University Libraries

Welcome to the Social Justice Film Collections!

You can click on each of the subjects below to go to their film page of this guide as well as see the Film & Media Resources Libguide which has more information on finding, streaming, and researching films. For further help with films please feel free to contact me or your subject librarian. 

interdisciplinary Sources

America Reframed, PBS World Channel

America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Since 2012, the anthology series has premiered 170 films from more than 370 filmmakers -  more than half were helmed by female filmmakers and a third are credited to BIPOC filmmakers. The series has centered the stories of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated, veterans, seniors, immigrants and people from a myriad of backgrounds.

Third World Newsreel (accessible via AVON)

Alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues. It supports innovative work of diverse forms and genres made by artists who are intimately connected to their subjects through common bonds of ethnic/cultural heritage, class position, gender, sexual orientation and political identification. TWN promotes the self-representation of traditionally marginalized groups as well as the negotiated representation of those groups by artists who work in solidarity with them.