Showing 1 - 10 of 893 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Social Studies

Abendland

A very personal journey through Europe and the structures that guarantee our “civilized” world.

KimStim | 2011 | 90 minutes

Absences

ABSENCES, by award winning filmmaker Tatiana Huezo (The Tiniest Place), exposes the ever-intensifying phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Mexico and the ways it affects women.

Women Make Movies | 2015 | 26 minutes

The Absent House

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 55 minutes

Adriana's Pact

As her family’s worst nightmare unfolds on screen, the director tries to disproof accounts of her aunt’s role as an agent of Pinochet’s secret police. But… who is telling the truth?

Pragda Films | 2017 | 96 minutes

Affluenza

Diagnoses the 'disease' of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.

Bullfrog Films | 1997 | 56 minutes

After Spring

Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to fight for democracy in the country where they found refuge.

Pragda Films | 2021 | 83 minutes

The Age of Discovery

This film offers a compelling prospect for living our later years as a unique, exuberant time of life on its own authentic terms. A group of wonderfully diverse individuals, 66 to 106, share their insights on life after sixty

Terra Nova Films | 2004 | 56 minutes

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)

An aspiring corrido composer faces two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 70 minutes

The Alarm Rings Softly

Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 12 minutes

Alba

A coming-of-age film that is both heart-rending and unsentimental, the film follows Alba as family and social circumstances force her to pave her way into adolescence.

Pragda Films | 2016 | 94 minutes