Found 32 resources on racial justice

racial justice


The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of racial justice. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.

A Girl Like Me

Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves.
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

A Loud Color

More About A Loud Color from Producer & Director Brent Joseph I was asked by Tim Ryan…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal

More About African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal from Director Ben Herson I was inspired to make…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Ashray

More About Ashray from Director Ambika Samartha Ashray, one of the project organizations that makes up the…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

Bits and Pieces - a short from Jordan

More about Bits and Pieces from filmmakers Jackie Sawiris and Ben Mandell Bits and Pieces is a…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Books Not Bars

More About Books Not Bars from WITNESS Public spending to support increased incarceration is booming while spending…
Official selection of the Fourth Annual Festival

By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime

More About By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime from Director Karen Lin By-Standing is the collision…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

CopWatch

Television audiences have become accustomed to the celebration of ruckus police action via the reality TV show,…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Exiled in America

More about Exiled in America from Director Angela Torres Camarena Exiled in America explores immigration United States,…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize

More About Eyes On The Fair Use Of The Prize from Director/Producer Jacob Caggiano Eyes On The…
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy

Face to Face, produced by Rob Mikuriya, connects the experiences of Japanese-Americans in the early 1940s with…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Holla Back Dubai!

Founded in 1991, Global Action Project empowers youth to become agents of change by making powerful, thought-provoking…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Immersion

More about Immersion from Director Richard Levien Casting was probably the most important part of making Immersion.…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Is My Neighbor Latino?

Is My Neighbor Latino? was produced and directed by Jorge Aguirre and commissioned by Latino Public Broadcasting…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

La Hoja

More about La Hoja from Director Gabrielle Weiss I was approached by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Locusts

More about Locusts from Producer and Performer Invincible Finale and I spent several years developing the song…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Massacre at Murambi

More About Massacre at Murambi from Director & Producer Sam Kauffmann During the genocide in Rwanda in…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

No Child

More About No Child from Director Gabe Cheifetz No Child was a difficult piece to make.  We…
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

Perversion of Justice

More About Perversion of Justice from Director Melissa Mummert I worked as a chaplain intern at a…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Rapping at Fear

More About Rapping At Fear from Producer Listen Up! Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border

More About Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border from Producer WITNESS Rights on the Line:…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

Silence Speaks

Silence Speaks provides violence survivors, witnesses, and prevention advocates with the support, skills, and equipment they need…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Something Other Than Other

More About Something Other Than Other from Director Jerry A. Henry Andrea and I started to film…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

Something’s Moving

More About Something’s Moving from Director Randy Vasquez Imagine being taken from your family before the age…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Still Standing

More About Still Standing from Producer EVC Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) In December 2005, the EVC Youth…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

System Failure

More About System Failure from Producer WITNESS Juvenile justice in California is a national embarrassment, a statewide…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

The Apollos

More About The Apollos from Director Nick Parker My role in the making of The Apollos was…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

The Children of Birmingham

More About The Children of Birmingham from Kids on the Hill The Children of Birmingham is an…
Official selection of the Fourth Annual Festival

The Rules of the Game

More About The Rules of the Game from Directors and Producers Garance Burke and Monica Lam Garance…
Official selection of the Sixth Annual Festival

Vision Test

Wes Kim is the writer/director of Vision Test as well as co-director of the Seattle-based AIVF Salon,…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Why Do White People Have Black Spots?

More about More about Why Do White People Have Black Spots? from Anya Kandel This film is…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Will I Be Next?

More about Will I Be Next? from Director Ralph Rollins Will I Be Next? explores the issue…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

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