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2) Call Jane
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
3) Capernaum
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Arabic
Description
After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
4) Toxic beauty
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Reveals the health consequences of harmful chemicals found in everyday cosmetic and beauty products.
5) Loving
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.--
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In the debate over energy resources, natural gas is often considered a "lesser-of-evils". While it does release some greenhouse gases, natural gas burns cleaner than coal and oil, and is in plentiful supply - parts of the U.S. sit above some of the largest natural gas reserves on Earth. But a new boom in natural gass drilling, a process called "fracking", raises concerns about health and environmental risks. NOW talks with filmmaker Josh Fox about...
7) GMO OMG
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows one family's quest to live without genetically modified foods.
9) Black money
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Examines corrupt financial practices in the corporate sector including the creation of slush funds and front companies, international bribery, and off-the-books payments, as well as international efforts to stop them.
10) Roe v. Wade
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history. It is a compelling and deeper look into the parties involved on both sides of this landmark decision.
12) The Loving story
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple whose fight for equality resulted in Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
14) Black code
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on free speech and privacy, and how activists have responded to various governments' control and manipulation of information across the world.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This tracks the story of racism that became the longest litigated civil rights case in American history. An emotional story of social justice, this unsettling documentary is also a cautionary tale of equal rights gone wrong that is relevant today more than ever.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jean Hill, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending city council meetings and cold-calling residents. Since 2010, she's spearheaded a grassroots campaign to ban the sale of single-serve plastic bottles in her hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. So far, her attempts to pass a municipal bylaw have failed. Her fiercest challenge comes from Adriana Cohen, mother, model...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. After thirty years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform an animal from a thing with no rights to a person with legal protections. Supported by affidavits...
18) Fuel
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of America's overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil. Having been born and raised in one of the USA's most oil-producing regions, Josh Tickell saw firsthand how the industry controls, deceives, and damages the country, its people, and the environment, and after one too many people he know became sick, he knew he just couldn't idly stand by any longer.
19) Capernaum
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Arabic
Formats
Description
After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.