A Village Called Versailles
by S. Leo ChiangOne community's political awakening in the aftermath of tragedy.
Browse Films
Subject: Sociology, Political Science & Anthropology
Ask Not
by Johnny SymonsThey went into the closet to serve their country. Now they're coming out to challenge it.
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 in No Man's Land
by Anayansi PradoA documentary that uncovers the plight of unaccompanied immigrant minors entering the United States.
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.
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
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
Five Days to Change the World
by Robert RichterStudents at the largest world peace conference in history take charge of their own destiny
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 CoolEthnography of the American Dream of homeownership.
Homeless In Paradise
by Chuck Braverman and Marilyn BravermanThe intimate profile of four homeless people.
Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action
by Debra Chasnoff & Helen CohenThree communities of low-income residents find new ways to develop permanent 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.
jumping off bridges
by Stacy Schoolfield and Kat CandlerA narrative portrait of a family's struggle through depression and the aftermath of suicide.
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.
The Ultimate Wish
by Robert Richter and Kathleen SullivanNuclear proliferation: a Nagasaki survivor's wake-up call
The Last Pullman Car
byThe fight to stop the closing of the Pullman factory.
The Last to Know
by Bonnie FriedmanAlcohol, prescribed drugs, and women - the myth, the stigma, the reality
Letters from America: the Life and Times of O.E. Rolvaag
by Tim Schwab & Christina CratonAn 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 story of how separation of church and state in public schools began in America.
Maid in America
by Anayansi PradoA 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?
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
New American Soldier
by Emma Cott & Anna Belle PeeveyFighting for America. Fighting to become American.
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
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.
Sita, a Girl from Jambu
by Kathleen ManRural Nepalese community seeks to prevent child sex trafficking and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS through street theater.
Special Circumstances
by Marianne Teleki and H?ctor SalgadoSpecial Circumstances follows former political prisoner, H?ctor Salgado, back to Chile to confront his perpetrators.
Stages
by Meerkat Media CollectiveA moving portrait of inner city youth and seniors creating a play out of the stories of their lives.
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'.
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?
Taylor Chain I: A Story of a Union Local
byThe gritty realities of a strike at a small Indiana chain factory.
Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining
byBeyond the closed doors of a contract negotiation.
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
Through a Glass, Lightly
by Jacky Comforty and Kathy BergerInner city art and transformation of environment, society, and self
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
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.
Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy)
by Stephanie Wang-BrealWhen 8-year-old Fang Sui Yong is adopted from China by the Sadowskys, a Jewish family from New York, her life is suddenly upended.
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
