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The Docuseek Criminal Justice, Law and Legal Studies Collection

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The Docuseek Criminal Justice, Law and Legal Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:

'63 Boycott - image'63 Boycott

Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 30 minutes
3 Times Divorced - image3 Times Divorced

Khitam, a Gaza-born Palestinian woman, loses custody of her six children after her Israeli husband divorces her – in absentia – in the Muslim court.

First Hand Films | 2007 | 74 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
3000 Nights - image3000 Nights

Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri’s stunning feature debut is inspired by a true story and shot in a real prison. 3000 NIGHTS traces a young mother’s journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds.

Cinema Politica | 2015 | 103 minutes | College, Adults
62 Days - image62 Days

62 DAYS is an urgent examination of a growing trend of laws that seek to control a pregnant woman's body.

Women Make Movies | 2017 | 29 minutes
A Better Man - imageA Better Man

From Executive Producer Sarah Polley, A BETTER MAN follows a series of intimate conversations between a woman and her former boyfriend when she confronts him about their history of domestic abuse.

Women Make Movies | 2017 | 79 minutes
A Common Purpose - imageA Common Purpose

The trial of the "Upington 25" in South Africa in 1986 saw twenty-five men and women from a black township tried for the murder of a local black policeman.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 75 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
A Concerned Citizen - imageA Concerned Citizen

Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 41 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
A Crime on the Bayou - imageA 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 | 10 - 12, College, Adults
A Dangerous Idea - imageA Dangerous Idea

Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 106 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adult
A Double Life - imageA Double Life

The gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 84 minutes | College, Adults

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