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Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power

2020, Streaming, 83 mins
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Abby Ginzberg

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Government
Date Entered:12/13/21


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Call It Democracy

2005, DVD, color and b&, 73 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Producer n/a

Not Recommended

Subjects: Political Science
Date Entered:09/12/07


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Chisholm 72 - Unbought and Unbossed

2004, DVD, color, 77 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced Shola Lynch

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Political Science, Women's Studies
Date Entered:04/27/10


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Come Back Africa: The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II

2014, DVD , color and b&w
Distributed by Milestone Films & Video, PO Box 128, Harrington Park, NJ 07640-0128; 800-603-1104
Produced by Lionel Rogosin

Recommended

Subjects: Apartheid, Africa, Racism
Date Entered:06/20/14


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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

2019, Streaming, 121 mins
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Judith Helfand and Fennell Doremus

Recommended

Subjects: African American; Disasters; Urban Studies
Date Entered:04/16/20


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Decade of Fire: Stay, Fight, Build

2018, Streaming, 75 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Vivian Vazquez Irizarry, Gretchen Hildebran, Neyda Martinez and Julia Steele Allen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies; Latinx Studies; Urban Studies
Date Entered:11/26/19


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Fire Through Dry Grass

2022, Streaming, 90 mins
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by Alexis Neophytides and Jennilie Brewster

Recommended

Subjects: BIPOC; Public Health
Date Entered:01/05/24


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First Vote: Asian American Voters in Battleground States

2020, Streaming, 59 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Yi Chen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Asian-Americans; Critical Race Theory; Elections
Date Entered:01/06/21


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Front Wards, Back Wards

2007, DVD, color, 52 min.
Distributed by Fanlight Productions, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by W.C. Rogers

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Psychology, Health Sciences, Sociology, Psychiatry, Public Health
Date Entered:06/03/08


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Greensboro: Closer to the Truth

2007, DVD, color, 83 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Adam Zucker

Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, Human Rights, Labor Relations
Date Entered:07/15/09


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How Racism Harms White Americans

2013, DVD , color, 52 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089
Producer n/a

Recommended

Subjects: Capitalism, History, Racism
Date Entered:12/06/13


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Hurry Tomorrow

1975; 2010, DVD, b&w, 80 min.
Distributed by Richard Cohen Films, PO Box 1012, Venice CA 90291; rbc24@earthlink.net
Produced by Richard Cohen and Kevin Rafferty

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Psychology, Health Sciences, Sociology
Date Entered:12/02/10


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Hysterical Girl

2020, Streaming, 13 mins
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Kate Novack and Andrew Rossi

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Feminism; Psychiatrists; Women's History
Date Entered:04/17/21


Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California    cover image

Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California

2015, DVD, color, 21 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Tiffany Walton, Lizz Mullins, and Richard Goldlander

Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, History, Hispanics, California, Anthropology
Date Entered:02/22/17


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Jesus Politics: The Bible and the Ballot

2008, DVD, color, 90 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Ilan Ziv and Serge Gordey

Not Recommended

Subjects: Political Science, Religious Studies
Date Entered:01/29/09


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Koch

2012, DVD, color, 95 min.
Distributed by Zeitgeist Media, 301 Potter Lane, Rockville, MD 20850; 240-505-8696
Produced by Neil Barsky

Recommended

Subjects: Government, Politics, Urban Areas
Date Entered:01/10/14


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Lest We Forget

2007, DVD, color, 42 min.
Distributed by Fanlight Productions, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Mark R. Lyons

Recommended

Subjects: Disability Studies, Psychology, Sociology
Date Entered:10/29/08


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Melvin and Jean. An American Story

2013, DVD, color, 59 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Whatsup Films

Recommended

Subjects: African Americans, Civil Rights, Racism, Social problems
Date Entered:10/02/14


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Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

2015, DVD , color, 59 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 550, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Manthia Diawara

Recommended

Subjects: African Diaspora, Francophone, Post-Colonialism, History
Date Entered:07/10/18


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Negroes To Hire

2004-2009, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by LifeDocumentaries, 4442 Fairmount, Kansas City, MO 64111; 816-931-3535
Produced by Gary Jenkins

Not Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, History
Date Entered:07/19/11


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Our Brand is Crisis

2005, DVD, color, 87 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Rachel Boynton

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Political Science, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:04/23/07


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Pricele$$

2011, DVD, color, 25 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Steven Cowan

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Political Science
Date Entered:08/08/11


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Psychology and the New Heroism

2012, DVD, color, 87 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Julie Soller

Recommended

Subjects: Social Psychology, Ethics, Civil Disobedience, Political Science
Date Entered:05/13/15


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Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

2013, DVD , color, 81 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Nevline Nnaji

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Women’s Rights, African American History, Civil Rights, Social Justice, Feminism
Date Entered:07/30/15


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Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968

2009, DVD, color, 57 min.
Distributed by California Newsreel, Order Dept., PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495 (toll free)
Produced by Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, History
Date Entered:07/15/09


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Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition, and Creative Progress

2009, DVD, color, 100 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Jayne Cortez

Not Recommended

Subjects: African American Studies, History
Date Entered:09/20/10


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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

2011, DVD , color, 26 min.
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday

Recommended

Subjects: African American History, Civil Rights, Social Justice
Date Entered:07/30/15


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The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump & The Politics of Race and Class in America

2018, DVD , color, 71 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Sociology, White Privilege, Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, Neo-Marxism
Date Entered:10/05/18


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This is [Not] Who We Are

2022, Streaming, 116 mins
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638
Produced by Katrina Miller and Beret E. Strong

Highly Recommended

Subjects: African Americans; Race Relations
Date Entered:08/28/23


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Unapologetic

2020, Streaming, 86 mins
Distributed by PBS
Produced by Morgan Elise Johnson, Ashley O'Shay, and Rubin Daniel

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Activism; Black; Policing
Date Entered:05/10/22