Filmography
■ Chapter 1
An Inconvenient Truth (Dir. Davis Guggenheim, 2006) Stream on Amazon
Dance of Darkness (Dir. Edin Velez, 1989) Educational Distribution: Electronix Arts Intermix
Every Mother’s Son (Dir. Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson, 2004) Stream at New Day Films Educational Distribution: New Day Films
If I Can’t Do It (Dir. Walter Brock, 1998)
In Whose Honor? (Dir. Jay Rosenstein, 1997) Stream at New Day Films Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Inside Job (Dir. Charles Ferguson, 2010) Stream on Amazon
Island Soldier (Dir. Nathan Fitch) Not yet completed. Visit www.islandsoldiermovie.com for information.
Man with a Movie Camera (Dir. Dziga Vertov, 1929) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
The Meaning of the Interval (Dir. Edin Velez, 1987) Educational Distribution: Electronix Arts Intermix
The Missing Picture (Dir. Rithy Panh, 2013) Stream on iTunes or Vimeo on Demand
My Brooklyn (Dir. Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean, 2012) Stream on Vimeo on Demand Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Nanook of the North (Dir. Robert Flaherty, 1922) Stream on Archive.org Educational Distribution: contact [email protected]
No Room to Move! (Dir. Martin Lucas, 1993) Educational Distribution: United Nations Population Fund
State of Fear (Dir. Pamela Yates, 2005) Stream on Vimeo on Demand Educational Distribution: New Day Films
The Thin Blue Line (Dir. Errol Morris, 1988) Stream on Amazon
Waltz with Bashir (Dir. Ari Folman, 2008) Stream on Google Play and iTunes
■ Chapter 2
All My Babies: A Midwife’s Own Story (Dir. George Stoney, 1952) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Documentary Educational Resources
An American Family (Prod. Craig Gilbert, 1972) DVD reissued 2011
Chronicle of a Summer (Dir. Jean Rouch, 1961) Stream on Hulu Plus Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
Citizenfour (Dir. Laura Poitras, 2014) Stream on iTunes or HBO GO
Crush (Dir. Bianca Giaever and Rachel Antonoff, 2014) Stream on Short of the Week
Drifters (Dir. John Grierson, 1929) Stream on University of East Anglia Film Archive website Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
Grey Gardens (Dir. Albert and David Maysles, Muffie Meyer, Ellen Hovde, 1975) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
Handsworth Songs (Dir. John Akomfrah and the Black Audio Collective, 1986) Stream at the Birmingham Black Oral History Project: www.bbohp.org.uk/node/20
History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige (Dir. Rea Tajiri, 1991) Stream at www.reatajiri.com/videos.html Educational Distribution: Women Make Movies
The House I Live In (Dir. Eugene Jarecki, 2012) Stream on Google Play or iTunes
Housing Problems (Dir. Edgar Anstey and Arthur Elton, 1935) Stream on BFI screenonline
Manufactured Landscapes (Dir. Jennifer Baichwal, 2006) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Zeitgeist Films
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (Dir. Robert Greenwald, 2004) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution (free) at www.bravenewfilms.org/educators
Paint It Again (Dir. Sasha Wortzel, 2011) Stream on Vimeo
The Polymath (Dir. Fred Barney Taylor, 2008) Educational Distribution: email [email protected]
Regen (Dir. Joris Ivens, 1929) Stream on Vimeo
Restrepo (Dir. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, 2010) Stream on iTunes
Titicut Follies (Dir. Frederick Wiseman, 1967) Educational Distribution: Zipporah Films
Tongues Untied (Dir. Marlon Riggs, 1989) Educational Distribution: California Newsreel
Workers Leaving the Factory (Dir. Louis Lumière, 1898) Stream on archive.org
■ Chapter 3
A Conversation with My Black Son (Dir. Geeta Gandbhir and Blair Foster, 2015) Stream on the New York Times Op-Doc Channel
Every Third Bite (Meerkat Media, 2008) Stream at http://meerkatmedia.org/2008/06/every-third-bite/
Hotel 22 (Dir. Elizabeth Lo, 2014) Stream on the New York Times Op-Doc Channel
Last Minutes with ODEN (Dir. Eliot Rausch, 2009) Stream on Vimeo
Marie’s Dictionary (Dir. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, 2014) Stream on Vimeo
