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- Change, Not Charity. by Lebrecht, Jim,film director.; Dinklage, Peter,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Peter DinklageOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A story of courage and perseverance, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans. From American Experience.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Health.; History.; United States--History.; Discrimination.; Disabilities.; United States--Politics and government.; People with disabilities.;
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- Resistance in a Hostile Environment: Subnormal. by Shannon, Lyttanya,film director.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by BBC Studios in 2021.In the 1960s, while young black adults were getting to grips with the struggle for black power and a long fightback against police abuse was starting, the majority of West Indian migrants were keeping their heads down. They were working hard and counting on providing better opportunities and education for their children. However, in a white-dominated country, where the politics were becoming increasingly racialised, there was a question of how society, and its teachers, saw these young black children. Before having a chance to develop intellectually, they were labelled as stupid, difficult and disruptive. This documentary reveals how black children in the 1960s and 70s were sent to schools for the subnormal, and how parents, activists and teachers came together to fight this injustice.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Education.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; Political participation.; Racism.; African diaspora.; Police brutality.; Political activists.; Race relations.; Nineteen sixties.;
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- The Padilla Affair. by Giroud, Pavel,film director.; Castro, Fidel,actor.; Garcia, Gabriel,actor.; Padilla, Heberto,actor.; Sartre, Jean-Paul,actor.; Pragda (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Fidel Castro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Heberto Padilla, Jean-Paul SartreOriginally produced by Pragda in 2022.A startling documentary about the poet Heberto Padilla that opens a window into the past and offers insights into Cuba’s current crisis.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Latin America.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Revolutions.; Cuba.; Prisoners.; Authors.; Latin America--Politics and government.;
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- Voces: Latino Vote 2024. by Ruiz, Bernardo,film director.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PBS in 2024.This multiplatform documentary examines the priorities of a politically diverse Latino electorate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. It focuses on key issues that will drive Latino voter turnout in some of the most hotly contested battleground states like Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as California and Florida, which have large Latino populations.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Social problems.; United States.; Presidents--Election.; Elections.; Hispanic Americans.; Voting.;
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- Sometime, Somewhere. by Preve, Ricardo,film director.; Bayview Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bayview Entertainment in 2023.The stories of migrants who are forced to come to Virginia, USA due to global climate change, gang violence, or poverty are unique to each individual, but form a common pathway of fear, courage, and hope.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; United States--Politics and government.; Emigration and immigration.; United States--History.; Social problems.; Virginia.; United States--Emigration and immigration.;
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- Defund the Police? What That Means, and What It Doesn’t. by Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2021.This talk is given by Alex S. Vitale of Brooklyn College.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Sociology.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Social problems.; Police.; Social justice.; Police brutality.;
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- Locked-Up Time. by Schönemann, Sibylle,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1990.After documentary filmmaker Sibylle Schönemann applied to leave the GDR and go to West Germany, in 1984 she was arrested by the Stasi and imprisoned for the alleged crime of “interfering with state activities.” One year later, she was released to West Germany after their government bought her freedom. A few months after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, Schönemann returned to the East to confront the people responsible for her arrest and imprisonment: fellow workers, prison guards, a judge, and members of the Stasi. Not all of them were willing to talk.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; German language.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Prisoners.; Germany.;
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- Decade of Fire. by Hildebran, Gretchen,film director.; Vazquez, Vivian,film director.; Bayview Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bayview Entertainment in 2019.In the 1970s, fires consumed the South Bronx. Black and Puerto Rican residents were blamed, even as they fought to save their homes. Vivian Vázquez Irizarry pursues the truth around the fires, uncovering racist policies and neglect that shape our cities.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; Nineteen seventies.; Political participation.; Communities.; Fire.; Disasters.; Hispanic Americans.; New York (State).;
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- Commander Arian: A Story of Women, War and Freedom. by Sotorra, Alba,film director.; DogWoof (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DogWoof in 2018.Hit by 5 bullets, Commander Arian experiences the cost of war in the flesh as she is forced to redefine her role in the struggle for women’s freedom.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; War.; Syria.; Women social reformers.;
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- Storming Caesars Palace. by Gurland, Hazel,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2022.Chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor. Ruby, along with Mary Wesley, Alversa Beals, and low-income mothers across the country form the National Welfare Rights Organization to fight for an adequate income, dignity, and justice. Together, they introduce a Guaranteed Income campaign in 1969 which, with feminist Gloria Steinem at their side, becomes part of the Democratic platform in 1972.A real-life superhero, Ruby takes on both the Nevada political establishment and organized crime in a valiant and resolute act of civil disobedience. Based on a groundbreaking book and using lost archival material,STORMING CAESARS PALACE celebrates the visionary leadership of Ruby Duncan, whose courage, tenacity, and dreams could not be quashed against all odds. While the film focuses on a historical story, its message is current and relevant as it asks viewers to consider that a guaranteed universal income is a human rights issue.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Economic development.; Business.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; Poverty.; African Americans.; Political participation.; United States--History.; Biography.; Equality.; Social justice.; Feminism.; Political activists.;
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