Community Movies

  • 1970
    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation

    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation

    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation

    01970HD

    This documentary was produced by Citizen Film and Young Community Developers, in collaboration with a coalition of organizations, enterprises, city...

    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation
  • 1970
    The Magic Project

    The Magic Project

    The Magic Project

    01970HD

    At Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in the Fillmore, magic is happening. Throughout the 2024 school year, Magic Zone students in Citizen Film's...

    The Magic Project
  • 1970
    Chocolate of Peace

    Chocolate of Peace

    Chocolate of Peace

    01970HD

    Chocolate of Peace depicts the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó's experiences of resistance, via a journey through their...

    Chocolate of Peace
  • 1977
    Stand Together!

    Stand Together!

    Stand Together!

    01977HD

    'Stand together!', a film on the "mass day of solidarity" on 11 July 1977, was made in 1977 for the Grunwick Strike Committee by the Newsreel...

    Stand Together!
  • 1970
    The Punk of Natashquan

    The Punk of Natashquan

    The Punk of Natashquan

    01970HD

    In 1981, an unusual person arrives in Natashquan, marking the beginning of an unlikely love story between this small Quebec village and the young man...

    The Punk of Natashquan
  • 1970
    Outbound

    Outbound

    Outbound

    01970HD

    A bedraggled young wanderer lives in a desolate world in complete isolation until reviewing their past choices forces them to call for help.

    Outbound
  • 2006
    James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking Pictures

    James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking Pictures

    James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking Pictures

    02006HD

    James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking Pictures is a culmination of photos, films that are brought to life with Andersen's own words. The James...

    James Andersen: Over 50 Years of Taking Pictures
  • 1970
    Say My Name

    Say My Name

    Say My Name

    01970HD

    People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

    Say My Name
  • 1977
    Cree Way

    Cree Way

    Cree Way

    01977HD

    This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree...

    Cree Way
  • 1970
    Surviving Clotilda

    Surviving Clotilda

    Surviving Clotilda

    01970HD

    In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 110 Africans stolen from their homes and families,...

    Surviving Clotilda
  • 2000
    Whose Home on the Range?

    Whose Home on the Range?

    Whose Home on the Range?

    02000HD

    Catron County, New Mexico -- the 'toughest county in the West' -- has been at the center of a struggle between ranchers, loggers, environmentalists,...

    Whose Home on the Range?
  • 1970
    EJs Warriors: The Documentary

    EJs Warriors: The Documentary

    EJs Warriors: The Documentary

    01970HD

    After turning his life around, Sensei EJ creates Warriors Karate Academy in the basement of Greater Glory Ministries in Columbus, Ohio. A summer...

    EJs Warriors: The Documentary
  • 1981
    Contradições Urbanas

    Contradições Urbanas

    Contradições Urbanas

    01981HD

    Who owns the public space? Urban Contradictions documents the State's poorly planned interventions in public spaces, segregating social strata, the...

    Contradições Urbanas
  • 2005
    Music Palace

    Music Palace

    Music Palace

    02005HD

    Previously a central part of communal life, the movie palaces of New York’s Chinatown are now extinct. This documentary short takes us inside...

    Music Palace
  • 1999
    Pig Tusks and Paper Money

    Pig Tusks and Paper Money

    Pig Tusks and Paper Money

    01999HD

    In Papua New Guinea, pig tusks and shell money are currencies which can buy most things. Henry Tokubak’s dream is to create the first bank...

    Pig Tusks and Paper Money
  • 1995
    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    01995HD

    A feature length documentary that tells the story of nine young men and women constructing positive lives as they face the challenges of growing up...

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
  • 1971
    Getting Together

    Getting Together

    Getting Together

    01971HD

    A documentary about socialising and society in early 1970s New Zealand.

    Getting Together
  • 1989
    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum

    01989HD

    In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the...

    Son of Torum
  • 1981
    Red Jasmine

    Red Jasmine

    Red Jasmine

    01981HD

    A remake of the Telugu film Erra Mallelu (1981), it revolves around two men starting a revolution against their village chiefs and the owner of a...

    Red Jasmine