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Anti Racism--Anti Oppression Resource Guide: Movies

"Having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian or as a trans person or as any member of any disenfranchised community is sadly often still a radical idea. There is so much power in storytelling, and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling, in inclusive representations.”

~Kerry Washington

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  • Last Call Indian: Searching for Mohawk Identity In this powerful documentary, filmmaker Sonia Boileau returns tShingwauk to work out the implications of her grandfather’s life and of his death, especially in relation to Canada’s race policies and her own cultural identity.
  • Race the Power of An Illusion series  This three-part series debunks the misconception that “race” is a physiologically accurate way to categorize human beings, looking through the lenses of science, history, and social institutions at how and why the myth developed.
  • Tongues Untied Marlon Riggs' essay film gives voice to communities of black gay men, presenting their cultures and perspectives on the world as they confront racism, homophobia, and marginalization.
  • Who Killed Vincent Chin? This Academy-Award nominated film is a powerful statement about racism in working-class America. This story is interwoven with the whole fabric of timely social concerns. It addresses issues such as the failure of our judicial system to value every citizen's rights equally, the collapse of the automobile industry under pressure from Japanese imports, and the souring of the American dream for the blue collar worker.

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