History
by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Premiere: July 21, 2009
This Academy Award-nominated film chronicles Thavisouk Phrasavath and his family’s escape from Laos after the Vietnam War. In America, they find a different kind of war.
by Paco de Onís, Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates
Premiere: July 14, 2009
Over 120 countries have united to form the International Criminal Court to prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
by James Moll
Premiere: December 10, 2008
Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth, and her efforts to come to terms with her "inheritance."
by John J. Valadez, Cristina Ibarra
Premiere: July 15, 2008
Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas.
by Kieran Fitzgerald
Premiere: July 8, 2008
In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr.
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by Anthony Giacchino
Premiere: September 11, 2007
How far would you go to stop a war? The Camden 28 recalls a 1971 raid on a draft board office by 'Catholic Left' activists protesting the Vietnam War and its effects on urban America.
by Doug Hawes-Davis, Drury Gunn Carr
Premiere: August 28, 2007
In the small town of Libby, many hundreds are sick or have already died from exposure to asbestos, a notorious industrial toxin that many Americans consider long banned or under control.
by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno
Premiere: July 10, 2007
Revolution '67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history — the black urban rebellions of the 1960s.
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.