A rare 360 degree portrait, Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops follows two police officers with the San Antonio Texas Police Department who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment, one emergency call at a time

Director: Jenifer McShane

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 96/25 min.

Year of production: 2019

Activism Health Human Rights Law and Justice Mental Health

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Trapped

With U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive, what remains of a woman's right to choose?

Director: Dawn Porter

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 83 min.

Year of production: 2016

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Hold Your Fire

When Shu'aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police policy to save lives by using words, not guns.

Director: Stefan Forbes

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 95 min.

Year of production: 2022

African American Studies American History Crime Law and Justice Personal Story Social Justice Society

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RBG

Hero. Icon. Dissenter. RBG explores the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Director: Betsy West | Julie Cohen

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2018

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Terms and Conditions May Apply

A disquieting exposé that demonstrates how we unknowingly, click by click, generate a cloud of data that records our every on-line move.

Director: Cullen Hoback

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 79 min.

Year of production: 2013

Current Affairs Education Human Rights Internet Law and Justice Media Science Society Technology

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The Invisible War

A groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military

Director: Kirby Dick

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2012

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Do Not Resist

DO NOT RESIST is an urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States.

Director: Craig Atkinson

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 72 min.

Year of production: 2016

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Roll Red Roll

Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.

Director: Nancy Schwartzman

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 81 min.

Year of production: 2018

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MLK/FBI

Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director: Sam Pollard

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 106 min.

Year of production: 2020

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White Noise

The definitive inside story of the alt-right, following movement leaders as they ride a wave of racist ideas to viral fame

Director: Daniel Lombroso

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 94 min.

Year of production: 2020

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Battleground

As the nation faces the end of Roe v. Wade, follow three women leading formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield at the intersection and future of abortion and politics in America.

Director: Cynthia Lowen

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 103 min.

Year of production: 2022

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The 8th

The 8th traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion, forging a new progressive path when reproductive rights are threatened all over the world

Director: Aideen Kane | Lucy Kennedy | Maeve O’Boyle

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 95 min.

Year of production: 2020

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RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words

The improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job after graduating at the top of her law class, became a revered Justice of the Supreme Court and icon for gender equality and human rights

Director: Freida Lee Mock

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 89 min.

Year of production: 2021

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Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

How did we come to this moment, where free speech issues have never felt more complicated and urgent, and where the nation is wondering a new: what price are we willing to pay for free speech?

Director: Yael Melamede

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 83 min.

Year of production: 2023

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Slay the Dragon

A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. Slay the Dragon follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.

Director: Barak Goodman | Chris Durrance

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 104 min.

Year of production: 2019

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Riotsville, U.S.A.

Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in the 1960s, where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder

Director: Sierra Pettengill

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 91 min.

Year of production: 2022

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Cartel Land

The riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous drug cartels.

Director: Matthew Heineman

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 80 min.

Year of production: 2015

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The Price of Freedom

The NRA's deadly war on gun reform

Director: Judd Ehrlich

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 96 min.

Year of production: 2021

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The Fight

At this defining moment in American history, THE FIGHT follows a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers in an electrifying battle over abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.

Director: Elyse Steinberg | Josh Kriegman | Eli B. Despres

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2020

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