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  • Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America

    Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America

    Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America

    Based on the landmark book, HARVEST OF EMPIRE, by award-winning journalist Juan González.
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  • Teach Our Children

    Teach Our Children

    Teach Our Children

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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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  • From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

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  • America a.k.a. Amerika (Newsreel #)

    America a.k.a. Amerika (Newsreel #)

    America a.k.a. Amerika (Newsreel #)

    Against the background of the escalation of the war in Vietnam, AMERICA documents the development of the anti-war movement on the home front.
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  • Infiltrators

    Infiltrators

    Infiltrators

    A visceral road movie that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers and border walls in the highly militarized West Bank.
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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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  • Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides

    Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides

    Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides

    Three journalists trace their mothers’ tumultuous journey in new film about WWII Japanese war brides.
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  • Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California

    Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California

    Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California

    INVISIBLE ROOTS is an intimate look at Afro-Mexicans living in Southern California as they discuss complex issues of racial, national and cultural identities.
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  • The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

    This documentary presents the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and the 1960s, it presents first-hand accounts of seven men and women's experiences of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.
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  • Bittersweet Survival : Southeast Asian Refugees in America

    Bittersweet Survival : Southeast Asian Refugees in America

    Bittersweet Survival : Southeast Asian Refugees in America

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  • Pig Power (Newsreel #23)

    Pig Power (Newsreel #23)

    Pig Power (Newsreel #23)

    As students take to the streets in New York and Berkeley, the state violence that follows illustrates Chicago Mayor Daley's thesis that the police are there "to preserve disorder".
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  • Namibia: Independence Now!

    Namibia: Independence Now!

    Namibia: Independence Now!

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  • If You Could Walk In My Shoes

    If You Could Walk In My Shoes

    If You Could Walk In My Shoes

    IF YOU COULD WALK IN MY SHOES documents the struggle of an Ecuadorian-American family as they transforms their lives from workers to business owners.
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  • Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

    Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

    Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

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  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

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  • Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens

    Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens

    Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens

    A documentary about the 1963 Coral Gardens “incident,” a moment just after independence when the Jamaican government rounded up, jailed and tortured hundreds of Rastafarians.
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  • Four Days in May: Kingston 2010

    Four Days in May: Kingston 2010

    Four Days in May: Kingston 2010

    In 2010 Jamaican military and police forces declared a state of emergency in West Kingston to apprehend Christopher “Dudus” Coke—who had been ordered for extradition to the U.S. At least 75 civilians died as a result. This doc juxtaposes the harrowing testimonies of the survivors with footage from the U.S. drone that was surveilling the operation from above.
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  • Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    TUNISIAN WOMEN is a powerful record of the work of women activist in Tunisia and a celebration of Tunisia's extraordinary history of activism and resistance against authoritarian rule since the 1970s.
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  • Enemy Alien

    Enemy Alien

    Enemy Alien

    A Palestinian activist’s fight for freedom draws a Japanese American filmmaker into confrontation with detention regimes of past and present.
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  • Keep Saray Home

    Keep Saray Home

    Keep Saray Home

    In the outskirts of Boston, three Southeast Asian families face the impending threat of deportation.
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  • Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor

    Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor

    Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor

    A street vendor, mother and activist from Guatemala makes $40 a day in New york City, one of the wealthiest cities in the world.
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  • In Search of Africa

    In Search of Africa

    In Search of Africa

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  • Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

    Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

    Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

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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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  • Animal Appetites

    Animal Appetites

    Animal Appetites

    Michael Cho's biting critique on popular cultural stereotypes centers on the case of two Cambodian immigrants tried in California on charges of slaughtering their pet dog for food.
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  • Fuera Yanqui (Newsreel #)

    Fuera Yanqui (Newsreel #)

    Fuera Yanqui (Newsreel #)

    This film provides a short history of the Dominican Republic and an analysis of the control exerted on its economic structure by U.S. interests.
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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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  • I'm Free Now, You Are Free

    I'm Free Now, You Are Free

    I'm Free Now, You Are Free

    A short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9.
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  • Living in Half Tones

    Living in Half Tones

    Living in Half Tones

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  • Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?

    Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?

    Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?

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  • Imagining Place

    Imagining Place

    Imagining Place

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  • Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora

    Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora

    Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora

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  • El Culebrero, La Muerte de un Colombiano y el Acordeonista Que No Esta

    El Culebrero, La Muerte de un Colombiano y el Acordeonista Que No Esta

    El Culebrero, La Muerte de un Colombiano y el Acordeonista Que No Esta

    This video presents the transient aspects of the gay Colombian experience in New York City.
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  • ekleipsis

    ekleipsis

    ekleipsis

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  • Deported

    Deported

    Deported

    DEPORTED follows members of a unique group of outcasts in Haiti: criminal deportees from North America.
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  • Claiming Our Voice

    Claiming Our Voice

    Claiming Our Voice

    In CLAIMING OUR VOICE, female, immigrant domestic workers bring their stories of survival, empowerment and activism to center stage.
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  • Cinema Fouad

    Cinema Fouad

    Cinema Fouad

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  • B.E.S. (Bangla East Side)

    B.E.S. (Bangla East Side)

    B.E.S. (Bangla East Side)

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  • Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9)

    Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9)

    Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9)

    A visual presentation of some of the weapons that the police were using in uprisings around the country in the late 60s.
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  • Enemies of War

    Enemies of War

    Enemies of War

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  • Borne in War

    Borne in War

    Borne in War

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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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  • An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

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  • The Marriage Dinner

    The Marriage Dinner

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    The Marriage Dinner

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  • What Are Our Women Like in America?

    What Are Our Women Like in America?

    What Are Our Women Like in America?

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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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  • Taxi-vala/Auto-Biography

    Taxi-vala/Auto-Biography

    Taxi-vala/Auto-Biography

    A look at the complexities of migration, displacement, economic empowerment, and the pursuit of the elusive "American dream" within New York's growing South Asian communities.
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  • The People United

    The People United

    The People United

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  • Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy

    Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy

    Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy

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  • Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

    Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

    Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles

    A powerful document of a community vigil for Islan Nettles, a Transgender Womyn of Color who was beaten to death in 2013.
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  • Two Dollar Dance

    Two Dollar Dance

    Two Dollar Dance

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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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  • Rising Up: the Alams

    Rising Up: the Alams

    Rising Up: the Alams

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  • Race Against Prime Time

    Race Against Prime Time

    Race Against Prime Time

    An award winning documentary about TV news and racial conflict in Miami.
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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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  • Never Again

    Never Again

    Never Again

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  • Japan Across the Seas

    Japan Across the Seas

    Japan Across the Seas

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  • Two Months to Home

    Two Months to Home

    Two Months to Home

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  • La Historia de Jonas

    La Historia de Jonas

    La Historia de Jonas

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  • Gay Cuba

    Gay Cuba

    Gay Cuba

    “Gay Cuba” casts a hopeful light on efforts to reform and to humanize a society often maligned for its calcified rigidity.
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  • With Blood

    With Blood

    With Blood

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  • The Multiplicity of Us

    The Multiplicity of Us

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    The Multiplicity of Us

    A series of three short documentary films created by a group of immigrant and first generation women.
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  • State of Emergency: Inside the LAPD

    State of Emergency: Inside the LAPD

    State of Emergency: Inside the LAPD

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  • To Be Me: Tony Quon

    To Be Me: Tony Quon

    To Be Me: Tony Quon

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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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  • Little Immigrants

    Little Immigrants

    Little Immigrants

    LITTLE IMMIGRANTS is an insider's look into child smuggling captured from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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  • Letter from Morazan: The Commander Gonzalo Military Campaign

    Letter from Morazan: The Commander Gonzalo Military Campaign

    Letter from Morazan: The Commander Gonzalo Military Campaign

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  • Lest We Forget

    Lest We Forget

    Lest We Forget

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  • Life or Liberty

    Life or Liberty

    Life or Liberty

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  • Latino Poets Speakout

    Latino Poets Speakout

    Latino Poets Speakout

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  • Latent Image

    Latent Image

    Latent Image

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  • Leaving Bakul Bagan

    Leaving Bakul Bagan

    Leaving Bakul Bagan

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  • Land, Rain & Fire: Report from Oaxaca

