A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Timesby Samantha Grant Jayson Blair was a young reporter whose shocking lies nearly destroyed The New York Times and forced the entire media industry to take a closer look at ethics, diversity, affirmative action, and responsibility in journalism. Independent Lens | |
Freedom Fightersby Jamie Meltzer Freedom Fighters follows exonerated ex-prisoners who started a detective agency to help free other wrongly incarcerated people, as they rebuild their lives, investigate cases, support each other, and campaign to fix the criminal justice system. | |
From Swastika to Jim Crowby Lori Cheatle, Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher, and Martin D. Toub From Swastika to Jim Crow traces the story of Jewish intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany only to find anti-Semitism at major U.S. universities. Many secured positions at black colleges in the South, and ultimately impacted the civil rights movement. | |
Getting Back to Abnormalby Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker, Peter Odabashian, and Paul Stekler Getting Back to Abnormal is a look at the state of New Orleans five years after Hurricane Katrina, interweaving politics, race and how the recovery of the city has impacted the resilience of its unique culture. | |
Girl Troubleby Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko Shot over a period of four years, Girl Trouble documents the compelling personal stories of three teenage girls entangled in San Francisco's failing juvenile justice system. Independent Lens | |
Girl, Adoptedby Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed Girl, Adopted is a contemporary coming-of-age story that follows 13-year-old Weynsht from her orphanage in Ethiopia's capital city to an adoptive American family in rural Arkansas. Global Voices | |
Guns & Mothersby Thom Powers Two mothers with opposing views on gun control expand the contentious debate to include women who fall on both sides of a historically male-dominated issue. Independent Lens | |
Hand Changesby Gregory Gilbert An investigation of the cyclic social, economic and political changes influencing farm labor on Virginia's eastern shore for 400 years. | |
Harambee!by Liz Nealon A family drama set in the housing projects of Brooklyn during the African American celebration Kwanzaa, starring Howard Rollins. | |
Hard Road Homeby Macky Alston Hard Road Home follows two former felons in different stages of life on the outside. Independent Lens |
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