politics / government
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of politics / government. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
(Hate) Machine
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
All That I Can Be
William, like many young Americans, feels that joining the military is his only way out of a dead-end job and a rough life.
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
America for Dummies
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Argentina Turning Around
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Ashray
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Battleground Minnesota
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Bush for Peace
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Day of Remembrance
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Exiled in America
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Hammoudi
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Holla Back Dubai!
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
In Transit
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
La Hoja
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Laptop
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Locusts
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Lone Wolf
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Looking Back
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Massacre at Murambi
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Night Visions
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
No Child
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
No Escape, Prison Rape
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Permission
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Perversion of Justice
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Pizza Surveillance Feature
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Power Up
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Rapping at Fear
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Recycle
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
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
Something Other Than Other
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Something’s Moving
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Sonic Memorial Project
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Sovereign Nation / Sovereign Neighbor
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Spring in Awe
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Still Standing
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
System Failure
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
The Apollos
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
The Children of Birmingham
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
The Countdown
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
The Farm Sanctuary
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors?
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
The Luckiest Nut In The World
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
The News Is What We Make It
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
The Rules of the Game
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
The Secret Life of Paper
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
The Sixth Section
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Vision Test
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Water Warriors
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Why Do White People Have Black Spots?
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
World On Fire
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival



