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Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project

Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project

Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project

Exposes the little known story of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old student who was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, NJ.
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In a Perfect World…

In a Perfect World…

In a Perfect World…

A documentary film about men raised by single mothers.
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Childcare: People's Liberation (Newsreel #56)

Childcare: People's Liberation (Newsreel #56)

Childcare: People's Liberation (Newsreel #56)

The film shows how community-run childcare centers are a step toward liberation, by giving parents and children a chance to develop relationships with their peers and new relationships with each other.
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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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Army a.k.a. Army Film (Newsreel #36)

Army a.k.a. Army Film (Newsreel #36)

Army a.k.a. Army Film (Newsreel #36)

Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in the U.S. military and the growth of the anti-war movement within the military.
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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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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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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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Claiming Open Spaces

Claiming Open Spaces

Claiming Open Spaces

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Young Puppeteers of Vietnam

Young Puppeteers of Vietnam

Young Puppeteers of Vietnam

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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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Foster Care Film Series: Volume 1

Foster Care Film Series: Volume 1

Foster Care Film Series: Volume 1

In this award-winning collection, Charell, Ashley, and Camilla share their deeply personal stories about their experiences in foster care and how it impacted their lives.
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Chircales

Chircales

Chircales

This film portrays the life of a family of brick makers in the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia, documenting the personal experience of the Castañeda family to expose the exploitation of manual laborers. Chircales offers the viewer an intimate look at their hardships.
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Before David

Before David

Before David

A short film about pre-partum depression, its symptoms, and the difficulties it poses when a woman is going through extreme physical and emotional changes.
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Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

Victoria, Mariana and Vasco are three young Mozambicans with physical disabilities living in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city.
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Make-Out (Newsreel #49)

Make-Out (Newsreel #49)

Make-Out (Newsreel #49)

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Loving Each Other in the Shadows

Loving Each Other in the Shadows

Loving Each Other in the Shadows

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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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Monique

Monique

Monique

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No Time to Lose

No Time to Lose

No Time to Lose

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The Keepsake

The Keepsake

The Keepsake

After living with relatives in fast-paced Lagos City, Nigeria, 14-year-old Amarachi returns to her home village to live with her mother Ikechi for the first time in eight years. When Ikechi learns Amarachi is pregnant due to rape, the pair begins an emotional journey to heal from their individual and collective traumas, save what is left of their estranged relationship, and learn to live as a family.
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Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

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Borne in War

Borne in War

Borne in War

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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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The Friends

The Friends

The Friends

A coming-of-age story about the friendship between two young Black girls growing up in 1957 Harlem, Phyllisia Cathy from a newly arrived, upwardly mobile Caribbean family, and Edith Jackson, Harlem-born and raised.
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The Survivor’s Project: Voices from the Inside-Out!

The Survivor’s Project: Voices from the Inside-Out!

The Survivor’s Project: Voices from the Inside-Out!

The implications of youth, poverty, gangs and gun violence.
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To Be Me: Tony Quon

To Be Me: Tony Quon

To Be Me: Tony Quon

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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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Where Am I (AGEM Short)

Where Am I (AGEM Short)

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Where Am I (AGEM Short)

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Through My Eyes

Through My Eyes

Through My Eyes

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The Mseyas

The Mseyas

The Mseyas

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Saj: Muslim in America

Saj: Muslim in America

Saj: Muslim in America

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Mother's Hands

Mother's Hands

Mother's Hands

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Mott to Mulberry

Mott to Mulberry

Mott to Mulberry

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Military Option

Military Option

Military Option

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The Stand-By Generation

The Stand-By Generation

The Stand-By Generation

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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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Suburban Route/Rota ABC

Suburban Route/Rota ABC

Suburban Route/Rota ABC

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There's More to Life (AGEM Short)

There's More to Life (AGEM Short)

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There's More to Life (AGEM Short)

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Three Queer Mice

Three Queer Mice

Three Queer Mice

This short youth-produced animation exposes homophobia to the tune of "Three Blind Mice".
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Favela Rising

Favela Rising

Favela Rising

Through Hip-Hop music and Afro-Brazilian dance, musician Anderson Sá rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
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Tijuana, Nada Mas

Tijuana, Nada Mas

Tijuana, Nada Mas

Jonathan (“Pollo”) and Enrique (“Gordo”) are 14-year old orphans making their own living on the streets of Tijuana, the busiest frontier city in the world.
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Of Kites and Borders

Of Kites and Borders

Of Kites and Borders

OF KITES OF BORDERS tells the story of the daily struggle to be a child living on the US-Mexico border through the eyes of four working children in the city of Tijuana.
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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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Little Brother: Things Fall Apart (Chapter 1)

Little Brother: Things Fall Apart (Chapter 1)

Little Brother: Things Fall Apart (Chapter 1)

This first chapter of LITTLE BROTHER begins a series of films where Black boys start the conversation on a topic they rarely get to discuss: Love.
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Little Brother: The Street (Chapter 2)

Little Brother: The Street (Chapter 2)

Little Brother: The Street (Chapter 2)

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Little Brother: A Do Right Man (Chapter 3)

Little Brother: A Do Right Man (Chapter 3)

Little Brother: A Do Right Man (Chapter 3)

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Little Brother:  Series

Little Brother: Series

Little Brother: Series

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Little Brother: The Fire Next Time (Chapter 4)

Little Brother: The Fire Next Time (Chapter 4)

Little Brother: The Fire Next Time (Chapter 4)

