Showing 1 - 10 of 48 titles with a criteria of Subject is Historical Sociology

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

Another Word For Learning

When Aisha decides to quit school, her mother, troubled by her own colonial education, sees this as an opportunity for them both to reconnect with their Kwakwaka'wakw culture.

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 72 minutes

Blurring the Color Line (53 min)

Stories of Chinese families in the Black South during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America's racial history

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 53 minutes

Blurring the Color Line (77 min)

Stories of Chinese families in the Black South during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America's racial history

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 77 minutes

The Boys Who Said NO!

The first documentary film to profile the young men and women who actively opposed the military draft in order to end the Vietnam War.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 95 minutes

The Boys Who Said NO!

The first documentary film to profile the young men and women who actively opposed the military draft in order to end the Vietnam War.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 52 minutes

Breaking the Model

Breaking the Model: Stories of Asian American History and Presence brings together four different short documentaries exploring immigration, genealogy, gentrification and resilience within America.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 47 minutes

Circuit Earth

Shot throughout Philadelphia during the first Earth Week in 1970, the film features community groups, citizens and celebrities reflecting on the crisis facing the planet.

Bullfrog Films | 1971 | 43 minutes

Colette and Justin

A filmmaker interviews his grandparents about their experience of Belgian colonialism.

Icarus Films | 2023 | 89 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