Adios Amor
2018, Streaming, 59 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Laurie Coyle and Jane Greenberg
Recommended
Subjects: Activism; Labor Movement; Latin Americans
Date Entered:02/04/21
39 Reviews
Admissions : Student Stories from Undocumented America
2012, DVD , color, 50 min.
Produced by Chloe Smolarski and Tasha Darbes
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Immigration, Multicultural Studies, American Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Eductation, Law, Human Rights, Criminal Justice
Date Entered:04/24/13
Armadillo
2010, DVD, color, 100 mins.
Distributed by Kino Lorber Edu, 333 West 39 St, Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880
Produced by Sara Stockmann, Ronnie Fridthjof
Recommended with reservations
Subjects: Journalism, Military Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Human Rights, Ethics, International Relations, Area Studies
Date Entered:07/08/11
Belly of the Beast
2020, Streaming, 81 mins
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, and Nicole Docta
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Human Rights; Prison Reform; Reproductive Rights
Date Entered:11/04/21
Code of the West
2012, DVD, color, 71 min.
Distributed by Racing Horse Productions
Produced by Francisco Bello
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Alternative Medicine, American Studies, Health Sciences, Law, Crime, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Death and Dying
Date Entered:09/24/12
Come & Take It
2019, Streaming, 25 mins
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Robert J. Barnhart and Julia Robertson
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Activism; Health; Weapons
Date Entered:06/23/21
Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty
2020, Streaming, 20 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Tsanavi Spoonhunter
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Food; Human Rights; Native Americans
Date Entered:09/01/22
Dish: Women, Waitressing and the Art of Service
2010, DVD, color, 58 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Justine Pimlott, Maya Gallus
Recommended with reservations
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, International Studies, Canadian Studies, Asian Studies, Hospitality
Date Entered:12/19/11
Downstream to Kinshasa
2020, Streaming, 89 mins
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Dieudo Hamadi
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Disabilities; Human Rights; War
Date Entered:03/01/22
Family Portrait in Black and White
2011, DVD, color, 85 min. and 52 min. versions
Distributed by Interfilm Productions Inc.,, 304-1515 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6G 3G6, Canada; 604-638-8920
Produced by Boris Ivanov
Recommended
Subjects: Adoption, Adolescence, Children, Child Development, Parenting, Area Studies, European Studies, Ethnic Studies, Social Work, African Studies
Date Entered:09/24/12
Floored
2009, DVD, color and b&w, 77 mins ; 45 mins extra features
Distributed by Typecast Releasing, 3131 Western Ave., Suite 514, Seattle, WA 09121; 206-322-0882
Produced by James Allen Smith
Not Recommended
Subjects: Economics, Business, Careers, American Studies, Information Systems
Date Entered:02/11/11
Forget Me Not
2019, Streaming, 83 mins
Distributed by Grasshopper Film, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Monica Hellström
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Adoption; Human Rights; Reproductive Rights
Date Entered:12/12/22
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
2021, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by David Grubin
Highly Recommended
Subjects: African American History; Civil Rights; Justice
Date Entered:12/12/22
Grandma's Tattoos
2011, DVD, color and b&w, 58 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by PeA Holmquist
Recommended with reservations
Subjects: Armenian Genocide, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Studies, Area Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Biography, Women's Studies, Gender Studies
Date Entered:04/05/12
Guest House
2018 , Streaming, 75 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Hannah Dweck and Yael Luttwak
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Addiction; Mental Health Services; Prisoners
Date Entered:07/06/20
Iraq, The Shadows of War
2010, DVDd, color, 25 min.
Distributed by CineFete, 1586 Fleury St. East, Suite 210, Montreal, Canada H2C 156; 800-858-2183
Produced by Guillaume Pérès, Jean-Luc Millan
Recommended with Reservations
Subjects: Middle Eastern Studies, Area Studies, Environmental Studies, International Relations, Transportation
Date Entered:05/20/11
Little Brother
2010-2012, DVD, Total 42 mins (Chapter 1, 18 mins; Chapter 2, 17 mins; Chapter 3, 17 mins)
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Nicole Franklin and Jasmin Tiggett
Recommended
Subjects: Adolescents, Children African Americans, Gender Identity, Parenting, Education
Date Entered:11/22/13
Loot
2008, DVD, color with some b&w, 85 min.
Distributed by Carnivalesque Films, 203.417.3136 or 347.282.6132
Produced by Darius Marder
Highly Recommended
Subjects: History, Travel, World War II, Area Studies, European Studies, Aging
Date Entered:11/12/10
Los Lobos (The Wolves)
2019, Streaming, 95 mins
Distributed by Pragda, 302 Bedford Ave., #136, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Produced by Leticia Carrillo
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Children; Immigration; Labor
Date Entered:05/13/22
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
2012, DVD, color, 72 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by S. Leo Chiang
Highly Recommended
Subjects: American Studies, Asian American Studies, Ethics, Political Science, Religious Studies
Date Entered:01/11/13
Potentially Dangerous
2021, Streaming, 50 mins
Distributed by Il Ponte Film Group, 1640 N. Frederic St. Burbank CA 91505
Produced by Naomi Baliva, Zach Baliva, Noah Readhead, and John Turturro
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Immigration; U.S. History; World War II
Date Entered:09/01/22
Presumed Guilty
2009, DVD, color, 88 min.