Young African Cherokees present a candid discussion on love, tribe, family, and race.
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Little Brother: Manchild in the Promised Land (Chapter 5)

Little Brother: Manchild in the Promised Land (Chapter 5)

Little Brother: Manchild in the Promised Land (Chapter 5)

Filmed in Tucson, Arizona, the young men discuss life in the Southwest and the current state of race relations.
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Leaving Bakul Bagan

Leaving Bakul Bagan

Leaving Bakul Bagan

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Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

Jails, Hospitals, and Hip Hop

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Isle of Youth

Isle of Youth

Isle of Youth

The daily activities of young Cubans—their work, recreation, and education—as they participate in converting the Isle of Pines from a prison colony to an experiment to create a new society.
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Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

Ghana’s Hip-Hop superstar Reggie Rockstone travels to New York, where he experiences the unexpected struggles and pleasures of life as an anonymous African on the fringes of an American city.
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Voice of the Faceless

Voice of the Faceless

Voice of the Faceless

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We, Too, Sing America: Racist Backlash in the Aftermath of September 11

We, Too, Sing America: Racist Backlash in the Aftermath of September 11

We, Too, Sing America: Racist Backlash in the Aftermath of September 11

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Zulaikha

Zulaikha

Zulaikha

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Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano

Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano

Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano

A look at the work of Cuban Hip-Hop artists, this documentary includes footage of their daily lives, perfomances at the Cuban Hip-Hop festival, and recording sessions in New York City.
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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

This film documents the creation of Morocco’s first-ever Hip-Hop festival and the work of DJ Key, female rapper Fati, and rap group H-Kayne.
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Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming

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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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Hip Hop Sp

Hip Hop Sp

Hip Hop Sp

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Heart of Harlem

Heart of Harlem

Heart of Harlem

HEART OF HARLEM traces the life and times of Holcombe Rucker, who founded a summer basketball league while working for New York Citys Parks Department in order to give young people a positive alternative to the streets.
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Whatever It Takes

Whatever It Takes

Whatever It Takes

WHATEVER IT TAKES follows the amazing first year of a cutting-edge public high school in NYC’s South Bronx.
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Svetlana and Her Llamas (AGEM Short)

Svetlana and Her Llamas (AGEM Short)

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Svetlana and Her Llamas (AGEM Short)

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Outside Lookin' In

Outside Lookin' In

Outside Lookin' In

Urban Latino youth reflect on the World Trade Center tragedy, their personal experiences that day, in addition to more pervasive questions and topics as to why it happened, patriotism and the government's response to the attack.
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Haircuts Hurt

Haircuts Hurt

Haircuts Hurt

A Native American woman and her young son encounter everyday racism when they visit a local barbershop.
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Gaman...to Endure

Gaman...to Endure

Gaman...to Endure

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From Harlem to Harvard

From Harlem to Harvard

From Harlem to Harvard

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Frekuensia Kolombiana

Frekuensia Kolombiana

Frekuensia Kolombiana

Grassroots Colombian Hip-Hop is shaped by Colombian folk music as well as the suppressed voices of the Colombian masses.
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Freckled Rice

Freckled Rice

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Freckled Rice

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Follow Your Heart: China's New Youth Movement

Follow Your Heart: China's New Youth Movement

Follow Your Heart: China's New Youth Movement

Independent Hip-Hop artists from large and small cities talk about their creative work and their increasingly widening influence in Chinese society.
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Family Portrait in Black and White

Family Portrait in Black and White

Family Portrait in Black and White

Olga Nenya is a foster mother to sixteen Black orphans in Ukraine - where 99.9% of the population is white and where race matters.
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Extra Change

Extra Change

Extra Change

A realistic view of a 12-year-old African American girl's voyage through early adolescence, peer pressure, friendship and love.
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Excuse My Gangsta Ways

Excuse My Gangsta Ways

Excuse My Gangsta Ways

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Epilogue: The Palpable Invisibility of Life

Epilogue: The Palpable Invisibility of Life

Epilogue: The Palpable Invisibility of Life

A moving video essay about motherhood and mourning.
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Entry Denied

Entry Denied

Entry Denied

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Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

From the ashes of four decades of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music.
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Desi Remix Chicago Style

Desi Remix Chicago Style

Desi Remix Chicago Style

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Children of the Cold War

Children of the Cold War

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Children of the Cold War

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Boys of Summer

Boys of Summer

Boys of Summer

BOYS OF SUMMER is an inspiring documentary about Curaçao's Little League Team.
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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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Big Willow

Big Willow

Big Willow

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Beyond the Bricks: A New Era of Education

Beyond the Bricks: A New Era of Education

Beyond the Bricks: A New Era of Education

BEYOND THE BRICKS follows two African American students as they struggle to stay on track in the Newark public school system.
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Between the Cup and the Election

Between the Cup and the Election

Between the Cup and the Election

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Art for Social Change

Art for Social Change

Art for Social Change

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Arctic Hip Hop

Arctic Hip Hop

Arctic Hip Hop

Capitalizing on the popularity of Hip-Hop, social worker and longtime B-boy Stephen Leafloor has been bringing positive Hip-Hop workshops to Northern Canada. 5 days, 2 cultures, 1 beat
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Apollo Kids

Apollo Kids

Apollo Kids

Gio misses the #6 train which too frequently bypasses his Spanish Harlem stop. One missed train means public humiliation by his teacher, suspension from school, and harassment by a cop.
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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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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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