A Day's Work, A Day's Pay
by Jonathan Skurnik and Kathy LeichterThree welfare recipients transform their lives through their fight against workfare
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Subject: Human Rights & Global Concerns
abUSed: The Postville Raid
by Luis ArguetaThe devastating effects of US immigration enforcement policies on children, families and communities.
Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
by Ann KanekoIs freedom of expression a right or a privilege?
Ask Not
by Johnny SymonsThe definititve story of the history and activism behind "don't ask, don't tell."
Children in No Man's Land
by Anayansi PradoAward-winning documentary that uncovers the plight of unaccompanied immigrant minors entering the United States.
Named 'Best Film' by The Center for Mexican-American Studies and Research
City of Borders
by Yun SuhIsraelis and Palestinians find an island of peace at Jerusalem's only gay bar.
Dirty Secrets: Jennifer, Everardo & the CIA in Guatemala
by Pat GoudvisExposing CIA complicity in Guatemalan human rights violations
Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas
by Robert RichterA powerful examination of the limits of free speech
Father Roy: Inside the School of the Assassins
by Robert RichterThe CIA's and the Pentagon's secret torture training revealed.
Five Days to Change the World
by Robert RichterStudents at the largest world peace conference in history take charge of their own destiny
Freedom Machines
by Richard Cox & Janet Cole and Jamie StobieYOU WILL NEVER SEE DISABILITY THE SAME WAY AGAIN
Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family
by Joan Mandell and PeA Holmquist, Pierre BjorklundThe impact of war on a Palestinian family
The Global Assembly Line
by Lorraine GrayThe powerful story of working women and men linked in our new global economy and the business decisions behind it, Emmy Award winner.
Golden Venture
by Peter CohnThree hundred undocumented Chinese immigrants sail into a 1993 tragedy that becomes a crucial turning point in US immigration history.
How to Prevent a Nuclear War
by Liane BrandonAn upbeat practical guide to effective grassroots organizing.
In Circles
by Emile BokaerIn just 15 minutes, 'In Circles' offers direct access to the experiences of convicted sex offenders, and to the incredible group that helps them reintegrate into society.
If the Mango Tree Could Speak
by Pat GoudvisTen children ages 12 to 15 share their experiences growing up in the midst of war in Guatemala and El Salvador
Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream
by Esau MelendezThe story of the immigrant rights movement in 2006 and 2007 and the story of single mother and activist Elvira Arellano who is fighting against her deportation.
The Insular Empire
by Vanessa WarheitWhat is it like to be a colonial subject of the greatest democracy on earth?
The Ultimate Wish: Ending the Nuclear Age
by Robert Richter and Kathleen SullivanNuclear power and nuclear proliferation: a Fukushima evacuee and a Nagasaki survivor's wake-up call
Living Broke in Boom Times: Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty
by Paco de Onis and Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates, Kathleen Dara KellLessons from the movement to end poverty: the hidden story of poor people organizing in America.
Men Are Human, Women Are Buffalo
by Joanne HershfieldLifting the veil of silence that has long surrounded domestic violence in Thailand
The Most Distant Places
by Mike SeelyA small team of Ecuadorian doctors expanding the possibilities of rural health for their own people.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
by Rick Goldsmith and Judith EhrlichAn act of conscience that shocked the world
My Perestroika
by Robin HessmanFive former childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionment of those raised behind the Iron Curtain.
Our Disappeared (Nuestros Desaparecidos)
by Juan MandelbaumA personal journey to Argentina's dark history of "disappearing" political activists
Our School
by Mona NicoaraThree Roma (“Gypsy”) children from a small Transylvanian village are swept in an initiative to integrate the ethnically segregated Romanian schools.
Passionate Politics: The Life & Work of Charlotte Bunch
by Tami GoldWomen's Rights are Human Rights!
Pidgin: the Voice of Hawai'i
by Marlene BoothThe impact of "English only" policies on students' learning and self esteem
The Reckoning
by Paco de Onis and Pamela Yates and Peter KinoyThe Battle for the International Criminal Court
The Shrimp
by Keith WilsonTracing an environmentally threatened seafood from source to plate and back again.
Sin País (Without Country)
by Theo RigbyWith intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) explores one family's journey as they are separated by deportation.
Sita: A Girl from Jambu
by Kathleen GyllenhaalA girls group in rural Nepal raises awareness about child sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS through street theater.
Song of the Canary
byA pioneer documentary, looking at environmental dangers in America
Special Circumstances
by Marianne Teleki and Hector SalgadoSpecial Circumstances follows former political prisoner, Hector Salgado, back to Chile to confront his perpetrators.
State of Fear: The Truth About Terrorism
by Paco de Onis and Pamela Yates and Peter KinoyBased on the work of Peru's Truth Commission, State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it wages a 'war on terror'.
Sun Come Up
by Jennifer Redfearn & Tim MetzgerAn Oscar® nominated film about some of the world's first environmental refugees.
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
by Lisa Merton and Alan DaterHow the simple act of women planting trees changed a nation...
There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
by Briar MarchThe Human face of climate change.
The impact of climate change forces an island community in the Pacific to consider leaving their homeland forever. A decision becoming even more urgent as they face a terrifying flood.
Vietnam: The Secret Agent
by Jacki OchsThe definitive exposé of the consequences of America's wartime use of Agent Orange in Vietnam
View From A Grain Of Sand
by Meena NanjiThree Afghan women tell how international interventions, war, and the rise of political Islam, has stripped Afghan women of basic rights.
War Don Don
by Rebecca Richman CohenThrough the trial of a rebel leader in Sierra Leone, a nation faces its wartime past. Now international justice is on trial for the world to see.
Where Soldiers Come From
by Heather CourtneyFrom a snowy small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, forever changed by a faraway war.
Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam
by Lynne Sachs and Dana SachsTwo American sisters reflect on both the war and contemporary life in Vietnam
Witness To War
by Paco de Onis and Deborah Shaffer, David GoodmanOne man's journey of conscience from war to peace.
Woman Rebel
by Kiran DeolOne woman rebel soldier's revolution; from the jungles of Nepal to the halls of Parliament.
Writings On the Wall
by Angad Bhalla and Siddhartha LutherThe hopes and dreams of India's film poster artists.
