JustFilms Collection

Two Gods

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, Two Gods follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young teenagers under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.

Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz.

Words from a Bear

Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Navarro Scott Momaday, one of Native America’s most celebrated authors of poetry and prose.

When We Walk

When We Walk is a follow-up to the Emmy-Award winning film When I Walk. It is the second part of a documentary trilogy that follows the life of filmmaker Jason DaSilva as he deals with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. When We Walk takes place six years after the events of When I Walk, and documents DaSilva’s struggle to stay close with his son. In the process, he ends up on a trip through the challenges of a broken health care system and the threat of powerlessness facing all disabled people.

Waging Change

Waging Change weaves together the female driven movements that reveal an American workers’ struggle hidden in plain sight– the effort to end the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13 for restaurant servers and bartenders and the #MeToo movement’s efforts to end sexual harassment.

Vision Portraits

Chronicling the experiences of several blind artists including photographer John Dugdale and writer Ryan Knighton. Vision Portraits focuses on the ways each artist was impacted by the loss of their vision and how their creative process thrives in spite of their blindness.

American Factory

A documentary film about the intersection of global economies and the American working class, told through the story of a factory in Ohio.

The Infiltrators

The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the real — and surreal — story of a group of immigrants in America who got themselves apprehended by Border Patrol to ‘infiltrate’ secretive, for-profit detention centers and help other immigrants get free.

The Edge of Democracy

An epic tragedy of corruption and betrayal, The Edge of Democracy is a behind-the-scenes look at the ousting of Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff.

Always in Season

Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, NC. Despite inconsistencies in the case, local officials quickly ruled Lennon’s death a suicide, but his mother, Claudia, believes he was lynched. Always in Season explores the lasting impact of lynchings and racial terrorism.

Border South

To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the U.S. collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory. Border South reveals the immigrants’ experience as it exposes a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death.

Softie

Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has long fought injustices in his country as a political activist. Now he’s taking the next step by running for office in a regional Kenyan election. From the moment Boniface decides to run, telling his wife, Njeri, in passing with a hesitant laugh, he responds to each challenge with optimism. But running a clean campaign against corrupt opponents becomes increasingly harder to combat with idealism alone. And Boniface soon finds that challenging strong political dynasties is putting his family at risk. Should country really come before family, as he’s always believed?

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement. CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is an untold story co-directed by Emmy Award winner Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht.