Video: A New Harvest: The Future of Small Town California
Throughout the state of California, small town industries like fishing, mining, and agriculture are quickly becoming a thing of the past. As competition stiffens and resources diminish, how will these communities survive?
Short Documentary: Mass Confucian: Chinese Language or Communist Propaganda?
Mass Confucian: Chinese Language or Communist Propaganda?, a short documentary by Philip W. Chung. Mass Confucian documents the controversy over a “Confucius Classroom” Chinese language class in the Hacienda La Puente […]
Trailer: The Last Season
THE LAST SEASON, directed by Sara Dosa, is a meditative look at the legacy of war. While in search of the wild and valuable matsutake mushroom, the lives of two […]
Trailer: Oscar-Nominated ‘Last Day of Freedom’ Filmmaker Interview
California Humanities is proud to have supported Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman’s Oscar® nominated short documentary, Last Day of Freedom, an animated film that tells the story of one man’s […]
Short Documentary: American Baghdad, Filmmaker Interview
AMERICAN BAGHDAD, is a short documentary profiling Iraqi refugees trying to assimilate to American culture after being displaced from Iraq due to the war. El Cajon, a city in San […]
Trailer: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning is a film about the life, loves and work of photographer, Dorothea Lange, known for her famous image “The Migrant Mother”.
Trailer: Dogtown Redemption, Filmmaker Interview
DOGTOWN REDEMPTION, a raw, intimate and compassionate look at the lives of homeless recyclers in West Oakland, California, co-directed by Amir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush, premieres nationally on May 16 […]
Trailer: Now En Español
NOW EN ESPAÑOL tells the story of five Latina actresses in Los Angeles who dub “Desperate Housewives” for Spanish language audiences in the US.
Trailer: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
At first, Wonder Woman was a powerful alternative to other WWII-era superheroes. By the 60s, she had morphed into an eyelash-batting shopaholic. How was Wonder Woman born and then reborn into a strong, independent, iconic heroine?
Trailer: Rebels With a Cause
REBELS WITH A CAUSE chronicles the ordinary citizens who did extraordinary things to save what are now the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.