JustFilms Collection
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He Named Me Malala
An intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world.
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Chi-Raq
Set in Chicago, Chi-Raq is a satire that focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city’s south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood. The girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to abstain from sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence.
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A Road to Home
A Road to Home tracks the lives of six homeless LGBTQ young people over 18 months. Their lives typify the experience of the 500,000 homeless youth on American streets every night, 40% of them LGBTQ.
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Wilhemina’s War
HIV is a persistent main cause of mortality for African American women, especially in the Deep South, where, despite institutional and personal obstacles, 62-year-old Wilhemina Dixon works tirelessly to combat stigma and care for her daughter and granddaughter, both HIV positive.
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This Changes Everything
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed on five continents over four years, This Changes Everything, inspired by Naomi Klein’s nonfiction bestseller of the same title, is an epic attempt to reimagine the vast challenge of climate change.
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The Trials of Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley was the first black woman elected to the New York State Senate and the first woman to serve as Manhattan borough president. We follow her illustrious 20-year legal career, culminating in her appointment to the federal bench by President Lyndon Johnson.
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The Room of Bones (El Cuarto de los Huesos)
Four mothers search for the bodies of their missing children as forensic anthrolopogists study remains from the innumerable mass graves of El Salvador, trying to identify victims of the decades-long violence in that country.
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville takes us on a global journey with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, who model new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops, and residencies.
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The Diplomat
Spanning 50 years of American foreign policy, the career of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is depicted from the perspective of his oldest son, David, who sheds light on the efforts of high-stakes diplomacy to broker peace and bring wars to an end.
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution documents the emergence of revolutionary culture in the 1960s through accounts from the Black Panthers’ first members, the rank and file, and lawyers, journalists, police officers, and FBI agents.
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Sembene!
This true-life epic follows Ousmane Sembène, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, who became the “father of African cinema.” After a startling fall from grace, can the fearless spokesperson for the marginalized and hero to millions reinvent himself once more?
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Romeo Is Bleeding
Amidst a fatal turf war in his hometown of Richmond, CA, Donté Clark mounts an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the hope of starting a real dialogue about violence in the city.