American Studies
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ON THE BATTLEFIELD2024 African-American Studies American Studies American History Anthropology Short Films Cultural Studies 2025
In the Southern Illinois region of Little Egypt, a sound recordist walks through the fields where once stood Pyramid Courts - the housing projects that formed the heart of the Black community of his hometown, Cairo.
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VOICES OVER THE WATER2024 American Studies Anthropology Cultural Studies Directed by Women Education Immigration Performing Arts Political Science Sociology World History Across the United States, thousands of people celebrate their ancestral heritage. They sing. They dance. Dressed distinctively, they make merry. Many are homesick for a land they never knew. Voices over the Water looks at Scottish identity in America and asks, who can claim this identity. How Scottish do you have to be to wear the tartan and march in a parade, or dance at a ceilidh? |
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BELLADance American Studies American History Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Performing Arts 2024
Bella, is about the life, influence and impact of California-based artist and activist Bella Lewitzky. Designated one of America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition Lewitzky’s life demonstrates how a “uniquely Californian” artist with vision and tenacity can change the lives of her fellow citizens.
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RICHLAND2024 American History American Studies Anthropology Cultural Studies Directed by Women Education Environmental Studies Family Relations Political Science Sociology World History Cinema Studies A U.S. nuclear company town stakes its identity on its little-known atomic origin story in this timely examination of the habits of thought that normalize the extraordinary violence of the past. |
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I AM A TOWN2023 American Studies Anthropology Art History Cinema Studies Family Relations Photography
The community of Provincetown, which has been clinging to a distinctly American - and yet increasingly rare - way of life. In his immersive documentary debut, Mischa Richter, whose artist family has been living there for nearly a century, explores his home through shared moments and conversations with locals, pilgrims, outcasts, fishermen, drag queens and spirit guides in an exploration of what freedom and community mean in America today.
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MISS ALMA THOMAS: a life in color2022 American Studies American History Art History African-American Studies Education Short Films Directed by Women Women's Studies Alma W. Thomas, a Black woman painter, broke color barriers on and off the canvas, yet did not receive national attention until she was 80 years old. “Miss Alma Thomas” is the first documentary film that explores Thomas’ incredible life through the lens of curators, art specialists, scholars, and her family. |
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CANE FIRE2022 American Studies American History Cinema Studies Indigenous Studies Media Studies A kaleidoscopic portrait of Hawaiʻi and the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story |
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ROCK BOTTOM RISERAnthropology Asian-American Studies Cinema Studies Economics Media Studies Photography Political Science Science Physical Science Sociology American Studies American History 2022 Explorers have long made Hawaii the hub for their searching. Today-as lava continues to flow on the island—another crisis mounts as scientists plan to build the world's largest telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii's most sacred and revered mountain. The film weaves a vital tapestry of post-colonialism and pop culture with cinematic brio and a wry wit. Rock Bottom Riser is an essential document and an exhilarating tour-de-force, a palimpsest that traverses geology, ethnography and astronomy. |
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LA MANPLESA: an uprising remembered2022 American Studies American History Criminal & Law Cultural Studies Directed by Women Latin-American Studies Sociology
On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of Daniel Gomez, a young man from El Salvador. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theatre, La Manplesa weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.’s first barrios and dives into the roots of the ‘91 rebellion.
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ANY GIVEN DAY2022 American Studies Directed by Women Family Relations Health Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology Criminal & Law A filmmaker with mental illness follows three defendants through a specialized mental health probation program. While sharing their rarely seen struggles, she faces her own challenges, making clear just how precarious the ties between people with mental illness, their families and society can be. From Margaret Byrne, the director of Raising Bertie. |
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THE KITCHENISTAS2021 American Studies Business Cultural Studies Family Relations Gastronomy Health Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Women's Studies Sociology 2022
What started as a 7-week nutrition program for women seeking healthier diets, has become a Latina-led movement to enact change in their own communities. Known as Kitchenistas, these women are showing how healthy food traditions can lead to physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing as well as big change in the home, at schools, within city hall, and in the healthcare system.
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STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS2021 American Studies American History Anthropology Cinema Studies Family Relations Music Religion & Spirituality Political Science
Musician David Bazan retreated into a solitary life after renouncing his long-held Christian beliefs and walking away from his critically-acclaimed band, Strange Negotiations follow David a decade into his journey, during which he has become a sort of reluctant prophet to Americans during the 2016 presidential election.
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TO KID OR NOT TO KID2020 American Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Women's Studies Health
Filmmaker Maxine Trump turns the camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends as she confronts the idea of not having kids, and explores the cultural pressures and harsh criticism childfree women regularly experience.
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THE FOURTH KINGDOM: the kingdom of plasticsAmerican Studies Alcohol & Drug Abuse Chicano Studies Cinema Studies Environmental Studies Immigration Labor Studies Latino Studies New York City Urban Studies 2020
The Fourth Kingdom: The Kingdom of Plastics is a compassionate through-the-seasons study of a non-profit recycling and redemption center in New York.
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AMERICAN REBELS IN CUBA2019 American Studies Cuban Studies Chicano Studies Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Peace & Conflict Political Science World History American Rebels in Cuba follows the unusual life of “rebels” Neill and Nancy Macaulay and their involvement with the Cuban Revolution, providing an inside look at one of the most important historical events of the 20th century. |
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I'M LEAVING NOW (YA ME VOY)2019 American Studies Chicano Studies Latino Studies New York City Urban Studies Cinema Studies Immigration Felipe, an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Brooklyn, struggles with whether to return home to Mexico, to the wife and children he no longer really knows. |
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JEWEL'S CATCH ONE2018 African-American Studies AIDS American History Directed by Women Human Sexuality LGBTQ Women's Studies American Studies 2019
The story of famed Los Angeles nightclub Catch One and its owner Jewel Thais-Williams, who defied all odds and provided a safe space for both black and LGBT communities.
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KEEP TALKING2018 Native American Studies American Studies Kartemquin Films Cultural Studies Indigenous Studies
Keep Talking follows four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered language now spoken by less than 40 remaining fluent Native Elders.
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THE ISSUE OF MR. O'DELL2018 African-American Studies American History American Studies
The Issue of Mr. O’Dell examines the lifelong work of a pioneering civil rights organizer Jack O’Dell, who was a close colleague and advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but was ousted from King's organization after President Kennedy named him the number five Communist in America.
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MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS2018 Music African-American Studies American Studies Media Studies
Milford Graves Full Mantis is a feature-length portrait of renowned percussionist Milford Graves, oscillating from present to past and weaving intimate glimpses of the artist’s complex cosmology with blistering performances from around the globe, exploring his kaleidoscopic creativity and relentless curiosity.
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