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The Mask You Live In 92 mins THE MASK YOU LIVE IN follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity.…
The Mask You Live In The Mask You Live In
Miss Representation 90 mins Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, MISS REPRESENTATION uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to…
Miss Representation Miss Representation
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America 69 mins White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens…
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City 79 mins Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an…
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City
Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria 99 mins In this Oscar-nominated documentary, filmmaker Talal Derki traveled to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for…
Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria
Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools 70 mins Precious Knowledge reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory, the fight over Mexican American studies…
Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools
Life Off Grid - A Film About Disconnecting 86 mins A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. LIFE OFF GRID is a…
Life Off Grid - A Film About Disconnecting Life Off Grid - A Film About Disconnecting
People Like Us - Social Class in America 126 mins It's the 800-pound gorilla in American life that most Americans don't think about: how do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark…
People Like Us - Social Class in America People Like Us - Social Class in America
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth  84 mins It began as a housing marvel. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, "the poor man's penthouse."…
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth  The Pruitt-Igoe Myth 

Civil Rights

Stonewall Uprising 83 mins In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New…
Stonewall Uprising Stonewall Uprising
The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution  115 mins In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored -- cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding,…
The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution  The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution 
Tongues Untied - Giving a Voice to Black Gay Men 55 mins Marlon Riggs' essay film TONGUES UNTIED gives voice to communities of black gay men, presenting their cultures and perspectives on the world as they confront…
Tongues Untied - Giving a Voice to Black Gay Men Tongues Untied - Giving a Voice to Black Gay Men
Freedom Riders 115 mins FREEDOM RIDERS is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more…
Freedom Riders Freedom Riders
Who Cares About Kelsey? - Helping Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges Succeed 2 videos When Kelsey Carroll entered high school, she was a more likely candidate for the juvenile justice system than graduation. Diagnosed with ADHD and carrying the…
Who Cares About Kelsey? - Helping Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges Succeed Who Cares About Kelsey? - Helping Students with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges Succeed
Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States 81 mins Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced mobs of racially charged hatred and became cornerstones of the Civil Rights movement, TEACH US ALL examines…
Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality 88 mins The winner of over ten awards including the American Library Associations Notable Video for Adults." POLITICAL ANIMALS tells the story of the civil rights struggle…
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality

Gender Studies

The Mask You Live In 92 mins THE MASK YOU LIVE IN follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity.…
The Mask You Live In The Mask You Live In
Miss Representation 90 mins Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, MISS REPRESENTATION uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to…
Miss Representation Miss Representation
The Illusionists - The Globalization of Beauty 2 videos The Illusionists examines how global advertising firms, mass media conglomerates, and the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic surgery industries are changing the way people around the…
The Illusionists - The Globalization of Beauty The Illusionists - The Globalization of Beauty
The Purity Myth - The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women 47 mins In this video adaptation of her bestselling book, pioneering feminist blogger Jessica Valenti trains her sights on "the virginity movement" -- an unholy alliance of…
The Purity Myth - The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women The Purity Myth - The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women
Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality 77 mins Out in the Night is a documentary that tells the story of a group of young friends, African American lesbians who are out, one hot…
Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality
Dreamworlds 3 - Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video 2 videos Dreamworlds 3 examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural…
Dreamworlds 3 - Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video Dreamworlds 3 - Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video
X-Rated - A History of Adult Film 95 mins A look at a plethora of pornographic films ranging from the 1970s to the 2010s and a commentary about their lasting impacts on the adult…
X-Rated - A History of Adult Film X-Rated - A History of Adult Film

Crime

Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality 77 mins Out in the Night is a documentary that tells the story of a group of young friends, African American lesbians who are out, one hot…
Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System 87 mins An essential documentary, Brett Story's incisive, investigative and wide-ranging THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES is an examination of the prison and its place - social,…
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System
Titicut Follies - The Massachusetts State Prison for the Criminally Insane 84 mins This important film is a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.…
Titicut Follies - The Massachusetts State Prison for the Criminally Insane Titicut Follies - The Massachusetts State Prison for the Criminally Insane
The Witness 90 mins The name "Kitty Genovese" became synonymous with urban apathy after The New York Times printed an article stating that she was stabbed to death during…
The Witness The Witness
Broken on All Sides - Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice 69 mins Today, there are more African Americans in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War…
Broken on All Sides - Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice Broken on All Sides - Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice
Tower - First Hand Accounts of the University of Texas' 1966 Shooting 83 mins August 1st 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas…
Tower - First Hand Accounts of the University of Texas' 1966 Shooting Tower - First Hand Accounts of the University of Texas' 1966 Shooting
Chasing Heroin 114 mins A searing, two-hour investigation places America's heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light -- telling the stories of individual addicts, but also illuminating the…
Chasing Heroin Chasing Heroin

