Found 41 resources on economic justice
economic justice
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of economic justice. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
(Hate) Machine
More About (Hate) Machine from Director Phil Caron The concept for (Hate) Machine came out of the…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
A Loud Color
More About A Loud Color from Producer & Director Brent Joseph I was asked by Tim Ryan…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
A Nomad’s Life
More About A Nomad’s Life from Director Lynn True A Nomad’s Life was conceived as part of…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal
More About African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal from Director Ben Herson I was inspired to make…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
All That I Can Be
William, like many young Americans, feels that joining the military is his only way out of a dead-end job and a rough life.
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Argentina Turning Around
More About Argentina Turning Around from Director Melissa Young In the 1990s, Argentina embraced globalization. Instead of…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)
Journey to the “Asparagus Capital of the World” to discover why one little vegetable is so important.
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Books Not Bars
More About Books Not Bars from WITNESS Public spending to support increased incarceration is booming while spending…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Bread
More About Bread from Director Marcelo Bukin The idea forBread was born in Guatemala while shooting a…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Broken Limbs: Searching for the New American Farmer
More About Broken Limbs: Searching For The American Farmer from Directors and Producers Jamie Howell and Guy…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime
More About By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime from Director Karen Lin By-Standing is the collision…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Dedicated to My Family
More About Dedicated to My Family from youth Director Nicole Sobottke Hello, I’m the filmmaker of Dedicated…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Diana
More About Diana from Director Brynmore Williams We were approached by MTV to help create a documentary…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
E-Waste
More About E-Waste from Producers at GOOD Magazine If the transition from 386 to 486 resonates loudly…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty was directed by Joshua Holst, a life-long student of the environment and human…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Every Third Bite
More About Every Third Bite from the Meerkat Media Collective Two years ago, honeybees started to disappear.…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize
More About Eyes On The Fair Use Of The Prize from Director/Producer Jacob Caggiano Eyes On The…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Hammoudi
More About Hammoudi from Producer Tima Khalil I first read an article on Mohammad’s story in a…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
More About How Wal-Mart Came To Haslett from Director and Producer Meerkat Media Collective In the fall…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
In Transit
More About In Transit from Directors and Producers Bent Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III and Louis Abelman…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
La Hoja
More about La Hoja from Director Gabrielle Weiss I was approached by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Locusts
More about Locusts from Producer and Performer Invincible Finale and I spent several years developing the song…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Looking Back
More about Looking Back from Director Emile Bokaer I learned about Albert Lewis while reading a newspaper…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Massacre at Murambi
More About Massacre at Murambi from Director & Producer Sam Kauffmann During the genocide in Rwanda in…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
No Child
More About No Child from Director Gabe Cheifetz No Child was a difficult piece to make. We…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Novela, Novela
More About Novela, Novela from Director Elizabeth Miller I first met Virginia Lacayo and Amy Bank, Executive…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Perversion of Justice
More About Perversion of Justice from Director Melissa Mummert I worked as a chaplain intern at a…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
POPaganda: The Art and Subversion of Ron English
More About POPaganda: The Art & Subversion of Ron English Ron English first gained fame in 1982…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Power Up
More About Power Up from Director & Producer Sverre Fredriksen Power Up is an animated short film…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Rapping at Fear
More About Rapping At Fear from Producer Listen Up! Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Recycle
More About Recycle from Directors and Producers Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner Recycle is a portrait…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Seeds of Hope: South Africa
More About Seeds of Hope: South Africa from the Director Sarah Hesterman Seeds of Hope was produced…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Something’s Moving
More About Something’s Moving from Director Randy Vasquez Imagine being taken from your family before the age…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Still Standing
More About Still Standing from Producer EVC Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) In December 2005, the EVC Youth…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Struggling to Survive
More About Struggling to Survive from Producer Appalshop Struggling to Survive was produced during the Summer of…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
The Luckiest Nut In The World
More About The Luckiest Nut in the World from Director Emily James I had been reading a…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
The Rules of the Game
More About The Rules of the Game from Directors and Producers Garance Burke and Monica Lam Garance…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Water Warriors
More About Water Warriors from Director and Producer Liz Miller Water is quickly becoming the liquid gold…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
We are the Zaballeen
More About We are the Zaballeen from Director Mai Iskander “If there weren’t any garbage collectors, Cairo…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Why Do White People Have Black Spots?
More about More about Why Do White People Have Black Spots? from Anya Kandel This film is…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
World On Fire
A Message from Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan wrote us this message about her music video and participation…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival


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