Tag Results for "civil rights"
by Thomas Allen Harris
Premiere: September 19, 2006
As part of the first wave of black South African exiles, filmmmaker Thomas Allen Harris's stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, and his 11 comrades left their home in Bloemfontein in 1960. They told the world about the brutality of the apartheid system and raised support for the fledgling African National Congress and its leader, Nelson Mandela.
by Arthur Dong
Premiere: August 26, 2003
What happens when conservative Christian families have children who are homosexual? Family Fundamentals goes to the heart of today's debate over homosexuality, where the personal is inextricably — and dramatically — bound up in the political.
by Eric Paul Fournier
Premiere: July 10, 2001
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Fred Korematsu — who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II — one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory.
by Deborah Kaufman, Bari Scott and Alan Snitow,
Premiere: July 29, 1997
Why is the mere mention of Blacks and Jews in the same breath so riddled with complexity?
by Freida Lee Mock
Premiere: November 27, 1996
The Vietnam War Memorial was one of the most controversial monuments of its time. Thrust in to the eye of the storm was architect-sculptor Maya Lin, whose design for the memorial was chosen when she was a 21-year-old college student. Withstanding bitter attacks, she held her ground with clarity and grace.
by Iris Morales
Premiere: June 1, 1996
They were leaders of the Young Lords Party, the militant Puerto Rican civil rights organization based in New York. Today, many are notable mainstream journalists, including Juan Gonzalez, Felipe Luciano and Pablo Guzman. Iris Morales makes history come alive as veterans of the movement recall their fight for equality, jobs, health care, and education.