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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Bakken oil boom is bringing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs to North Dakota. A substantial part of the oil production is concentrated on an Indian reservation. Fort Berthold Reservation’s 1,000-plus oil wells have brought in money and jobs for some, but oil has also brought danger — organized crime, hard drugs, traffic fatalities — and other problems. Tribal members speak about the benefits and consequences of the boom....
Publisher
Meditating Bunny Studio
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After a realization at a family reunion, half Japanese-Canadian filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out why everyone in his Japanese-Canadian family married interracially after his grandparents’ generation.. This feature live action and animated documentary explores why almost 100% of all Japanese-Canadians are marrying interracially, the highest out of any other ethnicity in Canada, and how their mixed...
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed documentary covers the 200 year history of African-American Christianity, featuring the legends of Gospel music, including The Staple Singers, The Clara Ward Singers, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, tracing the evolution of gospel music through its many styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing, the emergence...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Pacific Islanders serve in the U.S. military in disproportionally high numbers, and have suffered the highest casualty rates in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The men and women of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, are American citizens and serve in our country’s military at a rate three times higher than the rest of the country. Learn why the island’s returning veterans say they can’t get the healthcare they need.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Political empowerment for Latinos in the United States has always been difficult. A Mexican-American butcher's son from Texas, Willie Velasquez questioned the lack of Latino representation in his city's government, propelling him into a lifelong battle to gain political equality for Latinos. This documentary examines obstacles Latinos had to overcome to obtain representation, and addresses issues facing Latinos today.
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Strange Fruit is the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic. The song's evolution tells a dramatic story of America's radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter. The saga brings viewers face- to- face with the terror of lynching even as it spotlights the courage and heroism of those who fought for racial justice when to do so was to risk ostracism and livelihood...
90) Angry Inuk
Publisher
Film Movement Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seal meat is a staple food for Inuit, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment.. This documentary interweaves the reality of Inuit life with the story of their challenge to both the anti-sealing industry and those nations that mine resources on Inuit lands while...
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With the epic proportions of a Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream.. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the largest privately owned house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the...
Publisher
Grito Productions
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories highlights the historical journey of an Afro-Cuban-American family, from Jamaica, to Cuba, to the Bronx, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more diverse, racially and ideologically, than we are often led to believe. Diana, Ruben, and Pablo reveal stories of growing political awareness, overcoming the dangers of the streets, and coming into their own as Afro-Latinos in the 1960s and 70s. The experiences of one...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Worlds apart, a five-star chef, a twelve year-old girl, and a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed the poor ignite a movement in the fight against hunger.. Official Selection at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the Midwest Independent Film Festival. Winner of the Human Spirit Award at the Nashville Film Festival.. "The doc stands above typical do-good...
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed documentary begins with the discovery of bricks marked with Nazi swastikas on a farm in the countryside of São Paulo. It is revealed that during the 1930’s, fifty black boys were taken from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro and led to the farm.. There, the boys were identified by numbers and subjected to slave labor by a family that was part of the political, military and economic elite of the country. This family did not hide their...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement. Includes portions of his "I Have a Dream" speech..
99) HomeGirls
Publisher
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and re-entry organization, offers an unparalleled 18-month job-training program for recovering drug addicts and ex-gang members. The short documentary HOMEGIRLS intimately follows the lives of two of the programs’ female participants, Maria and Joselyn, over four months as they attempt to leave the past behind and start anew.. Through cinéma vérité filmmaking, our complex subjects face...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation.. Sutherland follows Robin over three years as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Kind...
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