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FILM TITLE (LENGTH) |
FILM MAKER |
SUBJECT |
DESCRIPTON |
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After Silence (30 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547
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Racism, history, Japanese Interment |
Studies constitutional rights of Americans during times of uncertainty and fear. Profiles experiences of Japanese Americans during WW2, in dialogue with students developing an archive |
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By Dawn’s Early Light (52 mins.) |
Cinema Guild, Inc. 130 Madison Ave. New York NY 10016
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Emerging spiritual identity, Islamic conversion, religious tolerance |
Covers one man’s—an NBA star’s–conversion to Islam and the ensuing conflict with media and the public around issues of political dissent |
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Chávez Ravine (24 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547
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Chicano history, land reform and classism |
Documents close knit Latino community of 1940’s in Los Angeles, and its demise through greed and political trickery |
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February One (30 mins.) |
California Newsreel 500 Third St. Suite 505 San Francisco CA 94107
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Civil Rights history, student leadership |
Documents The Greensboro Four, students at NC A& T University in 1960 who led the Civil Rights Sit-It movement and founded SNCC, the vanguard of the movement |
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For Jackson: A Time Capsule from His Two Grandmothers (49 mins.) |
Filmakers Library 124 East 40th Street New York NY 10016
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Multiracial families, identity and family history |
Both grandmothers of a multiracial child tell their stories to help him understand his heritage |
Freedom Road(35 mins.) |
Women Make Movies 462 Broadway, 5th Floor New York NY 10013
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Liberation literature, reform in women’s prison |
Testimonial to power of the arts in personal liberation, follows women prisoners in study of liberation literature and the power of finding one’s own voice |
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Hardwood: A Black Family’s Story (29 mins.) |
Filmakers Library 124 East 40th Street New York NY 10016
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Interracial and blended family issues, history |
Studies one family’s struggles in the racial climate of the 1960’s. Impact of absent father on sons, and efforts to heal through love |
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Home of the Brave (75 mins.) |
Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547
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Civil Rights history |
Studies the life and death of Viola Liuzzo, the only white women murdered during the Civil Rights Movement through her children’s eyes |
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Let’s Get Real (36 mins.) |
Women’s Educational Media 2180 Bryant St. San Francisco CA 94110
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Anti-harassment, kids as activists |
Young people discuss racism, homophobia, bullying, religious bigotry, etc. and their strategies for intervention and prevention |
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The Long Walk to Freedom (30 mins.)
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Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley PA 19547
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Civil Rights history, personal activism |
Tells how 12 ordinary, diverse people joined the Civil Rights movement and changed the world |
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Mighty Times: The Children’s March (40 mins.) |
SPLC and HBO Teaching Tolerance 400 Washington Ave. Montgomery AL 36104
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Civil Rights history and children’s activism |
Academy award winner, shows how students of Birmingham AL became leaders in the Civil Rights movement and changed public attitudes about segregation |
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New Faces on Main Street (60 mins.) |
Newist/CESA 7 2420 Nicolet Drive IS 1040 Green Bay WI 54311
www.uwgb.edu/newist |
Immigrant experience, language and cultural issues |
Investigates experiences of Hmong and Latino immigrants and their lives in smaller US communities |
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Young Voices From the Arab World (30 mins.) |
AMIDEAST 1730 M Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20036 |
Diversity in Arab cultures |
Explores the breadth of culture, history, experience in the Arab world through lives and words of 5 teenagers |
Advancing and Advocating for Social Justice & Equity