When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security” measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=LeBKBFAPwNc&feature=emb_logo
“AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA is the first PBS documentary series to focus on the dramatic demographic shifts currently taking place in this country. The new American mainstream—the growing number of Asians, Latinos, African Americans, mixed race, immigrants, women, youth, and LGBT—is influencing elections, culture, commerce, and every facet of contemporary life. We…
A catalog of education films spanning across subject areas organized by grade level, including standards and resources for educators and students. Online: https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/
“Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided, while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S….
A performance piece by Erica Nalani. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDH6f_X0tvg
Films for Action has a collection of documentaries organized by social justice themes. Topics range from Activism to War and Peace. Online: https://www.filmsforaction.org
This Teen Vogue video features young Native American women and their testimonies on the real history of Thanksgiving. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7jLeBWMA0U
In this 2016 TED Talk, Kimberlé Crenshaw, the scholar who coined the term intersectionality, speaks passionately about the idea of intersesctionality in relation to violence against Black women. Online: https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?fbclid=IwAR0Isi_keH9nlHgV3wecEpwiqbfDxfkIpZQSdLh9LbgK9VP6KOrETxbSXxI
Short film about an undocumented student at UCLA and the DREAM Act. Originally done through the Armed with a Camera fellowship through Visual Communications in Little Tokyo, LA. May 2007. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7J2b3t4WU&fbclid=IwAR1SafOoQtpDnjFv5wODPj2PxEzXV4xVQnlaDbmrXRFqgO3oqc7rA_A6yBU
Roots of racial disparities are seen through a new lens in this film that explores the origins of housing segregation in the Minneapolis area. But the story also illustrates how African-American families and leaders resisted this insidious practice, and how Black people built community — within and despite — the red lines that these restrictive…