Racism

Race - The Power of an Illusion 3 videos The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches,…
Race - The Power of an Illusion Race - The Power of an Illusion
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America 69 mins White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens…
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution  115 mins In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored -- cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding,…
The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution  The Black Panthers - Vanguard of the Revolution 
Freedom Riders 115 mins FREEDOM RIDERS is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more…
Freedom Riders Freedom Riders
Race, Power and American Sports 46 mins Cultural historian Dave Zirin, whose influential blog and bestselling books have offered searing insights into the politics of American sports, examines the myriad ways sports…
Race, Power and American Sports Race, Power and American Sports
Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States 81 mins Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced mobs of racially charged hatred and became cornerstones of the Civil Rights movement, TEACH US ALL examines…
Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States Teach Us All - Segregation and Education in the United States
American Denial - The Truth is Deeper than Black and White 56 mins In his 1944 study of the 'Negro Problem' in America, Gunnar Myrdal posed a simple, disturbing question: How can Americans espouse a belief in liberty,…
American Denial - The Truth is Deeper than Black and White American Denial - The Truth is Deeper than Black and White

Social Justice

Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem 62 mins Produced by Emmy®-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Kunhardt and HBO’s own Sheila Nevins, GLORIA: IN HER OWN WORDS combines recent interviews that showcase Steinem’s sharp sense…
Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
Baltimore Rising - The Struggles of Police and Activists Following the Death of Freddie Gray 93 mins In the wake of the 2015 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Baltimore was a city on the edge. Peaceful protests and destructive…
Baltimore Rising - The Struggles of Police and Activists Following the Death of Freddie Gray Baltimore Rising - The Struggles of Police and Activists Following the Death of Freddie Gray
Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis 55 mins The United States has the most prisoners of any nation in the world both in raw numbers and by percentage of the population. These numbers…
Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis
Pre-Crime - Investigating Predictive Crime Algorithms 88 mins Science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting softwares, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how…
Pre-Crime - Investigating Predictive Crime Algorithms Pre-Crime - Investigating Predictive Crime Algorithms
In Our Water - A Classic Documentary On the Fight for Clean Water 62 mins In this Oscar nominated documentary, a New Jersey family discovers their well is being poisoned by a landfill while local and state officials assure them…
In Our Water - A Classic Documentary On the Fight for Clean Water In Our Water - A Classic Documentary On the Fight for Clean Water
The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System 103 mins You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current…
The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System
Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2 videos Past and present collide in this powerful documentary about Faubourg Treme, the fabled New Orleans' neighborhood that gave birth to jazz, launched America's first black…
Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Family

Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria 99 mins In this Oscar-nominated documentary, filmmaker Talal Derki traveled to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for…
Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria
Sensitive - The Untold Story - A Film About the Innate Trait of High Sensitivity 65 mins Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as…
Sensitive - The Untold Story - A Film About the Innate Trait of High Sensitivity Sensitive - The Untold Story - A Film About the Innate Trait of High Sensitivity
Grey Gardens 96 mins Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the…
Grey Gardens Grey Gardens
American Commune - America's Largest Socialist Experiment 91 mins In 1970, 1,500 hippies and their guru Stephen Gaskin founded a commune in rural Tennessee. Members forked over their savings, grew their own food, delivered…
American Commune - America's Largest Socialist Experiment American Commune - America's Largest Socialist Experiment
Little White Lie - Family Secrets, Dual Identity & the Power of Telling the Truth 67 mins Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz's story of growing up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong…
Little White Lie - Family Secrets, Dual Identity & the Power of Telling the Truth Little White Lie - Family Secrets, Dual Identity & the Power of Telling the Truth
For the Love of Spock - The Life of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy 112 mins A one-of-a-kind documentary sure to unite trekkies worldwide, FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK tells the life of Star Trek's Mr. Spock and the actor who…
For the Love of Spock - The Life of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy For the Love of Spock - The Life of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy
A Dangerous Son - Children Suffering From Emotional Disturbances 86 mins One in 10 American children suffers from a serious emotional disturbance and over 17 million have experienced a psychiatric disorder. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Liz…
A Dangerous Son - Children Suffering From Emotional Disturbances A Dangerous Son - Children Suffering From Emotional Disturbances

