JustFilms Collection
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American Blackout
Guerilla journalist Ian Inaba follows Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as she works to expose systematic efforts that disenfranchise black voters and silence dissent.
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
The haunting story of the life and work of America’s greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him and his art.
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Favela Rising
Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance, former drug-trafficker Anderson Sá rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
An in-depth look at the gender politics of rap and hip-hop, as seen by a former college star athlete who explores the relationship between culture, commerce, and gender and the prevalence of sexism, violence, and homophobia in the music and culture.
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
In 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, more than 900 individuals died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history. This chilling event, orchestrated by Peoples Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones, is examined through the words of survivors, defectors, relatives, and journalists.
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No! The Rape Documentary
Directed and produced over a period of eleven years by a survivor of rape and incest, this groundbreaking documentary features riveting testimonials from black women survivors who defy victimization.
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Building the Alaska Highway
On November 20, 1942, on a remote vista in Yukon Territory, several hundred men braved the bitter cold to mark the end of an ordeal that few people thought possible: the completion of the Alaska Highway, one of the boldest U.S. homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.
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California and the American Dream
Exploring the dynamics of culture, community, and identity in one of the most diverse regions in the world.
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Fidel Castro
Ruthless dictator or champion of social justice? Adriana Bosch’s film offers an intimate and revealing portrait of the man who led Cuba for almost half a century.
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Off to War
In April 2004, filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud arrived in Iraq during one of the bloodiest months of the conflict to date. Their film tells the story of the war through scenes of full-scale combat, a soldier’s funeral, the birth of a first child, and the heartbreaking return home of a critically injured soldier.
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Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey
The unforgettable story of one man’s commitment to integrity and human rights, and his profound influence on the American judicial system.
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State of Fear
Based on the groundbreaking revelations of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this cautionary tale for all nations dramatizes the costs of embarking on a “war against terror,” which is all too easy to exploit for political ends.