JustFilms Collection
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American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
The Chinese American philosopher Grace Lee Boggs had a thick FBI file from 75 years in the labor, civil rights, and Black Power movements. She challenged a new generation to set aside assumptions and redefine revolution for a new era.
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American Promise
Thirteen years in the making, American Promise offers a rare look into the lives of two middle-class black families as they navigate the ups and downs of parenting and educating their sons.
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180 Days: Inside an American High School
A fledgling Washington, DC, high school tries to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged youth. This intimate portrait of the school centers on five remarkable students and their dynamic young principal.
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How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague tells the story of an improbable group of activists who demanded the attention of a fearful nation, helped push promising new medications through trials in record time, and reversed the tide of the AIDS epidemic.
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Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp, New York’s indomitable, streetwise champion of the arts, introduced interracial casting to the American stage, brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, and nurtured many of our greatest playwrights, directors, and actors.
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Love Free or Die
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop ordained in a major Christian denomination, travels from small-town New England churches to London’s Lambeth Palace, calling for equality and support for LGBT rights.
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Reportero
At a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, a longtime reporter and his colleagues doggedly follow leads in one of the world’s deadliest places for journalists.
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Soul Food Junkies
A culinary tradition goes under the microscope in Soul Food Junkies, which explores the socioeconomic conditions in predominantly black neighborhoods where it can be difficult to find healthy food options.
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The House I Live In
The House I Live In examines the impact of the US war on drugs on everyone from the dealer and the grieving mother to the jailer and the federal judge and why it has endured for over 40 years despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failure.
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Why Poverty? Education, Education
In China, education is considered the only way out of poverty. But as the nation’s higher education system is increasingly privatized, college is becoming less accessible to Chinese youth. What will this mean for the future of the nation?
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Why Poverty? Give Us the Money
Can celebrity be a force for positive change? Viewers go behind the scenes of global campaigns associated with rock stars, including Bono’s Drop the Debt and Bob Geldof’s Make Poverty History, to witness the successes, challenges, and legacies of these efforts.
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Why Poverty? Land Rush
With the rise of monoculture farming and globalized food production, Africa’s shifting landscape threatens the continent’s ability to feed its citizens. In Mali, an American plan for a vast sugarcane operation threatens the small-scale native rice farmers who have fed their communities for generations.