criminal justice
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of criminal justice. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
Bad Choices
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Book ‘Em: Undereducated, Overincarcerated
In New Haven, Connecticut the pipeline from school to prison is shorter than you might think.
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Books Not Bars
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
CopWatch
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Day of Remembrance
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Exiled in America
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Happy Ending
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Homecoming
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
In the Morning
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
No Escape, Prison Rape
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Perversion of Justice
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border
Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border exposes the ugly anti-immigrant politics that lurk behind the Minuteman Project and also illustrates the continuum between official border militarization and vigilante action. Human rights activists and residents of border communities shot this video.
Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border was produced in order to halt the growth of the vigilante movement, as well as prompt a broader discussion around the impact of current U.S. immigration policies. In the aftermath of September 11th, immigration again became a hot button issue. Concerned about inhumane treatment of U.S.-Mexico border crossers, the American Friends Service Committee worked to bring attention to the expanding powers of border law enforcement and increased activity by vigilante groups like the Minuteman Project, seeking to recast the current immigrants’ rights debate in the U.S. within a broader human rights framework. As part of this project, AFSC partnered with WITNESS and the ACLU to produce Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border in September 2005.
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Silence Speaks
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
System Failure
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Will I Be Next?
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival




