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2014
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March 8, 2014American Promise documents the education of two middle-class African-American boys in New York City from kindergarten through high school. With the documentary as a springboard, the filmmakers are spearheading a larger social justice campaign to support better educational opportunities for African-American males. More > -
February 26, 2014Documentary guru Thom Powers thinks that organizations that support doc filmmakers need to create a legal defense fund to help filmmakers pay legal bills. More > -
February 20, 2014The documentary “Kids for Cash” is as much about the limits of zero tolerance policies and the harms of the school-to-prison pipeline as it is about judicial greed and corruption. Who knew? More > -
February 17, 2014After Justin Thomas, a 29-year-old documentary film student, was arrested and detained for filming the exterior of a NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, the charges were dropped and Thomas won a $15,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit. More > -
January 22, 2014A New York appellate court granted summary judgment to HBO and a production company that was developing a reality series about the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit in a case involving excessive use of force. More >
2013
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November 16, 2013A closer look reveals that there is more to “The Loving Story” than meets the eye. More > -
July 17, 2013This 8-episode series looks at economic inequality in Philadelphia and the political activism of engaged Philadelphians who are targeting the social and material disparities burdening the City’s poor and working people. More >