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Showing 1 - 10 of 317 titles with a criteria of Subject is American (U.S.) Studies
Above and Below
Artist Tsherin Sherpa's remarkable 19-year journey from Tibetan Buddhist Thangka painter to global art superstar
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 35 minutes
Accordions Rising
A documentary feature film about the resurgence of interest in accordion music over the last 30-40 years. Although many continue to see the accordion as the stodgy instrument of a bygone era – and accordion jokes abound – this film sets the record straight.
Roberta Cantow | 2016 | 74 minutes
After Silence
Examines the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WW II, and its relevance to post 9/11 America.
Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 30 minutes
Ahead of the Curve
With a lucky run at the track and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. When Franco learns that Curve is failing, she turns to today’s queer activists to determine her path forward.
GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 97 minutes
Ahead of the Curve (60 min)
With a lucky run at the track and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. When Franco learns that Curve is failing, she turns to today’s queer activists to determine her path forward.
GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 60 minutes
Alien: American Dream Denied
This film spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.
GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 83 minutes
All Water Has a Perfect Memory
A poignant experimental documentary that explores the effects of tragedy and remembrance on a bi-cultural family.
Icarus Films | 2001 | 19 minutes
Ama
The untold story of the involuntary sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service well into the 1970s.
Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 74 minutes
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
Abigail Disney looks at the Disney family legacy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for people born with less.
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 87 minutes
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace
Charts the story of a poor Scottish immigrant who sailed to America in the 1840s, and by the end of the century would be the richest man in the world.
Collective Eye Films | 2015 | 75 minutes
