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Showing 1 - 10 of 19 titles with a criteria of Subject is Civil Law


Advocate

Lea Tsemel, an Israeli-Jewish lawyer who has represented Palestinian political prisoners for nearly 50 years, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 108 minutes

Al Djanat, the Original Paradise

After the death of her uncle, the director films her family courtyard in Burkina Faso as a dispute over the estate bursts out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited from European colonization.

Andana Films | 2023 | 83 minutes

All That I Am

The story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on a path to recovery

GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 75 minutes

As Goes Janesville

As Goes Janesville follows two years in the lives of laid off workers and local leaders to tell the story of how an auto community brought to the brink reinvents itself amid America’s worst economic crisis since The Great Depression.

371 Productions | 2012 | 87 minutes

Breach of Trust

Told from the point of view of women advocating for accountability and change, this compelling documentary by USC Graduate Mishal Mahmud examines the sexual assault scandal at the University of Southern California, detailing crimes committed by former gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall and exposing the active cover-up on the part of the administration.

Women Make Movies | 2019 | 24 minutes

Broken Lines

Joe Soll has spent half of his life searching for his birth parents, in the process he uncovered a mystery that’s haunted him for years.

MediaStorm | 2011 | 10 minutes

Damages

Behind the scenes at Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 69 minutes

Divorce Iranian Style

Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women’s lives

Women Make Movies | 1998 | 80 minutes

Hot Coffee

Tells the truth about the McDonald's hot coffee case and exposes the influence of corporate America on our civil justice system. This title has one or more clips.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 86 minutes

In the Best Interests of the Children

This groundbreaking film on lesbian mothering portrays the diversity of experience, race and class among eight lesbian mothers and their children.

Women Make Movies | 1977 | 53 minutes