
HOME ADDRESS/GHAR KA PATA
24 years after fleeing her homeland kashmir, a woman goes back in search of her home, identity & loss
HOME COURT
HOME COURT traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph throughout her high school career
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN
Five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community
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
IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES
Filmmaker Anne Koizumi explores the childhood shame she felt about her Japanese immigrant father, who worked as a janitor at her school
INHABITANTS: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON RESTORING OUR WORLD
Indigenous perspectives on environmental stewardship and resilience in a changing world
INK & LINDA
He's in his twenties. She's in her seventies. Together, they are changing the face of street art
INNER WOUND REAL
The stories of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope
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
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
LA BONGA
Two decades after a death threat caused the Afro-Colombian community of La Bonga to flee, the townspeople embark on a symbolic journey through the jungle to resurrect a home that exists only in their memories
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
LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING
Director Kavich Neang records his family and neighbors as they prepare to depart Phnom Penh's landmark White Building in the face of eviction and demolition
LEFTOVER WOMEN
Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood
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
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
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
MAKE A CIRCLE
A love letter to early educators and a rallying cry for a child care system in crisis
MANUFACTURING HATE: 10 QUESTIONS FOR HENRY FORD
A hundred years after the publication of his notorious anti-Semitic screed, "The International Jew," the ghost of Henry Ford returns to Detroit to face a troubling legacy
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
MISS TIBET: BEAUTY IN EXILE
A Tibetan-American teen enters a Western-style beauty pageant in India, confronting her cultural identity while vying for the crown
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE MIGRANT DEATH CRISIS IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN
MnM - QUEER FUTURES
An exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community
MSG: Mysterious Savory Grains
To share his culture through food, Chef Tim Ma must defy monosodium glutamate's unsavory reputation
MUÔI
A queer single mom navigates conservative Vietnamese culture to chase her dream of becoming a hip-hop dancer
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
NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
A window into Puerto Rican literary culture in New York
OF TWO MINDS
Take your best day and your darkest moment and multiply it by a million
OLD LESBIANS
A short documentary animating the resilient, joyful voices preserved within the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project
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
OTHERS BEFORE SELF
The kids at Tibetan Children's Village share their story of the occupation of Tibet, impart the wisdom of their culture and yearn to return to their homeland
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
PAD YATRA - A GREEN ODYSSEY
A bottom up environmental movement: One Buddhist trek to save the Himalayas
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
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
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
POSSIBLE SELVES
Two teens pursue college dreams while growing up in the unstable world of foster care
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