Docuseek Collections, May 2021 |
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Essential documentary films for higher education |
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On Docuseek, Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films have pooled their outstanding films with those from other renowned distributors, now including Women Make Movies, the world’s leading distributor of independent films by and about women, to stream an exclusive collection of independent, social-issue and environmental documentaries to colleges and universities.
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2021 Spring Special
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Check out some highlights below of powerful and timely new releases currently available from
Docuseek. Plus, stay tuned for news about exciting new films added to the collection this year!
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Shortlist Best Short Documentary, Academy Awards®; Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism. (Bullfrog Films)
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From Executive Producer Sarah Polley, A BETTER MAN follows a series of intimate conversations between a woman and her former boyfriend when she confronts him about their history of domestic abuse. (Women Make Movies)
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Explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen. (Bullfrog Films)
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Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the '60s and '70s: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left. (Icarus Films)
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Spotlights people who escaped war, torture and persecution and introduces the generous Nebraskans who welcomed them. (Bullfrog Films)
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Brings the widely unknown struggles of intersex people to light through the story of intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis. (Women Make Movies)
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At the Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors field nonstop calls from women and teens who are seeking to end a pregnancy but can’t afford to, illustrating how economic stigma and cruel laws determine who has access to abortion in America. (Women Make Movies)
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The untold story of the involuntary sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service well into the 1970s. (Bullfrog Films)
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Shines an urgent and devastating light on the lasting toxic effects that nuclear waste can have on communities. (Women Make Movies)
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Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar’s inspiring and probing documentary explores the complex relationship between India and her native country (Women Make Movies)
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Lynden B. Miller explores the life and work of America's first female landscape architect. (Bullfrog Films)
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Inspired by ghost stories she heard as a child from both her extended Aboriginal and Irish Australian families, Tracey Moffatt has constructed a sublime trilogy in which characters are haunted by the past and bewitched by memories. (Women Make Movies)
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For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life is alienating. BLACK GIRL IN SUBURBIA looks at the suburbs of America from the perspective of women of color. (Women Make Movies)
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This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. (Women Make Movies)
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A vivid portrait of Central American immigrants who disappear along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border, exposing a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life, as well as in death. (Bullfrog Films)
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Unravels the ways that years of one-party rule have reshaped democracy in Wisconsin, where voters are finding their lives increasingly irrelevant to state lawmakers. (Bullfrog Films)
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A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina — 2016 “poster-child” for voter suppression — intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens. (Bullfrog Films)
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Benzene-poisoned, Foxconn factory worker takes his fight against the global smartphone industry from his hospital bed in China to the international stage. (Bullfrog Films)
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Examines the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world. (Bullfrog Films)
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Unearths a deep clash of values between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and their elite Hamptons neighbors, who have made sacred land their playground. (Women Make Movies)
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The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize — Cannes®; Patricio Guzmán investigates the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile. The film moves beyond despair and looks towards the possibilities of political change by linking the ideological struggles of the past with the inequalities of the present. (Icarus Films)
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In this era of climate disruption, the film reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster. (Bullfrog Films)
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This classic, which explores relationships between mothers and their adult daughters, illustrates the missing link between the 'direct cinema' documentaries and the later hybrids that acknowledged truth couldn't always be found in front of a camera lens. (Women Make Movies)
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Traumatized Middle Eastern and African teen refugees are guided through a program of healing by devoted educators at a unique St. Louis public school for refugees only. (Bullfrog Films)
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A portrait of Delphine, a Cameroonian woman who turned to prostitution to support her family. The New Yorker calls director Rosine Mbakam "an original filmmaker of exquisite sensibility; one of the foremost filmmakers of creative nonfiction working right now." (Icarus Films)
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People in the Democratic Republic of Congo travel via boat to the capital to demand reparations for their injuries incurred during the Six-Day War. (Icarus Films)
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The story of 120 years of gold mining and racial capitalism leads to disease and extreme poverty which endures into the present. (Icarus Films)
