The pandemic has fueled a Blaxit‚ Black Americans fed up with US racism and rising housing costs are leaving the American dream behind. Many are seeking refuge in Mexico, but what does "freedom" really look like on the other side?

"The apology is the first of its kind in Alameda County’s 170-year history, and describes the County’s culpability in the community’s seizure and destruction as an example of “historic institutional racism and structural barriers that remain in our society and institutions.” The documentary figures centrally in the text of the apology, which identifies it as the culmination of an effort by past Russell City residents and their descendants to share the history of a close-knit, diverse, working class community whose existence and destruction has been “ignored and eventually erased” to make way for industry."

Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950's South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her budding romantic feelings toward her best friend Louise.

Legendary Native Hawaiian activist Haunani-Kay Trask explores the roots of the Modern Hawaiian Movement in this powerful documentary, tracing it back to Kokua Hawaiʻi’s fight to protect Kalama Valley residents in the 1970s. Through former members’ stories, the film highlights the complexities of organizing across race, gender, and class, and connects past struggles to ongoing issues like houselessness and land desecration in Hawaiʻi today.

The Jamaica flower and tamarind are iconic ingredients in Mexico, but their history comes from a place much further away.

"Love & Noise Rock is a defiant dive into the DIY rock scene through the eyes of an all Asian-American band pushing against the noise of exclusion"

This film shares the story of the California-Mexico Studies Center and its powerful impact on helping young immigrants pursue brighter futures.

Not Your Model Minority explores the origins of the myth and the intersections with past and present anti-Asian violence. The film reveals the many ways the model minority myth has been used to create a wedge between communities of color and perpetuate divisive narratives. Not Your Model Minority also examines opportunities to build power and make progress toward addressing systemic racism in America.

A REFLECTION OF LIFE explores water issues in the Pacific Northwest, while noting the broader issues facing the entire West, with an emphasis on amplifying Indigenous voices.

SI PUDIERA QUEDARME / IF I COULD STAY is a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of two undocumented Latinx mothers, Jeanette and Ingrid, who courageously enter local churches to evade deportation and protect their families.

SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO follows Indigenous visionaries and communities who are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined, signaling a turning point for Indigenous nations, the ecosystem, and all our collective survival.

A young girl’s experience growing up on a West Coast float house.