The Difference Between Us: Race -The Power of an Illusion
It’s not uncommon to attribute differential group outcomes for SAT scores, musical ability, or athletic performance to innate racial traits—yet there are no characteristics, not even one gene, that distinguish all members of one “race” from ...
The House We Live In: Race - The Power of an Illusion
Virginia law once defined a black person as someone with 1/16th African ancestry; in Florida, it was 1/8th African ancestry. If you can cross a state line and literally, legally change race, what does race really mean? This program argues that the i...
Death by Design
Winner of 10 international awards, Death by Design is a guided tour into the invisible world of cells, told through a collage of metaphors and interviews with cellular biologists. State-of-the-art microcinematography is playfully intercut with paral...
American Promise : Success is Our Only Option (85 minute version)
Masterfully told with pointy precision, American Promise spans 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate their family experience when they choose to send their two young sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school....
Our Summer in Tehran
In 2007, Jewish-American filmmaker and former host of the travel series Globe Trekker, Justine Shapiro, takes her 6-year-old son Mateo with her to Tehran where they spend the summer with 3 families: a religious family with ties to the government; a ...
Rising Waters : Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands
For 7 million people living on thousands of islands scattered across the Pacific ocean, global warming is not something that looms in the distant future: it's a threat whose first effects may have already begun.
Through personal stories of Pacific ...
Xmas Without China
Exploring the intersection of consumerism and immigration in American culture, Xmas Without China is an intimate portrait of families wrestling with our drive to consume cheap products, but also with our desire for human connection and a sense of wh...
American Promise : Behind Every Promise - Youth Video Module (30 minutes)
Masterfully told with pointy precision, American Promise spans 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate their family experience when they choose to send their two young sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school....
American Promise - Clips for Classroom Use (45 minutes)
Masterfully told with pointy precision, American Promise spans 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate their family experience when they choose to send their two young sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school....
The State of Arizona
This film captures the explosive emotions and complex realities behind Arizona’s headline-grabbing struggle with illegal immigration. From ground zero of the nation’s immigration debate, the film follows Arizona’s controversial “show me your...