Browse Films
Showing 1 - 10 of 24 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Constitutional Law
Birthright: A War Story
This urgent documentary examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Women Make Movies | 2017 | 100 minutes
The Boys Who Said NO!
The first documentary film to profile the young men and women who actively opposed the military draft in order to end the Vietnam War.
Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 95 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
A Concerned Citizen
Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.
Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 41 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 1
Episode one introduces the series, then covers the Articles of Confederation, the beginning of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the introduction of the Virginia Plan, & the New Jersey Plan counterproposal.
Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 27 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 2
Episode two examines Maryland delegate and gadfly Luther Martin's objections, the ideas of opponents of the constitution, and concludes with an in-depth look at slavery and the founders.
Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 33 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 3
This episode examines congress and taxing power, then demystifies “domestic tranquility.” The episode concludes with a look at the Presidency, “standing armies”, and the end of the Convention.
Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 30 minutes
Confounding Father - Episode 4
The final episode details the 1787-1788 ratification battle, reasons for the Bill of Rights, and the constitution in the 21st Century. An epilogue tells the story of Luther Martin's post-convention career.
Nerds Make Media | 2020 | 28 minutes
An Empire of Reason
What it would have been like if television had covered the ratification process of the US Constitution in 1781.
Icarus Films | 1988 | 58 minutes
Jackson
Set against the backdrop of the fight to close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson captures the essential and hard truth of the lives at the center of the debate over reproductive healthcare in America.
Collective Eye Films | 2018 | 93 minutes
