JustFilms Collection
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One Day on Earth
Shot by volunteer filmmakers in every country of the world over the 24 hours of October 10, 2010, this documentary is a mesmerizing portrait of the wonders and perils of our planet.
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Half the Sky
Shot in 10 countries, this four-hour series follows journalist Nicholas Kristof and celebrity advocates as they meet with women and girls who are living under some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable — and bravely fighting to change them.
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
After 40 years, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that catapulted her from a 26-year-old UCLA professor to a ’70s revolutionary icon, branded her as a terrorist, and spurred a worldwide fight for her freedom.
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Endgame: AIDS in Black America
A groundbreaking exploration of one of the United States’ most urgent, preventable health crises.
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Elena
Elena, a young woman who lived under the military dictatorship in Brazil, which caused the exile of many artists, moves to New York to become an actress but is lost to suicide. Years later, her younger sister struggles to come to terms with Elena’s absence. Impressionistic images of water create a dreamlike mood.
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Detropia
Creating a dreamlike collage of a grand city on the brink of dissolution, Detropia follows soulful pragmatists and stalwart philosophers whose grit and pluck embody the spirit of the Motor City as it struggles to survive postindustrial America.
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America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa
Through in-depth reporting, statistical analysis, and compelling storytelling, Maria Hinojosa explores how growing numbers of Asians, Latinos, African Americans, people of mixed race, immigrants, women, youth, and LGBT people are influencing elections, commerce, and culture.
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Advise and Dissent
Politics and justice collide as two opposing lobbyists and two lions of the US Senate navigate the nominating process for candidates for the US Supreme Court. In an unexpectedly suspensive narrative, the candidates inflame passions and provoke surprising conflicts and shifting alliances.
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Dear Mandela
When their shantytowns are threatened with mass eviction, three “young lions” of South Africa’s new generation take their government to the highest court in the land, putting promises of democracy to the test.
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Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
A 1982 documentary film becomes forensic evidence in a genocide case against a Guatemalan military dictator. Each effort in the case becomes a granito, a tiny grain of sand, in the attempt to tip the scales of justice.
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Out in America
A collection of transformative stories and inspiring narratives from some of the country’s most prominent LGBT figures, pioneers, and everyday citizens.
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The Island President
Newly elected Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed fights to protect his low-lying country from the threat of rising sea levels. He travels to the Copenhagen Climate Summit, emerging as a leading voice in the call for urgent action on climate change.