JustFilms Collection
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The Trans List
Acclaimed director and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders shines a light on transgender Americans, several of whom share their insights on trans rights, the fight for equality, and their personal struggles and accomplishments.
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Rikers: An American Jail
The stories of men and women who have endured incarceration at Rikers Island vividly describe the cruel arc of the Rikers experience from the shock of entry, to the extortion and control exercised by other inmates, the oppressive interaction with corrections officers, the beatings and stabbings, the torture of solitary confinement and the many challenges of returning to the outside world.
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The Secret Life of Muslims
The Secret Life of Muslims, uses humor and empathy to subvert stereotypes and reveal the truth about American Muslims: fascinating careers, unexpected talents, and inspiring accomplishments, providing a counter-narrative to the rampant Islamophobia prevalent in the media.
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Backpack Full of Cash
A Backpack Full of Cash explores the movement for market-based school reform and its impact on public education. This film will look at the historic role and democratic mission of public schools while looking at free market experiments underway nationwide, which, critics say, threatens its very survival.
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Rosenwald
The living story is about saving the schools today, the ongoing story concerns self-reliance and community pride. It is the great story of a Jewish and African-American partnership.
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He Named Me Malala
An intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world.
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Chi-Raq
Set in Chicago, Chi-Raq is a satire that focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city’s south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood. The girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) of a Chicago gang leader (Nick Cannon) persuades other frustrated women to abstain from sex until their men agree to end the senseless cycle of violence.
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A Road to Home
A Road to Home tracks the lives of six homeless LGBTQ young people over 18 months. Their lives typify the experience of the 500,000 homeless youth on American streets every night, 40% of them LGBTQ.
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Wilhemina’s War
HIV is a persistent main cause of mortality for African American women, especially in the Deep South, where, despite institutional and personal obstacles, 62-year-old Wilhemina Dixon works tirelessly to combat stigma and care for her daughter and granddaughter, both HIV positive.
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This Changes Everything
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed on five continents over four years, This Changes Everything, inspired by Naomi Klein’s nonfiction bestseller of the same title, is an epic attempt to reimagine the vast challenge of climate change.
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The Trials of Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley was the first black woman elected to the New York State Senate and the first woman to serve as Manhattan borough president. We follow her illustrious 20-year legal career, culminating in her appointment to the federal bench by President Lyndon Johnson.
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The Room of Bones (El Cuarto de los Huesos)
Four mothers search for the bodies of their missing children as forensic anthropologists study remains from the innumerable mass graves of El Salvador, trying to identify victims of the decades-long violence in that country.