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8.6
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83
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4.4
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cc age 17+

Se7en (1995)
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
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Kanopy
81
7.3
/147939/
71
/2504/
69
/1569/
3.7
/100138/
89
/194/
82
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88
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cc age 16+

Capote (2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
poster
80
7.6
/341437/
75
/15737/
72
/7109/
3.6
/213383/
91
/314/
87
/2547/
81
/48/
cc age 13+

Bridge of Spies (2015)
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/1211/
81
/55/
68
/25/
3.6
/834/
91
/44/
88
/20/
78
/12/
cc age 13+

The Case Against 8 (2014)
A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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77
7.1
/273/
67
/22/
70
/11/
3.6
/310/
100
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/3/
77
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Trapped (2016)
TRAP (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures in the US and clinics have taken their fight to the courts. Follow the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women.
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Starz
76
7.0
/38284/
74
/2552/
66
/949/
3.5
/39042/
88
/292/
76
/443/
79
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cc age 12+

Loving (2016)
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.5
/31675/
72
/663/
70
/419/
3.5
/10254/
83
/24/
83
/587/
cc age 15+

You Don't Know Jack (2010)
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
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Hoopla
72
7.3
/86726/
73
/2026/
70
/1370/
3.5
/48235/
78
/68/
79
/1630/
64
/23/
cc age 15+

Amistad (1997)
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
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fuboTV
78
71
7.5
/9766/
74
/149/
73
/118/
3.7
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89
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85
/119/

The Talk of the Town (1942)
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/624/
71
/37/
70
/14/
3.5
/806/
82
/33/
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68
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cc age 13+

Anita (2013)
The story of young, brilliant African-American Anita Hill who accuses the Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unwanted sexual advances during explosive Senate Hearings in 1991 and ignites a political firestorm about sexual harassment, race, power and politics that resonates today.
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Hoopla
76
70
7.5
/4076/
74
/232/
72
/66/
3.6
/2339/
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/170/

Hot Coffee (2011)
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
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Kanopy
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69
7.3
/7070/
74
/90/
70
/112/
3.6
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91
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83
/288/
74
/16/

Lemon Tree (2008)
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.8
/5817/
75
/467/
69
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3.3
/3179/
84
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73
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cc age 15+

Confirmation (2016)
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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Hoopla
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7.0
/7470/
70
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63
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3.3
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Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
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Netflix
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58
7.5
/1878/
75
/135/
72
/38/
3.7
/3324/
88
/8/
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Reversing Roe (2018)
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.
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45
6.8
/1631/
60
/63/
62
/56/
3.4
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Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (2022)
Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.
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Hoopla
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44
7.7
/996/
78
/44/
69
/21/
3.6
/597/
100
/19/
85
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The Loving Story (2011)
This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, that changed history.
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Netflix
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41
7.2
/498/
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Lilly (2025)
Based on the inspiring true story of Lilly Ledbetter, an ordinary Alabama tire factory supervisor who discovers she's being paid less than her male peers. Her fight for fair pay takes her to the Supreme Court and Congress, while powerful forces try to shut her down. Lilly refuses to accept the status quo and has the courage to fight for what is right.
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Netflix
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37
6.1
/2069/
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/25/
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/27/
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/1326/
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
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Kanopy
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33
7.5
/699/
65
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/14/
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/349/
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After Stonewall (1999)
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
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32
6.7
/2658/
65
/49/
63
/41/
3.2
/690/
38
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
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Amazon Prime Video
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/3004/
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/623/
47
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2.1
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16
/25/
21
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The Gracefield Incident (2017)
On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, Quebec.
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Secrecy (2008)
This film is about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy. By focusing on classified secrets, the government's ability to put information out of sight if it would harm national security, Secrecy explores the tensions between our safety as a nation, and our ability to function as a democracy.
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5.3
/1456/
63
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2.9
/520/
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Listen to Me (1989)
It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dream. They had one thing in common...the will to win. A group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family.
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24
6.0
/399/
50
/2/
63
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Roe vs. Wade (1989)
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
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24
7.1
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/11/
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/14/
3.3
/264/
67
/33/

A Stranger in Town (1943)
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
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24
7.1
/1284/
53
/17/
60
/11/
2.9
/1103/
57
/24/

Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
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22
6.6
/459/
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For the Love of Mary (1948)
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
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50
21
5.3
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45
/11/
56
/10/
2.8
/1201/
40
/142/

Savage (1973)
A television reporter uncovers a compromising photograph of a Supreme Court nominee, only for the woman in the picture to die under mysterious circumstances. As he investigates, he’s drawn into a web of political intrigue and media manipulation. Originally conceived as a TV series pilot, the 1973 thriller aired as a standalone film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Martin Landau.
poster
?
8.0
/10/

Seeds of Peace (2008)
The Palestinian Jawdat Talousy worked in the Israeli settlement ‘Nizzane Ha Shalom’ (Seeds of Peace), located on the West Bank. He was fired because he wanted to establish a labour committee. In the settlements on the West Bank, labour laws for Palestinians are ambiguous and law enforcement is weak. This juridical chaos is causing abuse of Palestinian workers. Despite of this, more and more Palestinians turning for work to the Israeli settlements. Because the Palestinian economy is unable to create enough jobs.
poster
?
7.9
/76/
47
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/2/

