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Citizen Jane (2009), Radiant City (2006), Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1993), I Am MLK Jr. (2018), The Queen and I (2008), The Weather Underground (2003), Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (2017) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Citizen Jane (2009)
Activist Jane Alexander (Ally Sheedy) launches a crusade for justice against a former boyfriend (Sean Patrick Flanery) who murdered her beloved aunt.
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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1993)
Pulp novels of the '50s and '60s frame this recollection of the lesbian experience in Canada during that era.
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I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
This documentary explores the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on civil rights through present day.
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The Queen and I (2008)
Iranian Filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani chronicles the day-to-day life of Farah Pahlavi, the last queen of Iran and former wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Farah has been living in exile in Paris since 1979 and now spends most of her time responding to letters. Sarvestani, who participated in the ousting of the Shah in her youth and endured personal tragedy following the Iranian Revolution, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Farah as the two discuss their country's tumultuous history.
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The Weather Underground (2003)
In 1969 a splinter group of radical students takes up explosives in a violent attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.
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Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (2017)
The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were held on an Indian Reservation, in Onondaga in upstate New York, the Capitol of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
In 1990 a disagreement over land rights between Mohawk Indians and the Canadian government leads to a 78-day standoff.
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We Were Here (2011)
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
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Dark Days (2000)
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
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Ballets Russes (2005)
Ballets Russes is an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists -- now in their 70s, 80s and 90s -- who gave birth to modern ballet.
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Wattstax (1973)
Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance man.
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Free to Rock (2017)
FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power of Rock & Roll to affect social change behind the Iron Curtain between the years 1955 and 1991, and how it contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and to ending the Cold Wa...Read all
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
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The Irish Pub (2013)
The tradition of the Irish pub. Speaking to pub owners all over Ireland, Alex Fegan gets into the heart of what makes "the Irish pub" the institution that it is.
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.
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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000)
The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
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