Community

Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City 79 mins Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an…
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City
In Jackson Heights - One of America's Most Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods 190 mins Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the United States and the world. There are…
In Jackson Heights - One of America's Most Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods In Jackson Heights - One of America's Most Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods
Dark Days - A Homeless Community Beneath the Subway Tunnels of NYC 83 mins This acclaimed documentary explores the surprisingly domestic subterranean world of a homeless community living in a train tunnel beneath NYC. Through stories heartbreaking and hilarious,…
Dark Days - A Homeless Community Beneath the Subway Tunnels of NYC Dark Days - A Homeless Community Beneath the Subway Tunnels of NYC
Spettacolo - A Theater Tradition in Tuscany 91 mins Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned…
Spettacolo - A Theater Tradition in Tuscany Spettacolo - A Theater Tradition in Tuscany
Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2 videos Past and present collide in this powerful documentary about Faubourg Treme, the fabled New Orleans' neighborhood that gave birth to jazz, launched America's first black…
Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Faubourg Treme - The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Central Park - A Look at the Famous New York Landmark 177 mins CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running,…
Central Park - A Look at the Famous New York Landmark Central Park - A Look at the Famous New York Landmark
Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn 6 videos Diego Echeverria's Los Sures skillfully represents the challenges of its time: drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, single-parent homes, and inadequate local…
Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn Los Sures - A Puerto Rican Barrio in Brooklyn
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The Mask You Live In
The Mask You Live In
The Representation Project
THE MASK YOU LIVE IN follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our…
Race - The Power of an Illusion
Race - The Power of an Illusion
California Newsreel
The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss as crazy any suggestion of its falsity. Yet,…
3 videos
Miss Representation
Miss Representation
The Representation Project
Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, MISS REPRESENTATION uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contributes…
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
White Like Me - Race, Racism & White Privilege in America
Media Education Foundation
White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy…
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City
Kedi - The Cats of an Ancient City
Oscilloscope Pictures
Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Winner of Best First…
In Sickness and in Wealth
In Sickness and in Wealth
Part of the Series: Unnatural Causes
California Newsreel
What are the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin colour? Our opening episode travels to Louisville, Kentucky, not to explore whether medical care cures us, but to see why we get sick in the first place, and…
Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria
Of Fathers and Sons - Following a Radical Islamist Family in Syria
Kino Lorber
In this Oscar -nominated documentary, filmmaker Talal Derki traveled to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare…
Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools
Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools
Dos Vatos
Precious Knowledge reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory, the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools. The film interweaves the stories of several students enrolled in…
Life Off Grid - A Film About Disconnecting
Life Off Grid - A Film About Disconnecting
Fighting Chance Films
A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. LIFE OFF GRID is a film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful,…
People Like Us - Social Class in America
People Like Us - Social Class in America
The Center for New American Media
It's the 800-pound gorilla in American life that most Americans don't think about: how do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? Class can be harder to spot…
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth 
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth 
Unicorn Stencil
It began as a housing marvel. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, "the poor man's penthouse." Two decades later, it ended in rubble - its razing an iconic event that the…
Daguerréotypes
Daguerréotypes
Cinema Guild
A classic documentary from Agnes Varda, DAGUERREOTYPES is a wonderfully intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers on a short stretch of the Rue Daguerre, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker's home for more than 50 years.…
My Brooklyn - Demystifying Gentrification
My Brooklyn - Demystifying Gentrification
New Day Films
My Brooklyn is a documentary about Director Kelly Anderson's personal journey, as a Brooklyn "gentrifier," to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and class. The story begins when Anderson moves to Brooklyn in 1988, lured by…
The Illusionists - The Globalization of Beauty
The Illusionists - The Globalization of Beauty
Media Education Foundation
The Illusionists examines how global advertising firms, mass media conglomerates, and the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic surgery industries are changing the way people around the world define beauty and see themselves. Taking us from Harvard to the halls of the…
2 videos
Sensitive - The Untold Story - A Film About the Innate Trait of High Sensitivity
Sensitive - The Untold Story - A Film About the Innate Trait of High Sensitivity
The Global Touch Group
Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? Did…
In Whose Honor? - American Indian Mascots in Sports
In Whose Honor? - American Indian Mascots in Sports
New Day Films
The Cleveland Indians. Washington Redskins. Atlanta Braves. What's wrong with American Indian sports mascots? This moving, award-winning film is the first of its kind to address that subject. In Whose Honor? takes a critical look at the long-running practice of…
The Purity Myth - The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women
The Purity Myth - The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women
Media Education Foundation
In this video adaptation of her bestselling book, pioneering feminist blogger Jessica Valenti trains her sights on "the virginity movement" -- an unholy alliance of evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians, and conservative policy intellectuals who have been exploiting irrational fears about…
Class Dismissed - How TV Frames the Working Class
Class Dismissed - How TV Frames the Working Class
Media Education Foundation
Narrated by Ed Asner, and based on the book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. Featuring interviews…
Consuming Kids - The Commercialization of Childhood
Consuming Kids - The Commercialization of Childhood
Part of the Series: MEF Debt & Consumerism Collection
Media Education Foundation
With virtually no government or public outcry, the multi-billion dollar youth marketing industry has been able to use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics…
Place Matters
Place Matters
Part of the Series: Unnatural Causes
California Newsreel
Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latino and Southeast Asian immigrants like Gwai Boonkeut have been moving into long-neglected urban neighborhoods such as those in Richmond, California, a predominantly Black city in the San…