RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of religious freedom. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
Day of Remembrance
Sixty years have passed between Pearl Harbor and September 11th, but have things really changed for Arab and Muslim Americans?
Official selection of the fourth annual festival
Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
Sixty years have passed between Pearl Harbor and September 11th, but have things really changed? An interactive online documentary explores what it means to be an American with the face of the enemy.
Official selection of the third annual festival
Holla Back Dubai!
In this touching video letter exchange, kids from the United Arab Emirates “holla back” to a class of sixth-graders in Washington Heights, New York and show that a stereotype is no match for a smile.
Official selection of the third annual festival
Silence Speaks
Domestic abuse, hate crimes, poverty, political persecution and war. Highly personal multimedia pieces tell the stories of survivors and witnesses of these many forms of violence.
Official selection of the third annual festival
Vision Test
Who would you feel most comfortable with as CEO of a Fortune 500 company? What begins as a routine eye exam turns into an examination of people’s subconscious attitudes towards race, gender and power.
Official selection of the third annual festival
We Were Humans
This multimedia animation asks what would happen if the billions of dollars of yearly military spending were directed towards education and world hunger.
Official selection of the third annual festival




