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  • A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde (90)

    A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde (90)

    A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde (90)

    An epic portrait of award-winning Black, lesbian, poet, mother, teacher and activist, Audre Lorde.
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  • Palante, Siempre Palante!

    Palante, Siempre Palante!

    Palante, Siempre Palante!

    The documentary surveys Puerto Rican history, the Young Lords' activities and philosophy, the torturous end of the organization and its inspiring legacy.
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  • El Pueblo se Levanta aka The People Are Rising (Newsreel #63)

    El Pueblo se Levanta aka The People Are Rising (Newsreel #63)

    El Pueblo se Levanta aka The People Are Rising (Newsreel #63)

    Faced with racial discrimination, deficient community services, and poor education and job opportunities, Puerto Rican communities in New York City began to address these injustices by using direct action.
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  • The Woman's Film (Newsreel #55)

    The Woman's Film (Newsreel #55)

    The Woman's Film (Newsreel #55)

    Produced collectively by women, this documentary is a valuable historical document of the origins of the modern women's movement in the United States.
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  • Making the Impossible Possible

    Making the Impossible Possible

    Making the Impossible Possible

    MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE tells the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s.
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  • From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

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  • A Litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (52)

    A Litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (52)

    A Litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (52)

    An epic portrait of award-winning Black, lesbian, poet, mother, teacher and activist, Audre Lorde.
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  • Living Along the Fenceline

    Living Along the Fenceline

    Living Along the Fenceline

    The U.S. has 1,000 bases worldwide. The Pentagon says they make us secure. These women disagree.
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  • Sweet Sugar Rage

    Sweet Sugar Rage

    Sweet Sugar Rage

    Documents how Jamaica's Sistren Collective theatre uses imporvisation and theatre as a consciousness raising tool among rural and urban working women in Jamaica.
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  • Up Against the Wall Miss America (Newsreel #22)

    Up Against the Wall Miss America (Newsreel #22)

    Up Against the Wall Miss America (Newsreel #22)

    This entertaining short film shows how Women's Liberation activists used guerrilla theater to raise awareness of what Miss America really represents.
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  • Mill-In a.k.a. The Christmas Mill-In (Newsreel #6)

    Mill-In a.k.a. The Christmas Mill-In (Newsreel #6)

    Mill-In a.k.a. The Christmas Mill-In (Newsreel #6)

    To raise the consciousness of New Yorkers, anti-war demonstrators took to the streets on fashionable Fifth Avenue on Christmas Eve.
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  • La Cocina de las Patronas

    La Cocina de las Patronas

    La Cocina de las Patronas

    Day after day, for over 20 years, a group of women in Mexico, prepare and give meals to Central American migrants who travel atop La Bestia, a U.S.-bound freight train.
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  • Living Quechua

    Living Quechua

    Living Quechua

    One Peruvian woman’s mission to revive her indigenous language becomes an inspiration for Quechua speakers, a historically marginalized community in New York City.
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  • Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20)

    Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20)

    Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20)

    Newsreel's short film shows two days of demonstrations in Berkeley over the issue of "the streets belong to the people" and the decision of the City Council to close off Telegraph Avenue for the 4th of July, 1968. This film features scenes of members of the Young Socialist Alliance, including Peter Camejo, demonstrating their support for the French student movement of May 1968.
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  • Wilmington (Newsreel #30)

    Wilmington (Newsreel #30)

    Wilmington (Newsreel #30)

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  • She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48)

    She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48)

    She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48)

    This documentary provides an in-depth examination of protest activities surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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  • Garbage a.k.a. Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)

    Garbage a.k.a. Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)

    Garbage a.k.a. Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)

    During a prolonged garbage collector's strike in New York City, a group of youths from the Lower East Side of Manhattan decide to use the situation to make a political statement.
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  • Felix Revolts a.k.a. Felix the Cat (Newsreel #)

    Felix Revolts a.k.a. Felix the Cat (Newsreel #)

    Felix Revolts a.k.a. Felix the Cat (Newsreel #)

    Felix the Cat goes on strike!
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  • Anti-Draft in Boston: Boston Draft Resistance Group a.k.a. BDRG (Newsreel #7)

    Anti-Draft in Boston: Boston Draft Resistance Group a.k.a. BDRG (Newsreel #7)

    Anti-Draft in Boston: Boston Draft Resistance Group a.k.a. BDRG (Newsreel #7)

    A profile of a grassroots anti-war group in Boston, this short film documents some of the tactics and activities used by draft resistance groups across the country during the Vietnam War.
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  • Testing the Limits: NYC

