U.S. History & American Studies

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
Trailer for documentary "We Exist: Beyond The Binary" directed by Andrew Seger. Headshot of woman. https://vimeo.com/302731458
WE EXIST: Beyond the Binary
What if the world told you that you don’t exist?
Clip for documentary "We Have Reached The Moment" directed by Christi Cooper. Conversation between dad and kid on the beach. https://vimeo.com/730383843
WE HAVE REACHED THE MOMENT
Youth activist Vic Barrett struggles to convince his father that the climate crisis is real
Trailer for documentary "Welcome Strangers" directed by Dia Sokol Savage. Woman and man standing in doorway. https://vimeo.com/705881096
WELCOME STRANGERS
When asylum-seeking immigrants are released from an ICE detention facility onto unfamiliar streets, where can they go for help?
Trailer for documentary “WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA” directed by Leslie Buchbinde. A robot figurine centers the frame. https://vimeo.com/899415206
WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA
The story of marine veteran H.C. Westermann, who navigated the profound traumas of war by making art, and became a hero to generations of artists
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 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 "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
“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
Trailer for documentary "Women In Blue" directed by Deirdre Fishel. Cop sitting in cop car. https://vimeo.com/497452663
WOMEN IN BLUE
Female officers in the Minneapolis Police Department fight for gender equity and police reform from the inside
Trailer for documentary “WORD MASTER: ALFRED BUTTS AND THE STORY OF SCRABBLE” directed by Jerry Murphy. A host of people sitting in a room playing Scrabble. https://vimeo.com/997902615
WORD MASTER: ALFRED BUTTS AND THE STORY OF SCRABBLE
A new documentary about the history of Scrabble and its creator Alfred Butts
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.
Trailer for documentary "Youth V Gov" directed by Chrsiti Cooper. Young adults protesting for climate recovery. https://vimeo.com/669627615
YOUTH V GOV
21 young Americans are suing the government to protect their constitutional rights to a stable climate. If they win, they will change the future.
Trailer for documentary "Zero Gravity" directed by Thomas Verrette. Three kids posing in outer space background. https://vimeo.com/756899043
ZERO GRAVITY
Diverse middle schoolers compete in a NASA tournament to code surveying satellites that will orbit Mars
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