Barefoot Gen: The Bombing of Hiroshima As Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Boy Film. By Geneon; directed by Mori Masaki. 1992. 170 minutes. A story about the devastating effects of war on everyday life. Continue reading
Mighty Times: The Children’s March Film. By Hudson and Houston. Learning for Justice. 2005. 40 minutes. This Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees. Continue reading
The Corporation Film. By Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan. 2004. 145 minutes. This award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts, and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives. Continue reading
Earth and the American Dream Film. By Bill Couturie. 1993. 90 minutes. U.S. history from the standpoint of the earth. Continue reading
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1985 Film. Produced by Henry Hampton. Blackside. 1987. 360 minutes. Comprehensive documentary history of the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
February One Film. Produced by Dr. Steven Channing. 2004. 61 minutes. The story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins. Continue reading
Freedom Song Film. By Phil Alden Robinson. 2006. 117 minutes. Based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi, during the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Golden Lands, Working Hands Film. By Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers. 1999. 170 minutes. Ten-part film series brings the hidden history of working people in California to light, from the Gold Rush through the present. Continue reading
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It Film. Produced by Rick Tejada-Flores and Judith Ehrlich. 2002. 60 minutes. Documentary film on WWII conscientious objectors and excellent online resources for the classroom. Continue reading
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the Spanish Civil War Film. By Mary Dore, Noel Buckner, and Sam Sills. 1984. 98 minutes. Documentary narrated by Studs Terkel on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Continue reading
Granito de Arena/Grain of Sand Film. Produced by Jill Freidberg. Corrugated Films. 2005. 62 minutes. Documentary about teachers, parents, and students fighting to defend Mexico's public education system from the impacts of economic globalization. Continue reading
The Good Soldier Film. Directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys. 2009. 79 minutes. Documentary that offers examples of these too-often-forgotten "good soldiers" who, in different ways, tried to follow their consciences. Continue reading
The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti Audio. By Howard Zinn. 2008. 35 minutes. A lecture by Howard Zinn on "The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti" at the Dante Alighieri Society Italian Cultural Center. Continue reading
Matewan Film. Written and directed by John Sayles. 1987. 132 minutes. A feature film depicting a strike in a mining town in Appalachia and the struggle for solidarity across racial lines. Continue reading
Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction Film. By Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold. 2001. 30 minutes. How Philip Morris has conspired to hook children on tobacco and keep governments from protecting public health. Continue reading
The Murder of Emmett Till Film. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. 2003. 60 minutes. Documentary on the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the actions of Mamie Till Bradley which helped launch the modern Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Race — The Power of an Illusion Film. By California Newsreel. 2003. Three episodes – 56 minutes each. A three-part documentary series that questions the very idea of race as biology. Continue reading
Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice (Volume 2) Teaching Guide. Edited by Rethinking Schools. Rethinking Schools. 2004. 240 pages. Show how teachers can promote the values of community, justice, and equality while building academic skills. Continue reading
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 Film. Produced by Judy Richardson and Bestor Cram. 2009. 57 minutes. A documentary film that brings to light the story of the attack by state police on a demonstration in Orangeburg, South Carolina -- leaving three students killed and 28 injured. Continue reading
Soldiers of Conscience Film. By Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg. 2007. 86 minutes. Documentary about war, peace, and U.S. soldiers in Iraq, from active military to conscientious objectors, wrestling with conscience over killing in war. Continue reading
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders Film. By Joan Sadoff, Robert Sadoff, and Laura Lipson. 2002. 60 minutes. Documentary film on women in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Continue reading
Teaching About the Montgomery Bus Boycott Film. By Teaching for Change. 2006. 15 minutes. First grade teacher Maggie Donovan (SNCC veteran) introduces her students to the fight to desegregate the buses, placing Rosa Parks in the context of the larger community efforts. Continue reading
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties Film. By Nonny de la Peña. 2004. 69 minutes. A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of U.S. citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since 9/11/2001 and the passage of the Patriot Act. Continue reading
Viva La Causa Film. Bill Brummel Productions. 2008. 39 minutes. A documentary film and teaching guide on the grape strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Continue reading
Walkout Film. Produced by Moctesuma Esparza. 2006. 111 minutes. Walkout tells the true story of the Chicano students of East L.A., who in 1968 staged several dramatic walkouts in their high schools to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. Continue reading
