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Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows the journey of Ronald Troy Collins, a gifted songwriter living on the streets of Skid Row, and the impact he makes on those who come to love him. A living example of redemption and what it means to transform oneself from rock bottom. MIGHTY GROUND was an Official Selection at the **LA Film Festival** and an Audience Favorite Award winner at the **Calgary International Film Festival**.
3) Ever Deadly
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Throughout her ground-breaking career, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq has always had an intimate relationship with the Nuna—the Land—a living, breathing organism present in her improvised performances. Hers is a voice that, according to the New York Times, “demands full attention, whether she’s whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky.” EVER DEADLY weaves together intimate concert footage of Tagaq alongside moving personal...
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
In 1966, the documentary RUSH TO JUDGMENT presented for the first time a simple, concise legal argument that the Warren Commission was hiding something, suggesting a broader conspiracy. Lee Harvey Oswald could not have single-handedly killed President John F. Kennedy. Director Emile de Antonio and lawyer Mark Lane recorded unpolished, first-hand interviews from witnesses with direct proximity to the murders–but who were not given a platform in the...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Summer 2002: Once the Border Security Bill is law, Kennedy and Brownback are eager to move back to immigration, but the fight over creation of a Department of Homeland Security eats up the summer. Republicans win the Senate by a landslide in November midterms, and will dominate committees in the next Congress. But immigration is not playing well in Kansas and Brownback is up for reelection. Will one of the Senate's most compassionate advocates decide...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Spring 2002: Security becomes the national focus. A Border Security Bill must precede immigration reform, but there's a mysterious hold-up in Congress. One Senator is at the bottom of the delay—Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd, Kennedy’s most feared colleague. Then the White House proposes a small, immigrant-friendly provision be added to the same stalled bill. The unexpected detour creates more trouble every day it lasts. Senator Byrd holds...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
January, 2006: The House just passed the toughest anti-amnesty, enforcement-only immigration bill in history. Immigrants feel targeted, and 'Sensenbrenner' (the bill's sponsor) becomes a nasty household word for Latinos. Finally the Senate tackles immigration reform. Millions of people take to the streets all over the US, marching until a bipartisan compromise modeled on last year's Kennedy-McCain bill goes to the Senate floor. But leaders in both...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
October, 2003: High school students stage a mock graduation ceremony on the Capitol lawn. Next day, the DREAM Act gets a chance. Because it's a small bipartisan bill to help kids, supporters are optimistic. But anti-immigrant groups see it as "amnesty for illegals." The Senate Judiciary Committee markup is heated and long. Finally an amended version is recommended for full Senate debate - but what exactly did Senators agree on in the confusion of...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Summer, 2004: Across America, grassroots both for and against comprehensive immigration reform are spoiling for a fight at the ballot box. In Arizona, no one can ignore it—voters' frustration is at a boiling point. Citizens launch a wildly popular ballot initiative, PROTECT ARIZONA NOW. Alfredo Gutierrez, radio host and ex-politician, is galvanized out of retirement to try to beat it. National groups get it late: if things go badly in Arizona, they...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Winter, 2003: As the new Congress begins, a lot of people seem to have ideas about an immigration bill. For pro-immigration advocates, the best bet remains Kennedy's plan. But across the Hill in the House, young staffers for two Republican congressmen from Arizona are quietly crafting a guestworker bill with a path to citizenship. Kennedy's counsel Esther isn't too worried as long as their bill is Republican-only, but once her rivals begin courting...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Fall, 2004–Spring, 2005: Congressmen Kolbe and Flake's reward for their innovative 2003 guestworker bill: tough primary challenges in 2004, facing determined opponents who capitalize on Arizona anger over "amnesty for illegals." The two very different campaigns, both hot and colorful, leave the winners vowing to do something about immigration. Next winter, their staffers team up with staff for Kennedy, McCain, and Democrat Luis Gutierrez. Can they...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Summer, 2001: Secret negotiations between US and Mexico break into front page news, igniting a national debate over immigration that reflects the country's deep divide. Advocates see pro-reform efforts from President Bush and 2 key Senators as an incredible alignment of the stars… until the 9/11 attacks shatter any hope of comprehensive reform. But immigration resurfaces in November's local elections. A heated city council race in Iowa holds the...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Spring, 2007: This year, immigration advocates and grassroots expect great things. But Senator Kennedy has lost his partner John McCain to presidential primaries, and President Bush now puts a very different offer on the table. Deep at the heart of this fast moving story, we find a moral tale of modern American politics. Ted Kennedy—one of the handful of people whose personal efforts truly changed the face of America—will be forced to decide how...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Fall, 2003: Esther, Senator Kennedy's Immigration Counsel, has plenty of reasons to worry. She's got eight weeks to accomplish a small miracle: get business and labor to agree on a comprehensive immigration deal, and find a Republican to co-sponsor it in the Senate. Driving cross-country, the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride buses are coming to lobby Congress, creating a very public impression that unions support Kennedy. But Esther learns forces inside...
16) Birthing Justice
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Black women in the United States are three to five times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white peers, a statistic that has actually gotten worse over the last 30 years. BIRTHING JUSTICE captures the experiences and challenges of Black women, their families, caretakers and advocates, and examines the structures and systems that determine these disparate mortality rates.The film addresses the myriad issues fueling...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis.
18) Plan C
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners, launched Plan C to spread the word about access to abortion pills online. This is the story of the work done between 2020 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
19) Downwind
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living… downwind.
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