Browse Films
Showing 1 - 10 of 16 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Civil Law
Al Djanat, the Original Paradise
After the death of her uncle, the director films her family courtyard in Burkina Faso as a dispute over the estate bursts out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited from European colonization.
Andana Films | 2023 | 83 minutes
All That I Am
The story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on a path to recovery
GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 75 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
Breach of Trust
Told from the point of view of women advocating for accountability and change, this compelling documentary by USC Graduate Mishal Mahmud examines the sexual assault scandal at the University of Southern California, detailing crimes committed by former gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall and exposing the active cover-up on the part of the administration.
Women Make Movies | 2019 | 24 minutes
Broken Lines
Joe Soll has spent half of his life searching for his birth parents, in the process he uncovered a mystery that’s haunted him for years.
MediaStorm | 2011 | 10 minutes
Damages
Behind the scenes at Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases.
Icarus Films | 2008 | 69 minutes
Divorce Iranian Style
Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women’s lives
Women Make Movies | 1998 | 80 minutes
In the Best Interests of the Children
This groundbreaking film on lesbian mothering portrays the diversity of experience, race and class among eight lesbian mothers and their children.
Women Make Movies | 1977 | 53 minutes
A Lion's Trail
A LION’S TRAIL takes us on a humorous and enlightening journey through the international music industry, tracing the fate of the most famous melody ever to come from Africa.
First Hand Films | 2002 | 54 minutes
Love Letters
A Lesbian love story spanning decades, continents and court cases.
GOOD DOCS | 2024 | 39 minutes
