Documentaries for Health & Social Justice

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Spring 2010

United by Language. Journey into Deaf Culture through an intimate portrait of a couple balancing the advancement in medical technology while honoring and celebrating Deafhood.

Sex Workers: Your Voice Counts. Learn the stories of four women in San Francisco who are redefining and reclaiming sex work with dignity, awareness and education.

Make Moves. See how Oakland youth are transforming hard life experiences into vibrant art to live their dreams and lift up their generation.

 

Fall 2009 

This series of films was created in partnership with Bay Area LISC.

Excelsior Rising. A community working to create a safer neighborhood 

Blossoming Families. A child and family center building community

Ping Yuen: Peace Garden. Residents advocating for quality public housing 

Redefining RIP. Young men of color reinvigorate their neighborhood 

 

Spring 2009

(Sex)abled: Disability Uncensored Celebrate people with disabilities as sexual beings

Old Age is No Place for Sissies. Investigate senior care for the LGBT community  

M'Ba: Keep Mothers Alive. An experimental documentary that honors motherhood

Lunch is the Lesson. Explore public schools as a venue to improve nutrition

Backyard Freeways. How pollution disproportionately affects low-income residents 

 

Fall 2008

Race to the Bottom. Truck drivers advocate for living wages and healthier work conditions

One Sister at a Time: Positive Women’s Stories. Explore the lives of three very different HIV positive women

Laughter Rx: No Harmful Side Effects. Why is laughter "the best medicine?"  

Cannabis: Therapeutic Potential. Learn about the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant

 

Spring 2008

This series of films was created in partnership with The National AIDS Fund. 

Empowering the Yard. Incarcerated women in Oklahoma City are using peer education to empower themselves and their communities

Living Positive. Women in New Orleans share the challenges and triumphs of living with HIV  

Be Nice to Sex Workers. Survival sex workers in Washington DC facilitate healthy decision making with their peers

Pasa La Voz. A unique peer-education program set in the trans-border community of El Paso, TX and Juarez, Mexico

The Talk. Parents learn to become their children's sexual health educators

  

Spring 2007 Documentaries

The Verde Garden: Growing a Health Community. How a school community garden is growing healthy foods and kids. 

It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth. Why women are choosing natural childbirth 

Yo Soy Lo Que Soy. Gay Latino immigrants building a supportive community 

Van Hoa VSA: The Search for Culture in America. Vietnamese American students bridging both cultures 

The Break. The state of the levees of the California Joaquin River Delta

 

Spring 2006 Documentaries

Bed Bugs. They don't discriminate, learn what you can do

A Family Matter. Advocatng for same-sex marriage equality

BDSM: It's not what you think. Conversations about stigma and safety with practitioners 

A View of the Bay. Residents respond to plans to revitalize their neighbhorhood 

School Health Centers. Bringing the doctor's office to middle and high schools