A Village Called Versailles
by S. Leo ChiangOne community's political awakening in the aftermath of tragedy.
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Subject: Sociology, Political Science & Anthropology
Ask Not
by Johnny SymonsThe definititve story of the history and activism behind "don't ask, don't tell."
At Home In Utopia
by Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky - Co-producerCooperative living in complicated times.
Bachelorette, 34
by Kara HeroldBachelorette, 34 examines the pressure society puts on women to find Mr. Right.
Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour
by Susan SternEverybody has a Barbie story. The stories are about us.
Becoming American
by Ken Levine and Ivory Waterworth LevineA Hmong refugee family from highlnd Laos resettling in the U.S.
Brooklyn Matters
by Isabel HillUrban neighborhoods on the brink of change - Who makes the decisions?
Children of the Left
by Eric StangeRed diaper babies describe growing up communist in 1950s America
Chris and Bernie
by Bonnie Friedman and Deborah ShafferTwo divorced single mothers share the responsibilities of family and career.
City of Borders
by Yun SuhIsraelis and Palestinians find an island of peace at Jerusalem's only gay bar.
Concrete, Steel & Paint
by Tony Heriza & Cindy BursteinMen in prison. Victims of crime. A daring idea...
Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment
by Debra ChasnoffGrassroots activists successfully expose a corporate giant's environmental record
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
Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement
by Peter CohnThree Cities, Three Departments, One Common Goal.
Downpour Resurfacing
by Frances NkaraAddressing the repercussions of child sexual and physical abuse
Eager For Your Kisses, Love and Sex at 95
by Liz CaneA 95-year-old man's determination to keep love and sex in his life
Every Mother's Son
by Kelly Anderson & Tami GoldThree women lose sons to police brutality and unite to fight for change
Fallon, NV: Deadly Oasis
by Amie WilliamsA town tries desperately to find out what is making their children sick
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
Gaining Ground: Building Community on Dudley Street
by Mark Lipman and Leah MahanAn inside view of community organizing at its best.
The Garifuna Journey
by Andrea Leland and Kathy BergerA first voice testimony celebrating the resiliency of the Garifuna people and their traditions.
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.
Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street
by Mark Lipman and Leah MahanThe award-winning documentary about community vision, struggle, and change
Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia
by Jenny CoolAn ethnographic look at the American Dream of homeownership.
Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action
by Debra Chasnoff & Helen CohenThree low-income communities find new ways to develop permanently affordable housing.
The Insular Empire
by Vanessa WarheitWhat is it like to be a colonial subject of the greatest democracy on earth?
It's Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues in School
by Debra Chasnoff & Helen CohenAll kids are affected by anti-gay prejudice, and all adults have the ability and responsibility to address it.
It's STILL Elementary
by Debra Chasnoff & Johnny SymonsThe movie and the movement about addressing homophobia in schools
Kansas vs. Darwin
by Jeff TamblynDarwin's theory of evolution is challenged by a Midwestern school board
The Key Of G
by Robert ArnoldAn award-winning doc about disability, caregiving and interdependence.
Knocking
by Tom Shepard and Joel P. EngardioWhere fundamentalism and freedom meet at the front door. The untold stories of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Land of Opportunity
by Rebecca Snedeker & Luisa DantasThe frontlines of the unprecedented rebuilding process in New Orleans.
The Last to Know
by Bonnie FriedmanAlcohol, prescribed drugs, and women - the myth, the stigma, the reality
Let's Get Real
by Debra Chasnoff & Helen Cohen and Kate StilleyOpens up dialogue about name-calling, bullying, and bias among middle school age students, told entirely from a youth perspective.
Letters from America: the Life and Times of O.E. Rolvaag
by Tim SchwabAn immigrant author's quest for the truth
Letters Not About Love
by Jacki OchsA gripping exploration of language, culture, and communication as seen through the dynamic exchange of letters between a Russian and American poet.
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.
The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today
by Jay RosensteinThe Peabody Award-winning story of how separation of church and state began in American public schools, and the courageous woman who made it happen.