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Layda Negrete, Roberto Hernández, Martha Sosa, Yissel Ibarra
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Criminal Justice, Prisoners and Prisons, Human Rights, Area Studies, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:02/11/11
Rip Off! Banks Exploiting Consumers
2007, DVDd, color, 55 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Karney Hatch, John Stanford Anderson
Not Recommended
Subjects: Business, Economics, Finance, Banking, American Studies, Sociology
Date Entered:05/20/11
Since I Been Down
2020, Streaming, 105 mins
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Gilda Sheppard
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Criminal Justice; Human Rights; Racism
Date Entered:03/01/22
Sisters Rising
2020, Streaming, 59 mins
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200,New York, NY, 10001; 212-925-0606
Produced by Jaida Grey Eagle and Tantoo Cardinal
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Native Americans; Sexual Abuse; Women's Rights
Date Entered:11/04/21
Soledad
2019, Streaming, 24 mins
Distributed by New Day Films, 350 North Water Street Unit 1-12, Newburgh, NY 12550; 888-367-9154
Produced by Shefali Milczarek-Desai and Lisa Molomot
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Human Trafficking; Immigration; Prisons
Date Entered:02/04/21
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
2010, DVD, color with some b&w, 89 min.
Distributed by Carnivalesque Films, 203.417.3136 or 347.282.6132
Produced by Bradley Beesley
Recommended
Subjects: Criminal Justice, Prisoners and Prisons, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, American Studies, Americana, Sports
Date Entered:11/12/10
The Canal Street Madam
2010, DVD, color, 78 min.
Distributed by Cinema Guild, 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800, New York, NY 10001; 212-685-6242
Produced by Mridu Chandra
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, American Studies, Criminal Justice, Ethics, Urban Studies
Date Entered:12/19/11
The Invisible War
2012, DVD , color, 95 min.
Distributed by Ro*co Films International, llc, 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausolito, CA 94965; 415-332-6471
Produced by Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Human Rights, Military Studies, American Studies, Criminal Justice, Ethics, Workplace violence, Law
Date Entered:01/11/13
The Lower 9: Story of Home
2011, DVD, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Matthew Hashiguchi
Recommended
Subjects: African Americans, Anthropology, Urban Areas, Hurricane Katrina
Date Entered:11/22/13
The Pass It On Project
2013, DVD , color with some b&w, 49 min.
Distributed by Pass It On Film
Produced by Kalim Armstrong and Melissa Nicolardi
Recommended
Subjects: Education, African American Studies, American Studies, Teacher Training, History, Human, Rights, Political Science, Travel and Tourism, Museums, Adolescence
Date Entered:04/24/13
The Purity Myth
2011, DVD , color, 45 min.
Distributed by Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060; 800-897-0089
Produced by Sut Jhally, Jeremy Earp, Scott Morris, Jason Young
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Sex Education, Health Sciences, Adolescence, Education, American Studies, Ethics
Date Entered:04/05/12
The Vanishing Trial
2020, Streaming, 38 mins
Distributed by Collective Eye Films, 1315 SE 20th Ave. #3, Portland OR 97214; 971-236-2056
Produced by Wynette Yao
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Law
Date Entered:06/23/21
Tijuana Nada Más
2010, DVD , color, 27 min.
Distributed by Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018; 212-947-9277
Produced by Yolanda Pividal
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Human Rights, International Relations, Immigration, Crime, Adolescence, Children, Social Work
Date Entered:10/12/11
True Mothers
2020, Streaming, 140 mins
Distributed by Film Movement
Produced by Naoya Kinoshita
Recommended
Subjects: Adoption; Parenting
Date Entered:12/12/22
Unguarded
2021, Streaming, 47 mins
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by T.J. Berden
Recommended
Subjects: Human rights; Mental health; Prison reform
Date Entered:05/13/22
Voices Unveiled: Turkish Women who Dare
2010, DVD, color, 69 min.
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606
Produced by Jill Rytie Lutz
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Gender Studies, Textiles, Human Rights, Area Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Art, Religious Studies, Education
Date Entered:10/12/11
Welcome Strangers
2020, Streaming, 21 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Garret Savage and Dia Sokol Savage
Recommended with Reservations
Subjects: Human Rights; Immigration; Prisons
Date Entered:09/01/22
While I Breathe, I Hope
2018, Streaming, 53 and 72 mins
Distributed by Good Docs
Produced by Lauren Franklin, Diane Robertson, and Xuan Vu
Highly Recommended
Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Politics
Date Entered:10/01/20