 | Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Changeby Jayasri Majumdar Hart African American and white Catholic nuns helped make Selma a turning point for the civil rights movement and change the role of the Catholic church in America. |
 | The Spiritualsby Eren McGinnis and Ari Palos The Spirituals recounts an indigenous American music form's bitter histories through the work of a world-renown contemporary spiritual group. |
 | Tattooed Under Fireby Nancy Schiesari A look at River City Tattoo Parlor in Killeen, Texas — home to Fort Hood, America’s largest military base — where war-bound and returning soldiers go under the needle and confess their deepest secrets and fears. |
 | Third Ward TXby Nancy Bless, Andrew Garrison, and Noland Walker Turning an abandoned block of shotgun houses into art, Rick Lowe's Project Row Houses is re-shaping its Houston community, paying tribute to its past and racing to protect its future. |
 | The Trials of Muhammad Aliby Bill Siegel and Kartemquin Films The Trials of Muhammad Ali covers Ali's toughest bout: his battle to overturn the five-year prison sentence he received for refusing U.S. military service. The film explores Ali's exile years when he was banned from boxing and found himself in the crosshairs of conflicts concerning race, religion, and wartime dissent. Independent Lens |
 | Tulia, Texasby Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen Tulia, Texas is the story of a small town’s search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation’s war on drugs. Independent Lens |
 | Two Towns of Jasperby Marco Williams and Whitney Dow Using a white crew and a black crew, Two Towns of Jasper documents black and white residents of Jasper, Texas after an African American man was murdered by three white men. POV |
 | When I Riseby Mat Hames, James Moll, and Michael Rosen When I Rise is about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead |
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