JustFilms Collection
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Mother of George
Mother of George captures nuances of African immigrant life in New York City and the unique and fascinating Nigerian culture through the portrait of a newlywed couple living in Brooklyn who manage a restaurant and are trying to conceive a child.
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Makers
Makers expands on PBS’s critically acclaimed Makers: Women Who Make America to examine the impact of the feminist movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war, and politics.
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Inequality for All
Former secretary of labor Robert Reich makes an eloquent and impassioned argument about how increasing income inequality in the United States threatens not only the middle class but also the very foundation of democracy itself.
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How Democracy Works Now
Called “the greatest films on government ever made” the 12 feature documentaries in How Democracy Works Now follow the arc of the legislative process in Washington, DC, giving an illuminating fly-on-the-wall view of a wide-ranging cast of characters as they work on the difficult project of immigration reform.
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Herman’s House
Herman Wallace spent over 40 years in solitary confinement in a US prison. When artist Jackie Sumell proposed an unusual project, Wallace found an outlet for his struggle along with an unlikely friendship.
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Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
The roots of the current immigration crisis are found in US interventions in Latin America, from wars of expansion to covert operations. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez.
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God Loves Uganda
God Loves Uganda examines the campaign to spread the values of America’s evangelical Christian Right in Uganda and the fierce fight against homosexuality taken on by both American and Ugandan fundamentalist religious leaders.
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Girl Rising
Demonstrating the irrepressible power of the human spirit, nine unforgettable girls from the developing world overcome long odds to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.
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Gideon’s Army
Fifty years after the US Supreme Court granted all people accused of a felony the right to an attorney, Gideon’s Army reveals the struggles of three young public defenders as they labor to provide quality representation despite staggering caseloads and a lack of resources.
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Gaining Ground
Founded in 1984, Boston’s Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative has become a national model for innovative community-based organizing and development. Now a fresh generation of leaders continues its mission to promote opportunity and engender hope amid many challenges.
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Citizen Koch
After the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, Wisconsinites rise up to recall Gov. Scott Walker and clash with the Koch brothers’ Tea Party-aligned Americans for Prosperity. Working-class Republican voters must choose sides.
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At Berkeley
A penetrating look at the inner workings of the University of California, Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious member of the state’s 10-campus public education system.