Interviews with Black steelworkers recount the fight for equal opportunity on the job.
A multi-racial group of college students in a weekend racial sensitivity workshop discuss affirmative action, self-segregation, internalized racism and cultural identity.
This exciting documentary provides an in-depth, case study of one of the bloody civil wars springing up like brush fires across Africa. An intrepid duo of reporters covers the war from either side though neither side can be said to represent anyone but itself. The film indicts the U.S. for its failure…
**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Attiya Khan & Lawrence Jackman 2017 | 79 minutes | Color -- From Executive Producer Sarah Polley, A BETTER MAN follows a series of intimate conversations between a woman and her former boyfriend when she…
**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Melissa Lowery 2016 | 54 minutes | Color -- For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life can be uniquely alienating. BLACK…
There's one thing milk stands for — health. It's seen as natural, nutrient-rich and comes from happy cows in green meadows. Today however, milk is big business and a highly sought-after commodity that is subject to aggressive trading. In Europe alone, 2 billion tonnes of milk and milk…
A Film by Curtis Choy: After a decade of spirited resistance to the razing of Manilatown, the battle for housing in San Francisco ends in the brutal eviction of the elderly tenants of the International Hotel. "The Fall of the I-Hotel" serves as the witness to the community's fight to…
Four friends are heading into the Amazonian jungle for a challenging journey. They paddle down the wild rivers and hike through deep forests to become a part of the Indian Hodi tribe. The mysterious Sierra Maigualida Mountains, which haven´t been crossed by any European human being ever before,…
"Kettling" is a police tactic used to control large crowds during protests. Officers surround the crowd from all sides, pushing them together into a smaller area. In many cases an individual's only means of exiting the kettle is through arrest. Set against the backdrop of the Toronto G20…
Documentary about the genocide and the Holocaust on the territory of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in the period 1941- 1945. Edited from 450 hours of recorded testimonies, collected over four years of conversations with 94 concentration camps survivors, film Legacy is an excerpt from a great…
“Concrete and Sunshine” documents the social impacts of this massive prison expansion, showing complex connections and consequences inherent in this alarming social trend. Arguing that a central component of prison is isolation, the film begins with interviews of prisoners housed in solitary…
A daredevil photographer, an aspiring swimsuit model, and a midwest girl next door are all looking for the same things from their Instagram account–a little love, acceptance and of course fame. And they’ll do just about anything to get it. With an observational eye, Social Animals peeks into…