    Land, Rain & Fire: Report from Oaxaca

    Land, Rain & Fire: Report from Oaxaca

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  • Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda

    Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda

    Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda

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  • Just Ralph

    Just Ralph

    Just Ralph

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  • Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

    Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

    Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

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  • Jagadakeer: Between the Near and East

    Jagadakeer: Between the Near and East

    Jagadakeer: Between the Near and East

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  • Work in Progress

    Work in Progress

    Work in Progress

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  • Injustice

    Injustice

    Injustice

    The struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody.
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  • In the Event Anyone Disappears

    In the Event Anyone Disappears

    In the Event Anyone Disappears

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  • In My Genes

    In My Genes

    In My Genes

    Documentary about the harsh realities of living with Albinism in Kenya.
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  • I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America

    I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America

    I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America

    Iranian-Americans speak of how their identities are affected by being made to feel like outsiders in a country they now call home.
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  • Homeland Insecurity

    Homeland Insecurity

    Homeland Insecurity

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  • Frozen Happiness: Impunity, Elections and Hope in Oaxaca

    Frozen Happiness: Impunity, Elections and Hope in Oaxaca

    Frozen Happiness: Impunity, Elections and Hope in Oaxaca

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  • Historia de una Batalla

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    Historia de una Batalla

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  • High Horse

    High Horse

    High Horse

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  • Turmeric Border-Marks

    Turmeric Border-Marks

    Turmeric Border-Marks

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  • From Asia With Love

    From Asia With Love

    From Asia With Love

    A critical look at the proliferation of the mail-order bride industry in Asia and its representations of Asian women in the West.
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  • Flow

    Flow

    Flow

    FLOW is a multi-layered investigation of contemporary political, cultural and psychological dislocations.
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  • Floristas

    Floristas

    Floristas

    Floristas are immigrant flower vendors who scratch out a living by hawking their wares on the streets of New York City.
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  • Entry Denied

    Entry Denied

    Entry Denied

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  • Echando Raices

    Echando Raices

    Echando Raices

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  • Dreaming Rivers

    Dreaming Rivers

    Dreaming Rivers

    This short fiction piece explores the thoughts and dreams of a middle-aged Afro-Caribbean immgrant in England on her deathbed.
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  • Double Exposure

    Double Exposure

    Double Exposure

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  • Border Brujo

    Border Brujo

    Border Brujo

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  • Among the First to Die

    Among the First to Die

    Among the First to Die

    This is the story of one of the first American casualties of the War against Terror - Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan, who joined the Marines because "he wanted to give back a little bit to his adopted country,"
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  • Americano

    Americano

    Americano

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  • A Refutation of Time

    A Refutation of Time

    A Refutation of Time

    A student from the Large Midwestern University receives an unusual e-mail message about the nature of time, tango singer Carlos Gardel, the humorist Will Rodgers, and writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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  • A Week with Azar

    A Week with Azar

    A Week with Azar

    Azar, an Iranian computer engineer living in the United States, failed to see her ill sister in Isfahan (Iran) for the last time because of the Executive Order 13769.
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  • Birth of a Nation: 4*29*1992

    Birth of a Nation: 4*29*1992

    Birth of a Nation: 4*29*1992

    After criminal charges were dropped against four Los Angeles police officers accused in the brutal beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles erupted. This video offers a rare view of the rebellion that began within minutes of the verdict.
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  • The April Film (Newsreel #13)

    The April Film (Newsreel #13)

    The April Film (Newsreel #13)

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  • amBUSHed

    amBUSHed

    amBUSHed

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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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  • Black & White

    Black & White

    Black & White

    The power of visualizing the meaning of the words “Black & White”.
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  • Forbidden to Wander

    Forbidden to Wander

    Forbidden to Wander

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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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  • Farouk Abdel Muthi: Political Prisoner

    Farouk Abdel Muthi: Political Prisoner

    Farouk Abdel Muthi: Political Prisoner

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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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