Barefoot Gen: The Bombing of Hiroshima As Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Boy Film. By Geneon; directed by Mori Masaki. 1992. 170 minutes. A story about the devastating effects of war on everyday life. Continue reading
Mighty Times: The Children’s March Film. By Hudson and Houston. Learning for Justice. 2005. 40 minutes. This Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees. Continue reading
The Corporation Film. By Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan. 2004. 145 minutes. This award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts, and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives. Continue reading
Earth and the American Dream Film. By Bill Couturie. 1993. 90 minutes. U.S. history from the standpoint of the earth. Continue reading
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1985 Film. Produced by Henry Hampton. Blackside. 1987. 360 minutes. Comprehensive documentary history of the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
February One Film. Produced by Dr. Steven Channing. 2004. 61 minutes. The story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins. Continue reading
Freedom Song Film. By Phil Alden Robinson. 2006. 117 minutes. Based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi, during the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Golden Lands, Working Hands Film. By Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers. 1999. 170 minutes. Ten-part film series brings the hidden history of working people in California to light, from the Gold Rush through the present. Continue reading
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It Film. Produced by Rick Tejada-Flores and Judith Ehrlich. 2002. 60 minutes. Documentary film on WWII conscientious objectors and excellent online resources for the classroom. Continue reading
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the Spanish Civil War Film. By Mary Dore, Noel Buckner, and Sam Sills. 1984. 98 minutes. Documentary narrated by Studs Terkel on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Continue reading
Granito de Arena/Grain of Sand Film. Produced by Jill Freidberg. Corrugated Films. 2005. 62 minutes. Documentary about teachers, parents, and students fighting to defend Mexico's public education system from the impacts of economic globalization. Continue reading
The Good Soldier Film. Directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys. 2009. 79 minutes. Documentary that offers examples of these too-often-forgotten "good soldiers" who, in different ways, tried to follow their consciences. Continue reading
The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti Audio. By Howard Zinn. 2008. 35 minutes. A lecture by Howard Zinn on "The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti" at the Dante Alighieri Society Italian Cultural Center. Continue reading
Matewan Film. Written and directed by John Sayles. 1987. 132 minutes. A feature film depicting a strike in a mining town in Appalachia and the struggle for solidarity across racial lines. Continue reading
Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction Film. By Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold. 2001. 30 minutes. How Philip Morris has conspired to hook children on tobacco and keep governments from protecting public health. Continue reading
The Murder of Emmett Till Film. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. 2003. 60 minutes. Documentary on the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the actions of Mamie Till Bradley which helped launch the modern Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Race — The Power of an Illusion Film. By California Newsreel. 2003. Three episodes – 56 minutes each. A three-part documentary series that questions the very idea of race as biology. Continue reading
Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice (Volume 2) Teaching Guide. Edited by Rethinking Schools. Rethinking Schools. 2004. 240 pages. Show how teachers can promote the values of community, justice, and equality while building academic skills. Continue reading
Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 Film. Produced by Judy Richardson and Bestor Cram. 2009. 57 minutes. A documentary film that brings to light the story of the attack by state police on a demonstration in Orangeburg, South Carolina -- leaving three students killed and 28 injured. Continue reading
Soldiers of Conscience Film. By Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg. 2007. 86 minutes. Documentary about war, peace, and U.S. soldiers in Iraq, from active military to conscientious objectors, wrestling with conscience over killing in war. Continue reading
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders Film. By Joan Sadoff, Robert Sadoff, and Laura Lipson. 2002. 60 minutes. Documentary film on women in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Continue reading
Teaching About the Montgomery Bus Boycott Film. By Teaching for Change. 2006. 15 minutes. First grade teacher Maggie Donovan (SNCC veteran) introduces her students to the fight to desegregate the buses, placing Rosa Parks in the context of the larger community efforts. Continue reading
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties Film. By Nonny de la Peña. 2004. 69 minutes. A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of U.S. citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since 9/11/2001 and the passage of the Patriot Act. Continue reading
Viva La Causa Film. Bill Brummel Productions. 2008. 39 minutes. A documentary film and teaching guide on the grape strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Continue reading
Walkout Film. Produced by Moctesuma Esparza. 2006. 111 minutes. Walkout tells the true story of the Chicano students of East L.A., who in 1968 staged several dramatic walkouts in their high schools to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. Continue reading
