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The Mask You Live In 91 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
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
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
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family 99 mins After making his Sundance award-winning documentary, Return to Homs, Talal Derki returned to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing…
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
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
My Brooklyn - Demystifying Gentrification 78 mins 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…
My Brooklyn - Demystifying Gentrification My Brooklyn - Demystifying Gentrification
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
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media 168 mins Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media

Civil Rights

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
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
Stonewall Uprising 84 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
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
Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice 84 mins This film is about an inspiring young man whose story is exceptional, although not unique. When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked…
Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice Forbidden - Gay and Undocumented, Moises Serrano Fights for Justice

Gender Studies

The Mask You Live In 91 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
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 Bro Code - How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men 57 mins Filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a…
The Bro Code - How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men The Bro Code - How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men
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 Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's Rights Movement 119 mins When feminist filmmaker Cassie Jaye sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men's Rights Movement, she begins to question her own…
The Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's Rights Movement The Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's Rights Movement
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

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 Witness 91 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
Beware the Slenderman - The Infamous Case Paying Tribute to the Popular Internet Legend 115 mins It was a local story that horrified the nation: two 12-year-old girls lured a friend into the Waukesha woods, where they proceeded to stab her…
Beware the Slenderman - The Infamous Case Paying Tribute to the Popular Internet Legend Beware the Slenderman - The Infamous Case Paying Tribute to the Popular Internet Legend
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
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
Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police 100 mins This acclaimed documentary follows "WeCopwatch", an organization dedicated to filming the police. Its members captured the original videos of the deaths of Eric Garner in…
Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police
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

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
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
Birth Of A Movement - The Fight to Ban a Controversial Film 55 mins In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly…
Birth Of A Movement - The Fight to Ban a Controversial Film Birth Of A Movement - The Fight to Ban a Controversial Film
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

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 - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family 99 mins After making his Sundance award-winning documentary, Return to Homs, Talal Derki returned to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing…
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
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
For the Love of Spock - The Life of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy 113 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
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
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
Rich Hill - The Challenges and Dreams of Teenagers in a Rural American Town 93 mins Rich Hill, Missouri could be any of the countless small towns that blanket America's heartland. But to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it's home. As…
Rich Hill - The Challenges and Dreams of Teenagers in a Rural American Town Rich Hill - The Challenges and Dreams of Teenagers in a Rural American Town
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

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
Belfast, Maine - A Fishing Community in Maine 249 mins BELFAST, MAINE is a film about ordinary life in a beautiful old New England port city. It is a portrait of daily life with particular…
Belfast, Maine - A Fishing Community in Maine Belfast, Maine - A Fishing Community in Maine
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
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
Public Housing - A Look at Poverty in Chicago 196 mins PUBLIC HOUSING documents daily life at the Ida B. Wells public housing development in Chicago. The film illustrates some of the experiences of people living…
Public Housing - A Look at Poverty in Chicago Public Housing - A Look at Poverty in Chicago
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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,…
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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 contribute…
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…
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…
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 - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
Kino Lorber
After making his Sundance award-winning documentary, Return to Homs , Talal Derki returned 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,…
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…
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…
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…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Zeitgeist Films
Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic collage of new and original footage, biography, archival gems, imaginative graphics and outrageous illustrations, the…
Minimalism - The Many Levels of Minimalistic Lifestyles
Minimalism - The Many Levels of Minimalistic Lifestyles
The Video Project
Can true happiness and success be measured by material possessions? What is the personal and global impact of our consumer culture? Is there an alternative? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many aspects of the growing "minimalist"…
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,…
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Zeitgeist Films
This astonishingly powerful, Oscar-nominated documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before…
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 End of Poverty? - An Exploration of World Poverty
The End of Poverty? - An Exploration of World Poverty
Cinema Libre Studio
Poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies --…
Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality
Out in the Night - Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality
New Day Films
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 August night in 2006, in the gay friendly neighborhood of New York City. They are…
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…
The Bro Code - How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men
The Bro Code - How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men
Media Education Foundation
Filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a range of contemporary media forms that are saturated with sexism -- movies and music videos…
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…