Civil Rights Filmes

Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...

Two dedicated high school band directors—one black, one white—were inspired by music to cross the color lines of segregation and work...

“The Walkout” is a new documentary that brings to light a pivotal but often overlooked moment in Texas history: the 1968 student walkout...

With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became...

Roots of racial disparities are seen through a new lens in this film that explores the origins of housing segregation in the Minneapolis area. But...

Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

Eyewitness accounts recall when Klansmen attacked a bus filled with Freedom Riders in Anniston, Ala. and set it on fire.

Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...

The story of the organizing of the first black trade union - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - provides an account of African American...

Standing Rock, 2016: the largest Native American occupation since Wounded Knee, thousands of activists, environmentalists, and militarized police...

Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupts when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic,...

Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound...

This film shines a light on a sorry and oft-forgotten chapter in US history— the forced sterilization of 7,600 people thought to have...

In January of 2016, a dozen members of the Memphis transgender community began meeting for a weekly story circle facilitated by Elaine Blanchard. The...

Through a training trip, in which the filmmakers also participate, the contrasts that exist between the conservatism of machismo and the new...

The real life story of the events surrounding the fight for and against public housing and racial integration in Yonkers, New York in the 1980s as...

See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that...

A group of longtime Chicago residents born in the Mississippi Delta returns to Greenville, Mississippi, for a reunion with family and friends....