JustFilms Collection
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville takes us on a global journey with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, who model new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops, and residencies.
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The Diplomat
Spanning 50 years of American foreign policy, the career of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is depicted from the perspective of his oldest son, David, who sheds light on the efforts of high-stakes diplomacy to broker peace and bring wars to an end.
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution documents the emergence of revolutionary culture in the 1960s through accounts from the Black Panthers’ first members, the rank and file, and lawyers, journalists, police officers, and FBI agents.
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Sembene!
This true-life epic follows Ousmane Sembène, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, who became the “father of African cinema.” After a startling fall from grace, can the fearless spokesperson for the marginalized and hero to millions reinvent himself once more?
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Romeo Is Bleeding
Amidst a fatal turf war in his hometown of Richmond, CA, Donté Clark mounts an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the hope of starting a real dialogue about violence in the city.
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
From child prodigy to “Boogie-Woogie Queen” to groundbreaking composer to mentor, Mary Lou Williams never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But as an ambitious black woman ahead of her time, she had to fight to create in a world that could not see past her race or gender.
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Look Love
Two children who are a part of the phenomenon called “left-behind children” in China reveal what it’s like to live with a shortage of love and an absence of family values.
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In Jackson Heights
In his 40th documentary, Frederick Wiseman turns his empathetic camera on the racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, in Queens, New York, to reveal the melting pot of a dynamic neighborhood.
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Catching the Sun
Who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? The stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the United States and China highlight the global race to lead the clean energy future.
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Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr., covering their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.
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Among the Believers
A radical Islamic school trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad from a very young age. Through rare access and chilling footage, we are offered a timely look at what has led to the growth of radical Islam in Pakistan and around the world.
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Absences (Ausencias)
Among the many instances of enforced disappearance in Mexico, a boy and his father are abducted by armed men. Five years later, Lulu still refuses to give up hope that she will find her husband and son alive.