The migration of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North and West during and after World War II is retold through personal stories of a group of Chicagoan's born in the Mississippi Delta.
A cinema verite record of a year in a multicultural residence hall at Stanford University provides insight into the freshman year experience.
A literary biography of a seminal figure of 20th century American literature, Margaret Walker, who established one of the first Black Studies centers in the nation, and mentored the Black Arts movement of the 1960s.
FIVE FACTORIES provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. [In Spanish with English Subtitles]
DJ Savarese ("Deej") is a nonspeaking young man with autism who communicates with others via text-to-voice synthesizer. In DEEJ, he tells his own story, via documentary and poetry, with director Robert Rooy. DEEJ refreshingly avoids the trap of speaking for a person with autism; instead, the…
A case study of the collective bargaining process during contract negotiations between General Motors and the U.A.W
This is the first in a new DVD series featuring trains and action from the National Network as well as on the many varied and interesting Heritage Lines in Britain. We begin in the far South-West as we call at Penzance, Marazion and St.Erth. Our May 2018 visit sees HSTs (pre-Hitachi InterCity Express…
Xenophobia has nothing to do with the color of people's skin or with their ethnic origin, but it certainly has to do with social categories as superior or inferior, poor or rich, on the top or on the bottom. It is xenophobia that makes women, homosexuals, the disabled and old people find themselves…
Everyone deserves their fifteen minutes of fame, but what would you say? Young British people talk about all the "Big" words whilst filmed against a blue/screen, behind them either complementary or entertaining images are juxtaposed. ARTICULATE (2018) feature-length documentary Master…
This is the story of Sayed Jaffar, a former hippie motorcycle gang member who played the drums in a heavy metal band. Now he returns to Afghanistan to become a key power broker between the Soviets, the Mujahidin and the Afghan government.
"In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent. Venturing beyond the frontiers…
Every summer, thirty of the most talented young circus performers in the world gather in Greensboro, Vermont. With the help of professional circus coaches and trainers, they build a full-length show featuring aerial acts, juggling, magic, music, clowning and more. Circus Smirkus tours New England and…