    Testing the Limits: NYC

    Testing the Limits: NYC

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  • Mohawk Nation

    Mohawk Nation

    Mohawk Nation

    In 1974, a group of Mohawks reoccupied a part of their ancestral land and proclaimed it Ganienkeh.
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  • Yippie (Newsreel #)

    Yippie (Newsreel #)

    Yippie (Newsreel #)

    Filmed as the official statement of the Youth International Party, this film is as freewheeling and irreverent as the Yippies themselves.
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  • High School Rising (Newsreel #38)

    High School Rising (Newsreel #38)

    High School Rising (Newsreel #38)

    An analysis of how the schools by using the tracking system, exploit and oppress people in terms of class origins and how students can begin to organize.
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  • Resilience: Garment Workers

    Resilience: Garment Workers

    Resilience: Garment Workers

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  • Resistance at Tule Lake

    Resistance at Tule Lake

    Resistance at Tule Lake

    RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II.
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  • People's Firehouse #1

    People's Firehouse #1

    People's Firehouse #1

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  • Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)

    Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)

    Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)

    This documentary provides an in-depth examination of protest activities surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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  • The Throwaways

    The Throwaways

    The Throwaways

    THE THROWAWAYS is a timely and provocative look at the impact of mass incarceration and police brutality on black males in America. Recommended by Video Librarian Magazine.
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  • Gideon's Army

    Gideon's Army

    Gideon's Army

    Everyone deserves the best defense. They fight for it. GIDEON’S ARMY takes an inside look at the criminal justice system from the perspective of three young public defenders in the South.
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  • Fresh Seeds in The Big Apple

    Fresh Seeds in The Big Apple

    Fresh Seeds in The Big Apple

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  • Environmental Racism

    Environmental Racism

    Environmental Racism

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  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

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  • Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds, and Sovereignty

    Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds, and Sovereignty

    Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds, and Sovereignty

    In Moloka’I, a group of Hawaiian residents oppose the biotech industry's use of their land to test genetically engineered seeds and work to restore ancient Hawaiian farming practices.
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  • Promised Land

    Promised Land

    Promised Land

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  • Vieques: An Endless Battle

    Vieques: An Endless Battle

    Vieques: An Endless Battle

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  • Chicago (Newsreel #12)

    Chicago (Newsreel #12)

    Chicago (Newsreel #12)

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  • Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4)

    Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4)

    Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4)

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  • Three Tours

    Three Tours

    Three Tours

    Three US. militaray veterans work to heal their wounds and battle with PTSD resulting from their deployments in Iraq.
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  • Pa Bell Go to Hell (Newsreel #)

    Pa Bell Go to Hell (Newsreel #)

    Pa Bell Go to Hell (Newsreel #)

    In April 1970, telecom workers from multiple unions across New York City engaged in a wildcat strike to secure better pay and improve working conditions.
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  • X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm X

    X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm X

    X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm X

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  • Imelda Is Not Alone

    Imelda Is Not Alone

    Imelda Is Not Alone

    Salvadorian teenager Imelda Cortez's only hope at freedom is a local citizen’s movement that dares to defend women who are persecuted under El Salvador's total ban on abortion. The result is a shocking account of an ongoing human rights crisis and a moving portrait of those who fight for a better society.
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  • War in Daechuri

    War in Daechuri

    War in Daechuri

    Spurred by the U.S. government's plan to expand military bases in Pyeongtaek city, a war is being waged against the farmers of the South Korean village of Daechuri.
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  • Drills of Liberation

    Drills of Liberation

    Drills of Liberation

    In the wake of climate change, a new social movement emerges in Puerto Rico to protest austerity measures imposed by US colonial forces.
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  • The Army Forced Them to Be Violent

    The Army Forced Them to Be Violent

    The Army Forced Them to Be Violent

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  • Either Or (Newsreel #)

    Either Or (Newsreel #)

    Either Or (Newsreel #)

    A short newsreel showing the grassroots organizing efforts of the East Coast Panthers as they attempted to implement community-based social programs while simultaneously battling severe harassment from local and federal authorities.
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  • Walking With FUREE

    Walking With FUREE

    Walking With FUREE

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  • Here to Stay

    Here to Stay

    Here to Stay

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  • A Meat-Cooperative a.k.a 6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11)

    A Meat-Cooperative a.k.a 6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11)

    A Meat-Cooperative a.k.a 6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11)

    Formed on the Lower East Side of New York to side step high prices, poor quality, and weight cheating of local supermarkets.
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  • El Puente

    El Puente

    El Puente

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  • Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)

    Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)

    Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)