The Shrimp (Dir. Keith Wilson, 2009) Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Waiting for Superman (Dir. Davis Guggenheim, 2010) Stream on Google Play
Watermark (Dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky, 2013) Stream on Amazon
■ Chapter 4
A Village Called Versailles (Dir. S. Leo Chiang, 2009) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: New Day Films
The Immortalists (Dir. David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, 2014) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: http://theimmortalists.com/education/
■ Chapter 5
Born Into Brothels (Dir. Zana Briski, 2004) See: www.zanabriski.com/born-into-brothels-1
Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country (Dir. Anders Ostergaard, 2008) Stream on Amazon
Etre et Avoir (Dir. Nicolas Philibert, 2002) Stream at Sundance Doc Club
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington (Dir. S. Leo Chiang, 2012) Stream on Vimeo on Demand Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Never Enough (Dir. Kelly Anderson, 2010) Stream at New Day Films Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Roger and Me (Dir. Michael Moore, 1989) Stream on VUDU or Google Play
Snakeheads (Dir. Ying Chang, Jon Alpert, and Peter Kwong, 1994) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Downtown Community Television Center
VTR St. Jacques (Dir. Bonnie Sherr Klein, 1969) Streaming and Educational Distribution: National Film Board of Canada
You Are on Indian Land (Dir. Mort Ransen, 1969) Streaming and Educational Distribution: National Film Board of Canada
■ Chapter 7
Chile, Obstinate Memory (Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1997) Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Crumb (Dir. Terry Zwigoff, 1994) Stream on Amazon
Cutie and the Boxer (Dir. Zachary Heinzerling, 2013) Stream on Amazon
Fog of War (Dir. Errol Morris, 2003) Stream on Amazon
Night and Fog (Dir. Alain Resnais, 1955) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
Nostalgia for the Light (Dir. Patricio Guzman, 2010) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Our Daily Bread (Dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Primary (Dir. Robert Drew, 1960) Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
■ Chapter 8
Bully (Dir. Lee Hirsch, 2011) Stream on Google Play Educational Distribution: http://shop.thebullyproject.com/products/educators-dvd-and-toolkit
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Dir. Werner Herzog, 2010) Stream on iTunes and Amazon
Leviathan (Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012) Stream on Google Play Educational Distribution: The Cinema Guild
Pina (Dir. Wim Wenders, 2011) Stream on Google Play Educational Distribution: contact [email protected]
The Police Tapes (dir. Susan and Alan Raymond, 1977) Stream at SundanceNow Doc Club
■ Chapter 9
Description of a Memory (Dir. Dan Geva, 2006) Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Lessons of Darkness (Dir. Werner Herzog, 1992) Stream on Amazon
■ Chapter 10
A Lion in the House (Dir. Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, 2006) DVD available on Amazon
■ Chapter 11
Split (Dir. Ellen Bruno, 2013) Educational Distribution: New Day Films
War Photographer (Dir. Christian Frei, 2001) Educational Distribution: First Run Features
■ Chapter 12
Border (Dir. Laura Waddington, 2004) See: www.laurawaddington.com/film.php?film=1
Casting the First Stone (Dir. Julie Gustafson, 1991) Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Don’t Look Back (Dir. D.A. Pennebaker, 1967) See: www.criterion.com/films/28655-dont-look-back
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (Dir. Isaac Julien, 1996) Educational Distribution: Educational Distribution: Academic Video Store (Alexander Street Press)
Resisting Paradise (Dir. Barbara Hammer, 2003) Educational Distribution: email [email protected]
The War (Dir. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, 2007) Stream on Netflix and Amazon
■ Chapter 13
Good People Go to Hell, Saved People Go to Heaven (Dir. Holly Hardman, 2013) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: http://goodpeoplegotohell.com
My Little Friends (Dir. Megan Mylan, 2013) Stream at Living with Alzheimer’s Website
■ Chapter 15
