JustFilms Collection
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
From child prodigy to “Boogie-Woogie Queen” to groundbreaking composer to mentor, Mary Lou Williams never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But as an ambitious black woman ahead of her time, she had to fight to create in a world that could not see past her race or gender.
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Look Love
Two children who are a part of the phenomenon called “left-behind children” in China reveal what it’s like to live with a shortage of love and an absence of family values.
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In Jackson Heights
In his 40th documentary, Frederick Wiseman turns his empathetic camera on the racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, in Queens, New York, to reveal the melting pot of a dynamic neighborhood.
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Catching the Sun
Who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? The stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the United States and China highlight the global race to lead the clean energy future.
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Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr., covering their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.
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Among the Believers
A radical Islamic school trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad from a very young age. Through rare access and chilling footage, we are offered a timely look at what has led to the growth of radical Islam in Pakistan and around the world.
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Absences (Ausencias)
Among the many instances of enforced disappearance in Mexico, a boy and his father are abducted by armed men. Five years later, Lulu still refuses to give up hope that she will find her husband and son alive.
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A Path Appears
A Path Appears follows Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, and actor-advocates as they travel in Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and the United States, uncovering the world’s harshest cases of gender-based oppression and human rights violations and report on proven methods to combat them.
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
Far from their familiar lives in Bangladesh, 160 women join the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. In one of the first all-female, predominantly Muslim peacekeeping units, they shatter every stereotype about the capabilities of Muslim women.
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A Ballerina’s Tale
African American ballerina Misty Copeland examines her prodigious rise, a potentially career-ending injury she sustained, and themes of race and body image in the classical ballet world.
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3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
Through eyewitness testimony and in-depth reporting, 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and its aftermath, revealing the devastating effects of racial bias, gun violence, and “stand your ground” laws.
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Immigration Battle
What drove President Obama to take his decisive executive action on immigration? We enter Washington’s corridors of power to explore the political realities of one of the country’s most divisive issues.