The Jena 6
The only problem with The Jena 6 (2007) is that it's just too damn short. I definitely wanted to see more of the story that this film had to tell....
Rick Rowley
Filmography
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Deserter
DESERTER is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson, a deserting soldier and his young wife, as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border. As they move from safe house to safe house, we get to know Ryan and Jen, two shy, small-town kids from the Central Valley who...Watch Movie
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The Jena 6
Jena, LA: in a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of their school,...Watch Movie
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The War of 33
THE WAR OF 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the 2006 war in Lebanon. A series of letters written by Hanady Salman, a mother living through the war in Beirut, carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflict. What emerges is a universal...Watch Movie
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The Fourth World War
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine and Korea, THE FOURTH WORLD WAR is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war. While our airwaves are crowded with talk of war, narrated by generals and...Watch Movie
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle's streets during the WTO protests inf November 1999. The film cuts through the confusion and tear gas to paint an intimate, passionate...Watch Movie
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Black and Gold
In 1994, the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York, became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords. With over 3,000 members in New York, some saw...Watch Movie
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Zapatista
January 1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico, several thousand Mayan soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against the global corporate power they say rules Mexico. They call...Watch Movie
Genres
- Documentary / Crime
- Documentary / History
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / War
- Independent / Documentary
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / Mexican
- International / Middle Eastern / Lebanese
- Short / Documentary
- War
Recent Reviews
Zapatista
I just watched this documentary and I really enjoyed it. This documentary is structured in a genius and compelling way, using various documentary forms including observational, education, poetic, and participatory...
The Jena 6
Very Eye Opening *** Having worked within the criminal justice system in the U.S.A. this documentary speaks painful truth to this ongoing Democratic Experiment in the U.S.A. It shows that...
This is What Democracy Looks Like
What a contrast to the dupes of the Tea Party. The corporate media never covers demos now unless there is violence or trashing. I believe the former police chief regretted...
Black and Gold
Very interesting subject. I wish the filmmakers would remix the audio as it's quite difficult to hear the interviews and narration over the music bed.