Last Train Home (Dir. Lixin Fan, 2009) Educational Distribution: Zeitgeist Films
Looking for Love: Teenage Mothers (Dir. Tami Gold, 1982) Educational Distribution: AndersonGold Films
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Dir. Errol Morris, 1999) Stream at Sundance Doc Club Purchase DVD on amazon
Out at Work (Dir. Kelly Anderson and Tami Gold, 1999) Stream at New Day Films Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Particle Fever (Dir. Mark Levinson, 2013) Stream at http://particlefever.com/ Educational Distribution: Roco Films
Sherman’s March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South during an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation (Dir. Ross McElwee, 1985) Stream on Amazon
■ Chapter 17
Care (Dir. Deirdre Fishel) Not yet available
Visitors (Dir. Godfrey Reggio, 2013) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: New Video
■ Chapter 18
High School (Dir. Frederick Wiseman, 1968) Educational Distribution: Zipporah Films
The Last Bolshevik (Dir. Chris Marker, 1992) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Icarus Films
Night Mail (Dir. Harry Watt and Basil Wright, 1936) British Film Institute: www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/530415 (UK only)
State of Rest and Motion (Dir. Edin Velez, 2015) Not yet in distribution
Trouble the Water (Dir. Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, 2008) Stream on iTunes and Amazon Educational Distribution: www.troublethewaterfilm.com
■ Chapter 19
Barque sortant du port (Dir. Louis Lumière, 1895) Stream on archive.org
Darwin’s Nightmare (Dir. Hubert Sauper, 2004) See: http://archive.org/details/Darwins.Nightmare.2004
Le Repas de Bébé (Dir. Louis Lumière, 1895) Stream on YouTube
The Most Dangerous Man in America (Dir. Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, 2009) Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Nobody’s Business (Dir. Alan Berliner, 1996) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Kino Lorber Edu
The Plough That Broke the Plains (Dir. Pare Lorentz, 1936) Stream on archive.org
The River (Dir. Pare Lorentz, 1938) Stream on archive.org
■ Chapter 20
Atomic Cafe (Dir. Kevin and Pierce Rafferty, Jayne Loader, 1982) Stream at Sundance Doc Club Educational Distribution: New Video
The Civil War (Dir. Ken Burns, 1990) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: PBS
Hiroshima Bound (Dir. Martin Lucas, 2015) Educational Distribution: Martin Lucas Media, email [email protected]
Sidney Poitier, an Outsider in Hollywood (Dir. Catherine Arnaud, 2008) Not available for distribution
Stranger with a Camera (Dir. Elizabeth Barret, 1999) Stream on Vimeo Educational Distribution: Appalshop
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Dir. Thomas Allen Harris, 2014) Stream on iTunes Educational Distribution: First Run Features
■ Chapter 21
Gimme Shelter (Dir. David and Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1970) Stream on Hulu Educational Distribution: contact [email protected]
Habana: arte nuevo de hacer ruinas (Havana: The New Art of Making Ruins) (Dir. Florian Borchmeyer, 2006) Educational Distribution: The Cinema Guild
Hell and Back Again (Dir. Danfung Dennis, 2011) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: New Video
Intimate Stranger (Dir. Alan Berliner, 1991) Stream on Amazon Educational Distribution: Kino Lorber Edu
Song of Ceylon (Dir. Basil Wright, 1934) Stream on archive.org
Sweetgrass (Dir. Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009) Educational Distribution: Cinema Guild
■ Chapter 22
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (Dir. Marco Williams, 2006) Educational Distribution: California Newsreel
Helvetica (Dir. Gary Hustwit, 2007) Stream on Amazon
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (Dir. Spike Lee, 2006) Stream on Amazon
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (Dir. Morgan Spurlock, 2008) Stream on Amazon
■ Chapter 23
Evaporating Borders (Dir. Iva Radivojevic, 2014)
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (Dir. Pamela Yates, 2011) Stream at Vimeo on Demand Educational Distribution: New Day Films
Truth Be Told (Dir. Gregorio Smith, 2012) Stream at http://buy.hereliesthetruth.com/