Maid in America
by Anayansi PradoAward-winning PBS documentary about the Latinas who clean your homes and help raise your children.
Maybe Baby
by Shannon O'RourkeWhat happens when single women give up looking for Mr. Right and settle for Mr. Right's DNA?
Men's Lives
by and Will RobertsThe classic film about masculinity in America
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
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
by S. Leo ChiangAn idealistic rookie challenges politics polarized by race and partisanship.
My Brooklyn
by Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish DeanWho has a right to live in cities and determine their future?
My Perestroika
by Robin HessmanFive former childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionment of those raised behind the Iron Curtain.
New American Soldier
by Emma Cott & Anna Belle PeeveyFighting for America. Fighting to become American.
No Dinosaurs in Heaven
by Greta SchillerA film about Noah's Ark, The Grand Canyon and the struggle to keep religion out and science in our public schools.
No Dumb Questions
by Melissa ReganUncle Bill is becoming a woman in this funny and touching exploration of gender and sexuality through the eyes of 6, 9 and 11 year old sisters.
One Wedding and a Revolution
by Debra Chasnoff and Kate StilleyThe frantic planning inside city hall for the first gay marriage
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.
Perry County
by N'Jeri Eaton & Matt DurningA true story of legacy, waste and environmental injustice in one small Alabama community, where another state's toxic trash has become one politician’s treasure.
Pidgin: the Voice of Hawai'i
by Marlene BoothThe impact of "English only" policies on students' learning and self esteem
Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America
by Peter CohnOne Woman's Desperate Journey; a Revolution at a Crossroads
The Red Pines
by Katie Jennings and Lucy Ostrander and Don SellersA pioneering Japanese American community perseveres
The Shrimp
by Keith WilsonTracing an environmentally threatened seafood from source to plate and back again.
Silences
by Octavio Warnock-GrahamWhat happens when an interracial person's identity is denied by his white family and friends?
Silent Choices
by Faith PennickAfrican American women and abortion. Finally, the silence is broken.
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.
SPERM DONOR X: A Different Conception
by Deirdre FishelChallenging old ideas about making a family.
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'.
Straightlaced - How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
by Debra Chasnoff and Sue ChenHow gender pressures impact all youth - straight and LGBT
Sun Come Up
by Jennifer Redfearn & Tim MetzgerAn Oscar® nominated film about some of the world's first environmental refugees.
Taken for a Ride
by Jim Klein and Martha OlsonWhy Does America Have the Worst Public Transit in the Industrialized World, and the Most Freeways?
Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller
by Katie Jennings"The trees were our first teachers."
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
by Rick GoldsmithA piercing look at censorship and suppression in the news media
That's a Family!
by Debra Chasnoff & Helen Cohen and Ariella Ben-Dov, Kate Stilley, Fawn YackerWhat kids want us to know about what "family" means today
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.
Through a Glass, Lightly
by Jacky Comforty and Kathy BergerInner city art and transformation of environment, society, and self
Thy Will Be Done
by Alice BouvrieA documentary that explores the point of tension where gender, family relationships, and faith, intersect.
The Times of a Sign
byA folk history of the Iran-Contra affair
TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives
by Nancy Kelly and Kenji YamamotoWhat happens in this teen theater company will amaze you.
Union Maids
by Julia Reichert & Jim Klein and Miles MogulescuA vivid history of women organizing in the 1930's
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.
Voices in Exile: Immigrants and the First Amendment
by Joan Mandell and Laura HayesArab Americans bring civil liberties to the Supreme Court
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.
With Babies and Banners
by Lorraine GrayThe dramatic story of working women and men who changed American history, Oscar nominated and Grand Prize winner.
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.
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan & Kelcey EdwardsA nuanced critique of gender and heroism in popular culture
Writings On the Wall
by Angad Bhalla and Siddhartha LutherThe hopes and dreams of India's film poster artists.
Yield to Total Elation: The Life and Art of Achilles Rizzoli
by Pat FerreroPortrait of the enigmatic, visionary artist
