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Showing 1 - 10 of 67 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is U.S. Government and Politics
American Feud
A non-partisan classroom friendly documentary tracing the American story of liberalism and conservatism.
Nerds Make Media | 2017 | 86 minutes
As Goes Janesville
As Goes Janesville follows two years in the lives of laid off workers and local leaders to tell the story of how an auto community brought to the brink reinvents itself amid America’s worst economic crisis since The Great Depression.
371 Productions | 2012 | 87 minutes
Backfired
Investigates the largest auto scam in the world, tracing VW's deliberate installation of defeat devices in their diesel cars to circumvent California and US vehicle emissions standards.
Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 61 minutes
Bad Hombres
Journalist Stef Biemans travels between Guatemala and the U.S. during the first months of the Trump Administration, to see what the so-called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find in the U.S.
Pragda Films | 2019 | 50 minutes
Better This World
The story of two young Texans accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention reveals the workings of the post 9/11 security state.
Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 89 minutes
'63 Boycott
Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism. This title has one or more clips.
Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 30 minutes
California State of Mind
Emmy® Nominated documentary on Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown — "the Godfather of Modern California."
GOOD DOCS | 2012 | 86 minutes
Capturing the Flag
A tight-knit group of friends travel to North Carolina to fight voter suppression and intent on proving that American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.
Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 76 minutes
Charlie vs Goliath
Charlie vs Goliath is a feature-length documentary about an ordinary man’s extraordinary struggle to shake up the political establishment.
Collective Eye Films | 2017 | 78 minutes