Showing 1 - 10 of 23 titles with a criteria of Subject is Legal History

About Executing Eichmann

In 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. While this judgment was met with consensus on a national level, some spoke out against it.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 60 minutes

American Justice On Trial: People V. Newton

The untold story behind the murder trial of Black Panther leader Huey Newton: the landmark case that put racism on the stand.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 40 minutes

Counting on Democracy

An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.

Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 57 minutes

Cowboys, Indians, and Lawyers

The story of a pork-barrel project: a dam on the free-flowing Animas River in Colorado.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 57 minutes

A Crime on the Bayou

Two young men, Gary Duncan, an unjustly arrested Black man and Richard Sobol, his Jewish attorney, take Duncan's case all the way to the Supreme Court to fight for the right of all Americans to a fair trial.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 91 minutes

An Empire of Reason

What it would have been like if television had covered the ratification process of the US Constitution in 1781.

Icarus Films | 1988 | 58 minutes

False Confessions

Defense attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen exposes the dark side of the American justice system.

Women Make Movies | 2019 | 91 minutes

From Danger to Dignity

Weaves together two parallel stories about the national movement to decriminalize abortion.

Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 56 minutes

Furcy

For over 25 years, from 1817 to 1843, Furcy, who was officially considered a slave on Bourbon Island (the former name of Reunion Island), fought to get the highest court in France to recognize his status as a free man.

Cinétévé | 2021 | 52 minutes

How to Sue the Klan

How to Sue the Klan is the story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community. Their victory set a legal precedent that continues to inspire the ongoing fight against organized hate.

GOOD DOCS | 2024 | 33 minutes