Social Justice Movies
- 2024
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp02024HD
Three men seeking asylum in Ireland find themselves on the streets, caught between restrictive migration policies and an increasingly aggressive...
- 1970
Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It
Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It01970HD
Mainland reporter hears about protest on Vancouver Island and decides to visit and see it for himself. He spends time to meet people there from both...
- 1970
Save the Fairy Creek Watershed!
Save the Fairy Creek Watershed!01970HD
"A short documentary amplifying what I witnessed this past long weekend. I hope this film helps spread the word about the importance of the Fairy...
- 1985
You Got to Move
You Got to Move71985HD
A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change,...
- 2021
Child of Nature
Child of Nature102021HD
An epic journey of courage, hope and generosity, filmed in 15 countries. Child of Nature follows 5 connected stories of young people who, against all...
- 2021
Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy
Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy02021HD
For more than 100 years, thousands of Indigenous children died while in Canada’s residential school system. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones...
- 2022
Honeybee
Honeybee02022HD
An undocumented immigrant receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border.
- 2013
Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World
Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World02013HD
A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...
- 2009
Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine
Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine02009HD
In the summer of 2004, the Mayor of Lewiston, Maine announced a plan to develop a four-lane boulevard across downtown's low-income neighborhood. This...
- 2022
This Temporal World
This Temporal World02022HD
A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he...
- 2021
Before They Fall
Before They Fall02021HD
Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...
- 2022
Laila
Laila02022HD
Laila Lives in a fake eastern society where all women should wear a veil and the only way of marriage is to be selected by a man, she refuses this...
- 1970
What World Do You Live In?
What World Do You Live In?01970HD
A collaborative video and activism project between long-time community filmmaker Rebecca Garrett and Sanctuary, a church community drop-in, evolves...
- 1970
COMPLACENCY
COMPLACENCY01970HD
After unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, reactions have a deep impact on those involved.
- 2015
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green02015HD
What happens when a mixed-income housing 'experiment' collides with reality? Filmed over 15 years, 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green looks at the...
- 2011
Grandpuits & petites victoires
Grandpuits & petites victoires02011HD