    Filmed in Baltimore during the support demonstrations for the nine catholics who were on trial for napalming the 1-A Draft files in Catonsville, Maryland.
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  • Bobby Seale a.k.a. Interview with Bobby Seale (Newsreel #44)

    Bobby Seale a.k.a. Interview with Bobby Seale (Newsreel #44)

    Bobby Seale a.k.a. Interview with Bobby Seale (Newsreel #44)

    Bobby Seale, a member of the Black Panthers, talks about his treatment as a political prisoner and his involvement in the Black Liberation and anti-war movements.
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  • Arizona : Resisting SB 1070 Immigration Law

    Arizona : Resisting SB 1070 Immigration Law

    Arizona : Resisting SB 1070 Immigration Law

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  • A Song for Ourselves

    A Song for Ourselves

    A Song for Ourselves

    A SONG FOR OURSELVES is an intimate journey into the life and music of Asian American Movement troubadour Chris Iijima.
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  • 139X (Newsreel #22)

    139X (Newsreel #22)

    139X (Newsreel #22)

    Berkeley students organized a mass sit-in and a building take-over after the State Regents refused to allow Elridge Cleaver to teach Political Science 139X for credit.
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  • Tinku Kamayu

    Tinku Kamayu

    Tinku Kamayu

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  • The Stand-By Generation

    The Stand-By Generation

    The Stand-By Generation

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  • Spirit of the Dragon

    Spirit of the Dragon

    Spirit of the Dragon

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  • Soraya, Love Is Not Forgotten

    Soraya, Love Is Not Forgotten

    Soraya, Love Is Not Forgotten

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  • The Nation Erupts

    The Nation Erupts

    The Nation Erupts

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  • Will Be Televised...

    Will Be Televised...

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  • Sipakapa Is Not for Sale

    Sipakapa Is Not for Sale

    Sipakapa Is Not for Sale

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  • Sanctuary: An Expression of Conscience

    Sanctuary: An Expression of Conscience

    Sanctuary: An Expression of Conscience

    Refugees of the Salvadoran Civil War flee persecution and death only to be denied sanctuary under the U.S. Refugee Act.
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  • Saints Rising

    Saints Rising

    Saints Rising

    Saints Rising is a documentary presenting the voices of New Orleans years after Hurricane Katrina and the breech of the levees.
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  • Salt Peanuts

    Salt Peanuts

    Salt Peanuts

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  • Rising Up: the Alams

    Rising Up: the Alams

    Rising Up: the Alams

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  • Rezoning Harlem: The Battle over Harlem's Future

    Rezoning Harlem: The Battle over Harlem's Future

    Rezoning Harlem: The Battle over Harlem's Future

    A shocking exposé of how a group of ordinary citizens, passionate about the future of their legendary neighborhood, are systematically shut out of the city’s decision-making process.
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  • Radio Haiti

    Radio Haiti

    Radio Haiti

    New York's Haitian community take it to the bridge to protest a year of mortal policing.
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  • Raised by Our Own Authority

    Raised by Our Own Authority

    Raised by Our Own Authority

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  • Our Lady Queen of Harlem: A Portrait of Faith and Rebellion

    Our Lady Queen of Harlem: A Portrait of Faith and Rebellion

    Our Lady Queen of Harlem: A Portrait of Faith and Rebellion

    On a crumbling sidewalk in the heart of Spanish Harlem, a small but impassioned group of women are fighting for their community.
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  • One People

    One People

    One People

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  • Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

    Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

    Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

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  • My Life, Our Struggle

    My Life, Our Struggle

    My Life, Our Struggle

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  • Miami Model

    Miami Model

    Miami Model

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  • Los Siete de la Raza (Newsreel #39)

    Los Siete de la Raza (Newsreel #39)

    Los Siete de la Raza (Newsreel #39)

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  • Lockdown, USA

    Lockdown, USA

    Lockdown, USA

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  • Lessons from Class Struggle

    Lessons from Class Struggle

    Lessons from Class Struggle

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  • Keep Speech Free

    Keep Speech Free

    Keep Speech Free

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  • Student Movement in Indonesia: 15 Years Later

    Student Movement in Indonesia: 15 Years Later

    Student Movement in Indonesia: 15 Years Later

    To mark the 15th anniversary of the 1998 student movement in Indonesia, filmmaker Tino Saroengallo interviews former leaders of the student movement.
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  • The April Film (Newsreel #13)

    The April Film (Newsreel #13)

    The April Film (Newsreel #13)

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  • Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing And The Fight For Fairness

    Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing And The Fight For Fairness

    Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing And The Fight For Fairness

    A documentary that connects the Lesbian and Gay Marriage Equality movement with the Black Civil Rights Movement.
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  • Refuseniks

