Browse Films

Subject: Urban Studies, Community Organizing & The Environment

A Day's Work, A Day's Pay

A Day's Work, A Day's Pay

by Jonathan Skurnik and Kathy Leichter

Three welfare recipients transform their lives through their fight against workfare

A Hard Straight

A Hard Straight

by Goro Toshima

Walking out of the prison gates is just the beginning

A Revolving Door

A Revolving Door

by Chuck Braverman and Marilyn Braverman

A loving family tries to help their son fight drug addiction and mental illness.

A Village Called Versailles

A Village Called Versailles

by S. Leo Chiang

One community's political awakening in the aftermath of tragedy.

At Home In Utopia

At Home In Utopia

by Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky - Co-producer

Cooperative living in complicated times.

Beauty in the Bricks

Beauty in the Bricks

by Cynthia Mondell

Black teenage girls growing up in a housing project.

Bonecrusher

Bonecrusher

by Michael Fountain

An intimate journey inside the lives and work of coal miners.

Brooklyn Matters

Brooklyn Matters

by Isabel Hill

Urban neighborhoods on the brink of change - Who makes the decisions?

The Collector of Bedford Street

The Collector of Bedford Street

by Alice Elliott

An Academy Award nominated short film about a neighbor with disabilities and a community with a plan.

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Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment

Deadly Deception - General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment

by Debra Chasnoff

Grassroots activists successfully expose a corporate giant's environmental record

Downside UP

Downside UP

by Nancy Kelly

How art can change the spirit of a place

El Corrido de Cecilia Rios

El Corrido de Cecilia Rios

by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

Latino youth cope with violence, grief and healing

The Elevator Operator

The Elevator Operator

by Jonathan Skurnik

An immigrant caught between his past and the American Dream

Every Mother's Son

Every Mother's Son

by Kelly Anderson & Tami Gold

Three women lose sons to police brutality and unite to fight for change

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

by Rick Goldsmith and Abby Ginzberg

Youth, race and national service: AmeriCorps behind-the-headlines

Fallon, NV: Deadly Oasis

Fallon, NV: Deadly Oasis

by Amie Williams

A town tries desperately to find out what is making their children sick

The Flashettes

The Flashettes

by Bonnie Friedman and co-produced by Emily Leon

Inner city girls gain self-esteem from a track club

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Girl Trouble

Girl Trouble

by Lexi Leban & Lidia Szajko

Shot over a period of four years, Girl Trouble documents the compelling personal stories of three teenage girls entangled in San Francisco's failing juvenile justice system.

The Global Assembly Line

The Global Assembly Line

by Lorraine Gray

The powerful story of working women and men linked in our new global economy and the business decisions behind it, Emmy Award winner.

Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia

Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia

by Jenny Cool

Ethnography of the American Dream of homeownership.

Homeless In Paradise

Homeless In Paradise

by Chuck Braverman and Marilyn Braverman

The intimate profile of four homeless people.

Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action

Homes & Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action

by Debra Chasnoff & Helen Cohen

Three communities of low-income residents find new ways to develop permanent affordable housing

In Our Water

In Our Water

by Meg Switzgable

Defines the terrifying chemical waste problems in America.

It's STILL Elementary

It's STILL Elementary

by Debra Chasnoff & Johnny Symons

The movie and the movement about addressing homophobia in schools

Living Broke in Boom Times: Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty

Living Broke in Boom Times: Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty

by Paco de Onis and Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates, Kathleen Dara Kell

Lessons from the movement to end poverty: the hidden story of poor people organizing in America.

Made in Brooklyn

Made in Brooklyn

by Isabel Hill

Urban manufacturing and the future of our cities

Metropolitan Avenue

Metropolitan Avenue

by

Women fighting for a Brooklyn community

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The New Old Country

The New Old Country

by Faye Lederman

Nostalgia, memory, and history on the Lower East Side

Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor

by Tom Shepard

The struggle to overturn anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America

Shellmound

Shellmound

by Andres Cediel

Native Bones and Toxic Waste Under a Shopping Mall

The Shrimp

The Shrimp

by Keith Wilson

Tracing an environmentally threatened seafood from source to plate and back again.

Taken for a Ride

Taken for a Ride

by Jim Klein and Martha Olson

Why Does America Have the Worst Public Transit in the Industrialized World, and the Most Freeways?

Taking The Heat

Taking The Heat

by Bann Roy

The daring story of the first women firefighters of New York City

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Tell Them Who We Are

Tell Them Who We Are

by Alexandria Levitt

A Drill Team and Drum Squad in South Central LA

Third Ward TX

Third Ward TX

by Andrew Garrison and Nancy Bless and Noland Walker

Art, Life...and Real Estate

Through a Glass, Lightly

Through a Glass, Lightly

by Jacky Comforty and Kathy Berger

Inner city art and transformation of environment, society, and self

Union Maids

Union Maids

by Julia Reichert & Jim Klein

A vivid history of women organizing in the 1930's

Vietnam: The Secret Agent

Vietnam: The Secret Agent

by Jacki Ochs

The definitive exposé of the consequences of America's wartime use of Agent Orange in Vietnam

Voices in Exile: Immigrants and the First Amendment

Voices in Exile: Immigrants and the First Amendment

by Joan Mandell and Laura Hayes

Arab Americans bring civil liberties to the Supreme Court

With Babies and Banners

With Babies and Banners

by Lorraine Gray

The dramatic story of working women and men who changed American history, Oscar nominated and Grand Prize winner.

Young Aspirations/ Young Artists

Young Aspirations/ Young Artists

by Shirley Thompson

The making of one of the nation's most successful youth arts programs.