Films to Watch If You Can't Sit Still for More Than 30 Minutes
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** 015: Shorts
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Films to Watch If You Can't Sit Still for More Than 30 Minutes
* What do members of First Nation indigenous tribes, French-speaking Acadians and English-speaking white families have in common? An enemy—one in the form of a multinational corporation looking to extract resources from their land ([link removed]) .
* A black fencer from Brooklyn, who made it to the Beijing Olympics—an incredible underdog story for the ages ([link removed]) .
* In San Francisco, a reverend dives into the archives ([link removed]) and explores black agency and achievements in his community and beyond to fight gentrification.
* It was Brooklyn’s housing cooperative, and she grew up there while her mother captured their lives on a Super-8 camera. Watch and explore this touching tribute from mother to daughter as she reconstructs this archival footage ([link removed]) .
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