    Refuseniks

    Refuseniks

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  • The Way North: Maghrebi Women in Marseille

    The Way North: Maghrebi Women in Marseille

    The Way North: Maghrebi Women in Marseille

    From Marseille come the stories of North African women making new lives for themselves in tense, complex, contemporary France.
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  • Variety Survival Talkshow

    Variety Survival Talkshow

    Variety Survival Talkshow

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  • Venceremos Brigade (Newsreel #)

    Venceremos Brigade (Newsreel #)

    Venceremos Brigade (Newsreel #)

    A film shot in Cuba in 1970-1971 about two brigades of 500 Americans that went to Cuba in order to show support by breaking the blockade and to help with the sugar harvest of ten million tons.
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  • Video Reports from Oaxaca

    Video Reports from Oaxaca

    Video Reports from Oaxaca

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  • Voices of Chinatown: Here to Stay

    Voices of Chinatown: Here to Stay

    Voices of Chinatown: Here to Stay

    Fifth-generation shopkeepers Mei Lum and Gary Lum speak to how their work exists as everyday resistance to gentrification and creates sustained community in the heart of New York City.
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  • We the People

    We the People

    We the People

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  • Work and Respect

    Work and Respect

    Work and Respect

    New updated version includes footage of New York State Governor David Paterson signing the 2010 Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.
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  • Hiphopistan: Representing Locality in a Global City

    Hiphopistan: Representing Locality in a Global City

    Hiphopistan: Representing Locality in a Global City

    Young Turkish rappers, DJs, break-dancers, and graffiti artists creatively blend foreign cultural influences with their local cultural values and traditions.
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  • Mother

    Mother

    Mother

    MOTHER follows labor activist Lee So-seon, who for over 40 years organized for workers’ rights in South Korea.
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  • Medical Committee for Human Rights (Newsreel #40)

    Medical Committee for Human Rights (Newsreel #40)

    Medical Committee for Human Rights (Newsreel #40)

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  • For a Better Life

    For a Better Life

    For a Better Life

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  • Food, Water, Revolution

    Food, Water, Revolution

    Food, Water, Revolution

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  • Fixing the World (Arreglando el Mundo)

    Fixing the World (Arreglando el Mundo)

    Fixing the World (Arreglando el Mundo)

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  • Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's only Tribal College

    Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's only Tribal College

    Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's only Tribal College

    In 2005, D-Q University, California’s only tribal college, was shut down after a 35-year struggle, but its supporters fight to hold on to a dream that was never fully realized.
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  • Finding Common Ground in New Orleans

    Finding Common Ground in New Orleans

    Finding Common Ground in New Orleans

    Activist and poet Walidah Imarisha traveled to New Orleans and other neighboring towns shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. Through interviews with residents, activists and city officials, Imarisha succinctly captured the pain, loss and hope of the people of New Orleans.
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  • Democracy in Dakar

    Democracy in Dakar

    Democracy in Dakar

    This film explores the transformative role of Hip-Hop in politics in Senegal during the 2007 presidential election campaign.
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  • Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Korean Transgendered Adoptee

    Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Korean Transgendered Adoptee

    Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Korean Transgendered Adoptee

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  • Call to Media Action

    Call to Media Action

    Call to Media Action

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  • Call For Change Series 2005

    Call For Change Series 2005

    Call For Change Series 2005

    A series of 16 shorts on how NYC communities of color view their "State of America" and what they're doing to make changes.
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  • Boom: The Sound of Eviction

    Boom: The Sound of Eviction

    Boom: The Sound of Eviction

    In the early 2000s, San Francisco's dot-com boom brought a disastrous tidal wave of gentrification, which changed the city's landscape forever.
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  • Behind These Walls: Mumia Abu-jamal and the Long Struggle For Freedom

    Behind These Walls: Mumia Abu-jamal and the Long Struggle For Freedom

    Behind These Walls: Mumia Abu-jamal and the Long Struggle For Freedom

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  • #Bars4Justice a.k.a. Bars4Justice

    #Bars4Justice a.k.a. Bars4Justice

    #Bars4Justice a.k.a. Bars4Justice

    Hip-Hop activists give more than their talent when they come face to face with the justice system in Ferguson, Missouri.
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  • ...and Justice For Whom?

    ...and Justice For Whom?

    ...and Justice For Whom?

    After the attacks on September 11th, 2001, new laws ostensibly geared towards domestic security will affect various communities in the United States and throughout the world.
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  • COVER/AGE

    COVER/AGE

    COVER/AGE

    Sickness does not discriminate. Why should healthcare?
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