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A meditation on the destructiveness of hatred and the power of love, as told by Japanese-Americans, European Jews and conscientious objectors (COs) who came of age during the perilous times of the Great Depression and WWII. (Bullfrog Films)
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Chronicles how climate change has accelerated a collision between one of the world's most endangered species, North America's most valuable fishery, and the federal agency mandated to protect both. (Bullfrog Films)
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Created in the wake of the #MyFirstHarassment hashtag that swept across Brazil and shot in a mobile storytelling van, this film is a radical experiment in storytelling about trauma. (Women Make Movies)
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Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary; FARMSTEADERS follows Nick and Celeste Nolan and their young family on a journey to resurrect Nick's grandfather's dairy farm as a locally sustainable family farm. (Bullfrog Films)
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An unconventional animated documentary short based on the adventures of three real-life 'Rosie the Riveters.' (Bullfrog Films)
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Explores the life and work of renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson. (Bullfrog Films)
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Stories of three generations of a German family, in their own words, confronting all the upheavals of 20th-century German history, including a “mixed” Jewish-Gentile couple living in Vienna during the Nazi era. (Icarus Films)
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Traces a secret history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre by delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them. (Icarus Films)
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The story of the Gupta family’s spectacular rise in South Africa serves as a warning on how multinational companies and ruthless entrepreneurs can co-opt democracies for their own profit. (Icarus Films)
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During the Algerian war of independence, Mansourah was one of thousands of communities the colonial French rulers turned into resettlement camps for the more than 2.3 million Algerians forcibly displaced by the French military. (Icarus Films)
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A humorous and compassionate portrait of modern gay life, the eternally difficult relationship between parents and children, and the social, cultural, and moral beliefs in flux in China today. (Women Make Movies)
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Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Nature Documentary; A beautiful and breathtaking outdoor adventure film that follows a filmmaker/photographer and writer as they trek the entire 750-mile Grand Canyon, serving both as an urgent warning about the environmental dangers that are placing one of America's greatest monuments in peril as well as a cautionary tale for our complex relationship with the natural world. (Bullfrog Films)
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The first major documentary biography of civil rights hero, congressional leader and champion for human rights, whose unwavering fight for justice spanned over fifty years. (Bullfrog Films)
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Several years in the life of Joy Womack, the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program, and the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet. (Film Movement)
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Lesbians in a box…two thousand private snapshots hidden away for over fifty years reveal the rich history of Chicago’s working class butch/fem life in the pre-Stonewall era. (Women Make Movies)
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Examines an unprecedented experiment in local democracy in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. (dGenerate Films)
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Like many Indian matchmakers, Dr. Solomon matches by religion, education, and income; but she also matches by white blood cell counts and viral loads. For her, this isn’t just about romance – it is a way to stem the spread of HIV and fight stigma. (Women Make Movies)
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Markie, a 7-foot-tall Midwestern evangelical minister, struggles with her transgender identity. (Icarus Films)
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A real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, during his second term in office. (Film Movement)
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The oil boom in North Dakota sets off a crisis in a rural community, forced to confront the meaning of progress as they fight for a disappearing way of life. (Bullfrog Films)
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African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations. (Bullfrog Films)
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Celebrates legendary 98-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin's inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America's story. (Bullfrog Films)
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This story of the killing of young Cree man Colten Boushie and his family's pursuit of justice weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker’s own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Canadian Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands. (National Film Board of Canada)
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Takes the viewer into the crisis in the news, behind the scenes, back to when the Myanmar military made their master plan for a so-called disciplined democracy and wrote a very scripted role for their enemy #1, Aung San Suu Kyi. (First Hand Films)
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Tells the inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them. (Bullfrog Films)
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A political manifesto for the resistance of women, be they workers, intellectuals or militants, in China and Hong Kong. (dGenerate Films)
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Before she starts a family, the filmmaker wants to discover whether it's possible to reduce her body's — and by extension everybody's — toxic burden. (Bullfrog Films)
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Follows the historic campaign of Paulette Jordan, the first Native American candidate – as well as the first woman -- to win the Idaho Primary for Governor. (Women Make Movies)
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Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse — the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight — demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources. (Bullfrog Films)
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Tells the story of the introduction of Medicare, which was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort to desegregate thousands of hospitals across US practically overnight. The film shows both the destructive legacy of racism in American health care and the potential for collective action to redress these wrongs. (Bullfrog Films)