Kill the Messenger (2006)
It's a sordid tale of a true American patriot, who, after discovering high-levels of espionage, corruption and bribery of high-level U.S. officials by Turkish nationals, was turned into a pariah by the Bush Administration instead of being congratulated.
poster
?
7.6
/23/
10
/1/

Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial (2009)
In 1982, a San Francisco athletic group tries to hold a "Gay Olympics," instigating what will ultimately become a battle at the U.S. Supreme Court and a challenge over the place of gays and lesbians in American society.
poster
64
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6.2
/345/
65
/2/
65
/2/

Woman Against Woman (1938)
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
poster
?
9.2
/19/
10
/2/

One Day in May (2009)
Crowds gathered outside the California Supreme Court await the decision regarding validity of Proposition 8. Emotions run high on both sides, with the LGBT community taking to the streets to protest the decision.
poster
Hoopla
83
?
8.0
/109/
60
/3/

The Matter of Life (2022)
A journey to unravel the complexities of the abortion issue through science, philosophy, history and powerful personal stories. The film answers hard questions and provides hope for the future.
poster
62
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6.8
/393/
62
/7/
57
/6/

The Color of Courage (1999)
Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.
poster
47
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8.1
/51/
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Of All the Things (2012)
Muhlach plays the role of Umboy, a notary public attorney who earns a living by notarizing important documents and other papers, while Velasquez on the other hand plays the role of Berns, a professional documents fixer. Every time Berns needs the help of a notary public, she goes to Umboy to "legalized" everything. This "legalization" process of documents was somehow Umboy does not agree with Berns. Their different ideology and principles in life have created a cat-and-dog fight situation between the two. But what's supposed to be a misunderstanding between the two of them will likely to create a blossoming relationship. Bound with their principles in life, how do you think the two will end up together — to the dark side where both of them will be living a dishonest life where they fix documents illegally or to the light side where everything else is in correct and honest manner?
poster
65
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7.9
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51
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.5
/31/
70
/1/
76
/4/

The Lord is Not On Trial Here Today (2011)
THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY tells the compelling personal story behind one of the most important and landmark First Amendment cases in U.S. Supreme Court history, the case that set the foundation for the separation of church and state in public schools.
poster
?
9.1
/81/

Verdict 19 (2019)
A motivational drama about the first candidate for the newly formed Anti-Corruption Court who returns to Ukraine, known as the most corrupt continental state in Europe, to probe himself and the system by participating in the contest.
poster
?
6.8
/49/

Election 2000
When Americans went to the polls on November 7, 2000, to elect the next Commander-in-Chief, no one could have predicted the events of succeeding days and weeks - events that would test the very limits of the Constitution and mesmerize a nation. For 36 days, George W. Bush and Al Gore fought tooth-and-nail for the presidentcy - and Florida became the final battleground. Relive Election 2000 - from the drama of Election Night to the Florida recounts, from the intense war of words between the candidates’ camps to the momentous legal actions in the U.S. and Florida Supreme Couts. CNN reporters Judy Woodruff, Bernie Shaw, Jeff Greenfield, Greta Van Susteren, Bill Schneider and others reflect on the key events and what he outcome means for America’s future. CNN anchor Bill Hemmer hosts.
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7.6
/74/
61
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/17/
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With All Deliberate Speed (2004)
Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was ruled that "in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" — via never-before-heard stories from people directly responsible for, and greatly affected by, the original case.
poster
70
?
6.4
/160/
66
/3/
80
/1/

The Capital City: Washington, D.C. (1940)
A Traveltalk look at the exteriors of Washington, D.C.'s famous buildings and monuments.
poster
63
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6.7
/702/
58
/6/
54
/7/
83
/6/
53
/6/

The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
poster
?
7.0
/26/
35
/2/

Little Sister's vs. Big Brother (2002)
This documentary, filmed over a 10-year period, centers on the debate over censorship as it follows Vancouver's Little Sister's Bookstore and its 20-year struggle with Canada Customs over the seizure of books. In the face of bigotry, bombings and repeated book seizures, it wages the most important legal battle in history against Canada Customs.
poster
Kanopy
36
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6.7
/130/
20
/1/
20
/1/

Rabbit in the Moon (1999)
Like many Japanese Americans released from WWII internment camps, the young Omori sisters did their best to erase the memories and scars of life under confinement. Fifty years later acclaimed filmmaker Emiko Omori asks her older sister and other detainees to reflect on the personal and political consequences of internment. From the exuberant recollections of a typical teenager, to the simmering rage of citizens forced to sign loyalty oaths, Omori renders a poetic and illuminating picture of a deeply troubling chapter in American history.
poster
?
7.5
/17/
50
/1/

The Orange Chronicles (2007)
The 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a massive civil demonstration for democracy and against electoral fraud. Millions of empassioned citizens braved freezing weather conditions to fight against stolen elections and to protest the poisoning of their candidate, Victor Yushchenko. From Kyiv to Donetsk, from Odessa, to Lviv, the filmmaker personally engaged with Ukrainians on all sides of the debate to compile "The Orange Chronicles", a personal account of three months spent.
poster
69
?
5.8
/266/
65
/8/
85
/6/

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.


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