Social Justice Movies

  • 2024
    The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp

    The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp

    The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp

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    Three men seeking asylum in Ireland find themselves on the streets, caught between restrictive migration policies and an increasingly aggressive...

    The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
  • 1970
    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    01970HD

    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...

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It
  • 1970
    Save the Fairy Creek Watershed!

    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...

    Save the Fairy Creek Watershed!
  • 1985
    You Got to Move

    You Got to Move

    You Got to Move

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    A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change,...

    You Got to Move
  • 2021
    Child of Nature

    Child of Nature

    Child of Nature

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    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...

    Child of Nature
  • 2021
    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    02021HD

    For more than 100 years, thousands of Indigenous children died while in Canada’s residential school system. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones...

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy
  • 2022
    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    Honeybee

    02022HD

    An undocumented immigrant receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border.

    Honeybee
  • 2013
    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

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    A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World
  • 2009
    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    02009HD

    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...

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine
  • 2022
    This Temporal World

    This Temporal World

    This Temporal World

    02022HD

    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...

    This Temporal World
  • 2021
    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    02021HD

    Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...

    Before They Fall
  • 2022
    Laila

    Laila

    Laila

    02022HD

    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...

    Laila
  • 1970
    What World Do You Live In?

    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...

    What World Do You Live In?
  • 1970
    COMPLACENCY

    COMPLACENCY

    COMPLACENCY

    01970HD

    After unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, reactions have a deep impact on those involved.

    COMPLACENCY
  • 2015
    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

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    What happens when a mixed-income housing 'experiment' collides with reality? Filmed over 15 years, 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green looks at the...

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
  • 2011
    Grandpuits & petites victoires

    Grandpuits & petites victoires

    Grandpuits & petites victoires

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    Grandpuits & petites victoires