Socio-Political Documentaries

When 32 year old Cory Booker, a Rhodes Scholar, challenges the long-time mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the status quo exerts a lot of pressure on local citizens.

Dec 15, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Insiders into the War in Iraq present an administration in a rush to war, unwilling to even read intelligence reports or develop a plan of action to secure the nation.

Dec 13, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

What is the state of religion in America today? Why do people shout, talk in tongues, make confession, give money, jump, shout and pray so zealously? Maher investigates.

Dec 4, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

In 2002, a young Afghanistan taxi driver named Dilawar was transported to a living hell that ended in subjection to torturous interrogations and ultimate death.

Dec 3, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

In the 1980s, El Salvador was wracked by civil war, decimating civilian populations and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. This was childhood for Chava and pals.

Dec 2, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

When a teacher wants to help her students expand their horizons beyond the narrow confines of their valley, she had no idea the forces that would be unleashed.

Nov 29, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

When a 13 year old girl is abducted by a pimp, she begins a life of manipulation, isolation, drug addiction, dependency, fear, and commodification. Is there a way out?

Nov 29, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

A young theologian had the inner strength and the moral determination to stand against Hitler and Nazism during a dark period of his native Germany's history in WWII.

Nov 23, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

When an Iraqi journalist and his family are held captive by the U.S. Army, things are just beginning to go wrong. Yunis Katayer Abbas will soon learn what prison means.

Nov 11, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

When a news organization becomes a partisan political agent, journalism goes out the window. According to this documentary, Fox is anything but fair or balanced.

Nov 10, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

New technology and DNA have revealed the innocence of many inmates. But what happens when more than a decade of your life was stolen and you are left with nothing?

Nov 8, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Small Town Gay Bar explains the importance of social support and connection in parts of the country where gay people are least accepted, the heartland, in rural America.

Nov 2, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

James Scurlock's film looks at how the U.S. became a debtor nation in only a few decades, how millions of citizens became bankrupt, and the tragedy it left behind.

Oct 29, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Justine Shapiro and BZ Goldberg film the lives of Palestinian and Israeli children who live within a few miles of one another and yet remain far apart in understanding.

Oct 28, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Martin Sheen narrates this colorful view of a peaceful people who have suffered greatly in defending their religion, their culture and their land from China and the world

Oct 26, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Photos from Abu Ghraib prison revealed un ugly underside to the unpopular War in Iraq. Who was responsible? A few "bad apples" or the very top of the Chain of Command?

Oct 26, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Two pregnant women in America are widowed by the 9/11 attack on the U.S. In their grief, they refuse to give in to terror and reach out to aid widows in Afghanistan.

Oct 22, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

When you are born into a brothel in Calcutta, your opportunities might be very limited. But when British filmmaker Zana Briski gives the kids cameras, everything changes.

Oct 14, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Becky Fischer is an evangelical kid's minister with a mission: radicalize young children into a Jihad for Jesus and teach them to make war against all enemies.

Oct 12, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Just before 9/11, another collapse was beginning as Enron's financial downturn was under way. This independent film answers the question that was Enron's motto: Ask Why.

Oct 10, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Five typical Christian families are forced to deal with homosexuality and discover how their understanding of the Bible will help them to choose: family or faith?

Oct 10, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

A privileged and poignant view of complicated relationships, an untraditional family, and enduring friendships that are all very, very human; a surpisingly good film.

Oct 8, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Filmmakers Phil Donohue and Ellen Spiro have created a stark and intense account of how a foreign conflict translates into daily challenges for one man paralyzed by the w

Oct 5, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

Moore's film is part comedy, part tragedy, part history, part propaganda; it reviews the rise and fall of wealth in American and what is has cost the American people

Oct 4, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande

A touching film of the story of a young boy's death that set off the Civil Rights Movement, including archival footage and current interviews.

Oct 4, 2009 - Barbara DeGrande