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Whistleblowers, former prisoners and an investigative journalist paint a shocking picture of South Africa’s first privatized prison. (Icarus Films)
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How do you control people in a democracy? A handful of thinkers developed the first tools of persuasion in 1914 because WWI had to be promoted in the US. In less than 50 years, they would create one of the most booming industries of our time: public relations. (Icarus Films)
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Three healthcare providers bring care to a rural American community, showing the transformative power of providers' relationships with marginalized patients. (Bullfrog Films)
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A profile of Audrey Flack, who holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America as a Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, teacher, and provocateur. (Film Movement)
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An intimate look at the history of the word ‘retard(ed),’ cultural representation, and the challenges and triumphs of people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Women Make Movies)
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Best Feature-Length Documentary, IDFA; Examines the battle between faith and reason that is universal and ongoing. In India, the world’s largest democracy, the ideology that killed Mahatma Gandhi has finally captured power, dismantling a secular democracy that once aspired to the values of enlightenment and non-violence. (Anand Patwardhan)
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Portrays a remarkable college class which connects university students with incarcerated students discussing Russian literature at a maximum security juvenile facility. (Bullfrog Films)
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The extraordinary story of a filmmaker struggling with the prospect of losing her vision. (Women Make Movies)
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Through clashing ideals of modern and traditional womanhood, SIBERIAN LOVE gives insight into the lives and relationships of people in the filmmaker's small Siberian village and raises questions about domesticity, gender expectations, domestic abuse, childcare, and romance. (Women Make Movies)
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Winner of the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival, SISTERS IN LAW is the story of two women in Cameroon determined to change their community. (Women Make Movies)
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The story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States. (Women Make Movies)
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Guy Debord's cinematic analysis of consumer society based on his influential book. (Icarus Films)
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World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival®; Daring and audacious, Softie is one of Kenya's most accomplished photojournalists. But running for office could be his most difficult assignment yet. (Icarus Films)
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The Waorani tribe have successfully fought to keep oil off most of their land in the Amazon rainforest; demonstrating the complex battles at the frontlines of climate change which we are rarely able to see. (Icarus Films)
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Through archival documents and interviews, Academy Award®-nominated director Katja Esson (FERRY TALES, LATCHING ON) explores the colorful and at times tragic history of the Mohawk skywalkers, bringing us a nuanced portrait of modern Native American life and a visually stunning story of double lives. (Women Make Movies)
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10-part series on philosophy, politics and society featuring interviews with artists, a former president, authors and filmmakers, from diverse social and geographical backgrounds. (First Hand Films)
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Drawing on interviews with veteran activists, THE THIRD HARMONY explores just what nonviolence is and how it works. (Bullfrog Films)
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Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary, Sundance Film Festival; Puts a human face on the global refugee crisis by providing an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in the US and struggling to find their footing. (Bullfrog Films)
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From Academy Award®-nominated director Josh Aronson about veterans suffering from PTSD, who are paired with a service dog to help them regain their lives. (First Run Features)
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Dives into the emotion of resentment and how it defines culture and politics today. (Bullfrog Films)
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An intimate portrait of three boys growing up, each with a parent in prison. (Bullfrog Films)
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Told through a deeply personal lens, this film explores sexual assault and trauma – and how these experiences intersect with race, class, and sexual orientation – with complexity and sensitivity. (Women Make Movies)
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An artistic biography of one of the few women in the world working in monumental sculpture. (Icarus Films)
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The film charts the life and spiritual odyssey of one of the great modern painters purely through use of his paintings. (Icarus Films)
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Marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, this is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of Hiroshima, who has devoted her life to ridding the world of nuclear weapons. (Bullfrog Films)
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Follows the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. (Bullfrog Films)
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Britain, late-1970s. The country is deeply divided over immigration. Musicians and fans come together to form Rock Against Racism to battle the dangerous rise of the xenophobic right. (Film Movement)
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What the development of AI means to us as human beings. What does it mean for humanity, community, and how it will affect our perception of human? (First Hand Films)
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Examines the effects of hate speech and bigotry on the lives of Muslim-Americans. (Bullfrog Films)
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The untold story of the profound influence of Indigenous women on the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States. (Women Make Movies)
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