In the documentary Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffrey Robinson guides us through the history of racism in America through primary documents and site visits both personal and political.
Directed by Women
Explore films by directors who identify as women.
HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism
One of Ours is the story of Josiah Wilson, a Black twentysomething born in Haiti where he was adopted by a pair of Canadians — a white mother and an Indigenous father — as he navigates his identity.
Daughter of a Lost Bird Review: An Indigenous woman reconnects with her birth mother
In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial violence has shaped her life.
The Third Wife Review: A beautiful and bleak portrayal of patriarchy
Ash Mayfair’s The Third Wife tells the story of a teenage girl whose family marries her off in nineteenth-century Vietnam.
Berlinale Review: A girl wakes up to misogyny inSummer Blur
Han Shuai’s feature debut, Summer Blur, follows thirteeen-year-old Guo in a hot summer in Wuhan where everyone seems to be exploiting women.
Berlinale Review: Alice Diop documents the Paris suburbs in Nous
Alice Diop’s documentary Nous is a portrait of Paris, told through intimate vignettes of citizens living in the suburbs.