 | The Longoria Affairby John J. Valadez In Texas after World War II, a funeral home refuses to care for a dead Mexican American soldier’s body “because the whites wouldn’t like it,” sparking nationwide outrage and helping to launch a civil rights movement. Independent Lens |
 | More Than a Monthby Shukree Hassan Tilghman Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African American filmmaker, goes on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Independent Lens |
 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Propertyby Frank Christopher, Charles Burnett, and Kenneth Greenberg The historical search for the mysterious Nat Turner, leader of the legendary 1831 slave rebellion, has inspired academics, novelists, dramatists, and others in a fierce battle over who he was and what he means to America. Independent Lens |
 | Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Powerby Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts, Cara Pilson, and Cindy Hill Negroes with Guns follows Robert Williams’s journey from North Carolina community leader to exile in Cuba and China, a journey that brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the Black Power and civil rights movements. Independent Lens |
 | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmosby James Chressanthis Two Hungarian film students escaped communist Hungary in 1956, with little more than a camera and a shopping bag full of film. Over the next 50 years, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond would reinvent Hollywood moviemaking for an entire generation — and maintain an iron-clad friendship along the way. Independent Lens |
 | A Place of Our Ownby Stanley Nelson Each summer, affluent and successful African Americans like filmmaker Stanley Nelson return to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, an upper middle class resort community that has historically provided an oasis for black professionals. Independent Lens |
 | Red White Black & Blueby Tom Putnam In a secret battle that cost thousands of lives but was never revealed to the American public, the Japanese army invaded Alaska in June 1942. Sixty years later, two veterans embark on an intense and emotional journey, returning to their former battlefield. Independent Lens |
 | Revolucion: Five Visionsby Nicole Cattell Revolucion: Five Visions presents the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades, and whose perspectives on photography are as varied as their opinions about the Cuban Revolution. Global Voices, Independent Lens |
 | Sisters in Resistanceby Maia Wechsler A chronicle of the heroism and lifelong friendships of four young non-Jewish women who were imprisoned during World War II for their resistance to the Nazi occupation of France. Independent Lens |
 | Sisters of '77by Cynthia Salzman Mondell and Allen Mondell On an historic weekend in November 1977, 20,000 people attended the first federally funded National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, where they hammered out resolutions that revolutionized the women’s movement. Independent Lens |
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