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Unseen. by Hernandez Rongkilyo, Set,film director.; Filmhub, Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Filmhub, Inc. in 2023.An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family. But when attaining his dreams leads to new and unexpected challenges, what will Pedro do?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Developmental disabilities.; Emigration and immigration.; Illegal immigration.; Social justice.; Disabilities.; Mexico.; Blindness.; Hispanic Americans.;
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Punch 9 for Harold Washington. by Winston, Joe,film director.; Jackson, Jesse,actor.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jesse JacksonOriginally produced by Video Project in 2021.Barack Obama moved to Chicago in 1985, in part, because of a man he'd never met: Harold Washington. The first black mayor of a major U.S. city, Washington created a broad coalition across America's most segregated metropolis on an inclusive platform whose progressive values are still being championed today. Following the 20 year reign of Richard J. Daley, Chicagoans appeared fed up with the machine politics that had defined their city in the national imagination. After a promising but ultimately disappointing term from Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, the city's Black leaders recruited Washington to mount an effort to unseat her. In one of the dirtiest political campaigns in American history, in a city rife with corruption and discrimination, Harold Washington took on the deeply-entrenched machine, and a shameful realignment of the city's White democrats with the Republican candidate, to become the 51st mayor of Chicago.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Enthnology.; History, Modern.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; United States--Politics and government.; African Americans.; Chicago (Ill.).; Politicians.; United States--History.; Biography.;
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Rough Aunties. by Longinotto, Kim,film director.; Royal Anthropological Institute (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Royal Anthropological Institute in 2008.Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to justice. Born out of recognition of cultural stigmas that discourage reporting abuse and inadequate methods of communicating with young victims, Bobbi Bear developed a method of letting children use teddy bears to explain their abuse. Since 1992, the multiracial staff has become the fearless and powerful voice for those victims who would otherwise continue to live in fear, powerless against their oppressors and ignored by the legal system.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Child welfare.; Human rights.; Sociology.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Children.; Humanitarianism.; South Africa.; Africa.; Social justice.; Child abuse.;
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This is how it ends / by Dolan, Eva,author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Gentrification; Relocation (Housing); Environmental refugees; Homeless families; Murder; Secrecy; Sociology, Urban; Life change events;
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Four Died Trying. by Kirby, John,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2023.This film considers the "turning” President John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy were making in the last year or so of their lives. Were they embracing ever-broader conceptions of the struggle for peace, social change and economic justice, and what forces may have stirred in opposition? What lessons do their lives and deaths hold for us today, as the world once again trembles on the cliff of an uncertain future?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; United States--Politics and government.; Politicians.; United States--History.; Social problems.; Civil rights.; Assassination.;
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Resistance in a Hostile Environment: Black Power. by Amponsah, George,film director.; Kulaaya, Daniel,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel KulaayaOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2021.Charting the period between 1961 and 1971, this is a searing account of how members of the British Black Power movement challenged police oppression and political prejudice. At the heart of the documentary is a series of astonishing interviews with past activists, many of whom are speaking for the first time about what it was really like to be involved in the British Black Power movement, bringing to life one of the key cultural revolutions in the history of the nation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; Violence.; Racism.; African diaspora.; Police brutality.; Race relations.; British Isles.; Africa--History.;
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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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Standing Above the Clouds. by Keane-Lee, Jalena,film director.; Collective Eye Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2024.STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS highlights the movement to protect Mauna Kea through the intergenerational stories of women in three Native Hawaiian families as they stand for the sacred mountain. The film follows teacher and community organizer Pua Case and her two daughters — artist-activists Hāwane Rios and Kapulei Flores — who have been called to stop the telescope since 2010. Their lives quickly become consumed with frontline actions and court proceedings and immersed in ceremonies and cultural practices. As they face opposition and arrests, they are joined by the families of Mehana and Leina'ala and a community who have dedicated their lives to protecting Mauna Kea.The film is an intimate journey through the women’s lives both on and off the mountain, and explores the physical and emotional toll of sustaining a grassroots movement. After nine months of living on the mountain, blocking construction, and establishing a frontline camp, STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS shows their journey to heal once they return to their homes in March 2020. In the face of challenges and tragedy, the mountain gifts each woman with hope and strength and the understanding that victory is in standing in unity for sacred places and that healing occurs through the sisterhood they have created along the way.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Indigenous peoples.; Indians of North America.; Environmentalism.; Political participation.; Asian Americans.; Women social reformers.; Hawaii.;
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Muslim in America. by Khan, Deeyah,film director.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2020.Since 2015, anti-Muslim hate groups, conspiracy theories and hate crimes have risen in the United States. In this Peabody Award-winning exposé, Deeyah Khan explores the connections between this increase in hate-driven incidents and state-endorsed racism and investigates what it's like to be Muslim in a country where many people feel they don’t belong. Filmed before and during the coronavirus pandemic and while events following the death of George Floyd unfolded around her in America, Khan meets ordinary Muslims whose lives have been shattered by violence and intolerance, activists trying to combat a rising tide of hatred, armed militia who believe Islam is infiltrating the U.S., and lawmakers who have themselves been the target of vitriolic rhetoric, such as Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar.Deploying her uniquely intimate filming style, Deeyah seeks to get to the heart of the Muslim experience - providing a vivid insight into the experiences of alienation, of rejection, and the daily struggles of keeping faith in both Islam and the American Dream.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Enthnology.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Politicians.; Political participation.; Racism.; Social problems.; Discrimination.; Muslims.; Hate crimes.;
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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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