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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Jean-Christophe Klotz - USA, France - 58 mins
When WWII ended it wasn't over for two young veterans, the Hollywood screenwriting brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg. The Nuremberg trial was pending, and they were handed the mission to hunt down and compile the countless films and photographs of rallies and atrocities that the Nazis, in their insatiable vanity, left in their wake. It was the prosecuting ... more
The Grab
Gabriela Cowperthwaite - USA - 104 mins
A deadly scramble for food and water animates twenty-first century world politics, whether we know it or not. After seeing The Grab, you won't be able to unknow it. But how does it work? Who or what is the muscle behind, for example, foreign companies being allowed to deplete Arizona farmers' aquafers, or "private investors" blithely bulldozing African family ... more
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli - USA - 120 mins
For the Lakota the Black Hills (He Sapa) are sacred land, so much so that they consider the hills "our relative." Such words matter. With narration by acclaimed Ogala poet Layli Long Soldier, this documentary explores history and the power of language. It deftly navigates a story of betrayal, extermination, assimilation, and the ongoing resilience of the Lakota ... more
Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis
Victoria Bruce - USA - 94 mins
Amid news of the chaos and countless human tragedies that defined the US-Mexico border scene during the Trump years, you could be forgiven for not thinking to ask how it felt to be an attorney on the front lines of the crisis. Indeed, the four women profiled in Victoria Bruce's powerful documentary barely stop to ask themselves. Charlene D'Cruz and Rebecca ... more
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Polland - USA - 90 mins
In 1965, Lowndes County, Alabama, had only four registered Black voters despite the county's population being more than 80% Black. Lowndes County was known as "Bloody Lowndes" because of its history of racial violence. A courageous group of Black men and women braved this violence to register to vote and invited the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ... more
Mama Bears
Daresha Kyi - USA - 91 mins
For fundamentalist Christian parents of gay and transgender children, the path to acceptance and support of their child can be terrifying. They face rejection by relatives and excoriation by the Church at the center of their lives. Enter Mama Bears. What started as a Facebook group is now a 30,000-strong community for such vulnerable families. The film follows ... more
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