SUGGESTED FILMS ON RACIAL JUSTICE

All Of Us Are Related, Each Of Us Is Unique
"All of Us Are Related, Each of Us is Unique" challenges the alleged validity of the notion of human "races." At Syracuse University, we think it is time to spread the word about how much alike all humans are, and how our differences are clearly not "racial" in any biological sense of that word.
http://allrelated.syr.edu/index.html

America's Civil Rights Movement
Teaching Tolerance. 1992. A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Historic footage and the voices of movement participants.

American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till
A documentary on the brutal killing that mobilized the Civil Rights Movement.
Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson.  93 minutes.  2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/filmmore/index.html

Facing Racism
Films for the Humanities and Science.  57 minutes.  1996.
This video is from the four-part Making Peace series focusing on 11 people who work neighbor-to-neighbor to heal the conditions that create violence in American communities. In this concluding segment, five individuals (white, Jewish, African-American, Latino and Asian) track their progress through an intensive three-day workshop in Berkeley, California, called Unlearning Racism.
http://www.films.com/id/8874/Facing_Racism.htm

F.I.L.M. (Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies)
(202)347-2080
irv@nassembly.org
http://www.youthfilmproject.org/film/freedomwriters.htm

4 Little Girls
Director: Spike Lee.  102 minutes.  1997.
Available from the HBO store
From the director of "Do The Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" comes "a masterpiece." (Chicago Tribune) When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on September 15, 1963, it takes the lives of four young girls. This racially motivated crime, sparks the nation's outrage and helps fuel the civil rights movement sweeping across the country.
http://store.hbo.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1888707

In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports
A documentary by Jay Rosenstein
47 minutes.  1997.
http://www.inwhosehonor.com/
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Jefferson's Blood
PBS video Frontline. 1991. An investigation of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings a woman who was his slave and their children.  

Making Peace- Facing Racism
Films for the Humanities and Science. 2004.
Five participants of different ethnic and racial backgrounds went through a three day unlearning racism workshop.

Media That Matters Film Festival
These films explore the issue of racial justice.
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/racial_justice/
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Not In Our Town
Producer: Debra Chaplan
Not In Our Town is a PBS documentary series and campaign that combines public television broadcasts with grassroots events, educational outreach and online activities to help communities battling hate talk to — and learn from — each other.
http://theworkinggroup.org/

RACE-The Power of an Illusion
Race is one topic where we all think we're experts. Yet ask 10 people to define race or name "the races," and you're likely to get 10 different answers. Few issues are characterized by more contradictory assumptions and myths, each voiced with absolute certainty.
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm

Race and Regionalism 2005 Conference
Topics covered at the conference included the roots of segregation and its consequences, which we continue to live with today; the pull of the suburbs and the trend of resegregation in some of those communities; the effects of affordable housing production and land use policies on racial stratification in metropolitan regions; the potential for building successful multiracial coalitions; the extent to which our public schools are segregated and the varied successes of funding and busing strategies to integrate the schools economically and racially; the role of regional governance in equity reforms; and reflections on where we need to go from here.
Please click on the link to hear various lectures and discussions about race.
http://www.irpumn.org/website/conference/

Skin Deep
Producer/Director Frances Reid. 53 minutes. 1995
Available from California Newsreel
Skin Deep chronicles the eye-opening journey of a diverse and divided group of college students as they awkwardly but honestly confront each other's racial prejudices.
To order, call 1-877-811-7495 or go to http://www.newsreel.org

The National Hate Test
Producer: Jeffrey A. Fisher. USA Network Special. 1998.
Special featuring staged scenes from everyday life which reveal hidden biases. Topics covered relate to race, religion, personal appearance, disabilities and sexual orientation. Each vignette is followed by a group discussion asking the audience how they would react and aimed at challenging viewers to confront their own prejudices and think about their personal values.

The Way Home
Producer/Director: Shakti Butler.  92 minutes.  1998.
Over the course of eight months, sixty-four women representing a cross-section of cultures, (Indigenous, African-American, Arab, Asian, European-American, Jewish, Latina, and Multiracial) came together to share their experience of racism in America. 
http://www.world-trust.org/videos/home.html

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Procucer: Jacqueline Glover. 74 minutes.
 Unchained Memories presents dramatic selections from the extensive Slave Narrative Collection through on-camera readings by over a dozen actors, interspersed with archival photographs, music, film and period images.

When the Levies Broke
Producer: Spike Lee.  HBO Documentary. 2006.
A documentary of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.