JustFilms Collection
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500 Years
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, 500 Years tells a sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population who now stand poised to reimagine their society.
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12th and Clairmount
12th and Clairmount explores the life in the city of Detroit during the summer of 1967, when riots against police brutality and racial inequality erupted.
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Bending the Arc
Bending the Arc follows the extraordinary doctors and activists, including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl, whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all.
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Birth of a Movement
When D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation opened in 1915, the unrepentantly racist film was met with widespread protests by African Americans, led by William M. Trotter. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr’s book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to the prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.
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For Ahkeem
For Ahkeem is the story of Daje Shelton, a Black 17-year-old girl in North St. Louis who fights for her future as she is placed in an alternative high school and navigates the marginalized neighborhoods, biased criminal justice policies and economic devastation that have set up many Black youth like her to fail.
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I Am Not Your Negro
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
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K-TOWN ’92
An interactive documentary that explores the impact and legacy of the Los Angeles riots/rebellion/civil unrest 25 years later through a diverse range of stories from Koreatown and beyond.
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Strong Island
Strong Island chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography and tragedy – from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City; from the presumed safety of middle class suburbs, to the maelstrom of an unexpected, violent death.
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The Force
A cinema verite look inside the troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to address federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
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Zero Weeks
What do the United States and Papua New Guinea have in common? They are the only countries in the world without paid family leave. American families are often forced to choose between tending to a spouse or parent with an unexpected medical emergency, or keeping their job and health insurance.
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Water Warriors
In rural New Brunswick, Canada, an indigenous community and non-native locals challenge the lucrative oil and gas boom sweeping North America.
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Tell Them We Are Rising
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a documentary film and multi-platform project spanning 170 years of American history to explore the pivotal role HBCUs have played in the ascent of African-Americans and their families from slavery to the present day.