JustFilms Collection

The 8th

The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the world. After a 35-year struggle the pro-choice side radically shift tactics to try to bring an historically conservative electorate over the line.

I Called For You In Silence

Facing a lack of support from the authorities amid mounting forced disappearances, a group of mothers from Sinaloa go out with pickaxes and shovels in search of their disappeared children. This is the story of Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte, a collective of women who go on daily searches under a blistering sun with one objective: to find their loved ones.

Her Socialist Smile

Beginning in 1913, when, at age 32, Keller gave her first public talk before a general audience, Her Socialist Smile is constructed of onscreen text taken from Keller’s speeches, impressionistic images of nature, and newly recorded voiceover by poet Carolyn Forché.

La Vocera

A healer chosen to heal an ailing country. The Spokeswoman (La Vocera), the one who carries our voices is Maria de Jesús Patricio, the first indigenous woman to aspire to the presidency in Mexico. Her journey also tells the story behind the Indigenous Government Council’s fight to preserve nature and for a new way of understanding progress in the world today.

City Hall

City Hall, by Frederick Wiseman, shows the efforts by Boston city government to provide these services. The film also illustrates the variety of ways the city administration enters into civil discourse with the citizens of Boston.

Landfall

Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, LANDFALL examines a ruined world at the brink of transformation, spinning a cautionary tale for our times.

Unapologetic

Meet Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. Through their lens, Unapologetic provides an inside look into the ongoing movement work that transformed Chicago, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of mayor Lori Lightfoot.

With Drawn Arms

An intimate conversation with Tommie Smith, the gold medalist who is famous for raising one gloved fist after accepting his medal at the ’68 Olympic games in protest of racial inequality and in support of black Americans.

For the Love of Rutland

FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND explores the complex life of a blue-collar New England town as a partial microcosm/mirror of our current national and global reality. An attempt to bring new life to an economically struggling and overwhelmingly white community – through refugee resettlement – unleashes deep partisan rancor and opens new fissures within the city’s small population of 15,000. Stacie, after a lifetime of being invalidated and shamed for her poverty and addiction, emerges as an unexpected and resilient leader in a town divided by class, race, culture, and the toxic politics of today.

Latino Vote: The Tipping Point

Told through the eyes of those on the ground, Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground follows the efforts of community organizers and leaders working to ensure Latino voter turnout in the significant battleground states of Nevada, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. Amidst racial justice protests and as Covid-19 ravages communities both urban and rural, how will these grassroots efforts and community issues impact the November presidential election result, and will 2020 be a tipping point for the impact of the Latino vote?

First Vote

Four Asian American voters from two sides of the aisle organize politically leading up to the 2018 midterms. A conservative podcaster in Ohio mobilizes immigrant voters for the Republican Party. In North Carolina, a progressive journalist confronts the rise of “Chinese Americans for Trump”. A gun-toting first-time candidate courts Tea Party votes and supports voter ID legislation in the South, where a critical race theory professor believes it’s making it harder for people to vote. The film explores the intersection of politics, immigration, identity and voting rights through diverse perspectives of Asian Americans, who are now the fastest growing electorate in the United States.

Hamtramck, USA

Once a city that was 90% Polish, Hamtramck became the first Muslim majority city in America. Now, this new wave of immigrants aims to gain representation in city hall.

Hamtramck, USA follows Kamal Rahman, a Bangladeshi candidate for Mayor, Fadel al-Marsoumi, a young Iraqi immigrant running for City Council, and the current mayor, Karen Majewski, Hamtramck’s first female mayor in the city’s 100-year lineage of Polish mayors.

Throughout the election, candidates look to build support across ethnic and religious lines. Woven into the election season, the film showcases the vibrant life, celebrations, and culture of those who call this city home.