Trailer: The Case Against 8
The Case Against 8 is a behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows two famous litigators from opposite […]
Trailer: An American Mosque, Project Director Interview
David Washburn is a documentary filmmaker who has received support from California Humanities through the Communtiy Stories Grant project for his films, An American Mosque, and his newly funded project […]
Trailer: Going On 13
GOING ON 13 is a documentary film directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan & Dawn Valadez that follows four girls growing up over four years.
Trailer: No Más Bebés
From: Independent Lens No Más Bebés tells the story of a little-known but landmark event in reproductive justice, when a small group of Mexican immigrant women sued county doctors, the state, […]
Grace Lee’s K-TOWN ’92 Tells a Different Story of LA Riots
Grace Lee’s K-TOWN ’92, an interactive web documentary, was supported by California Humanities through the California Documentary Project Production Grant in 2017. You can watch a clip of the interactive […]
Trailer: Real Boy
REAL BOY is an intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates sobriety, adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from […]
Dogtown Redemption
DOGTOWN REDEMPTION, a documentary film directed by Amir Soltani, follows the lives of three recyclers in West Oakland’s Dogtown neighborhood.
Trailer: Hollywood Chinese
HOLLYWOOD CHINESE brings together a fascinating portrait of actors, directors, writers, and iconic images to show how the Chinese have been imagined in movies.
Trailer: Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
INVENTING LA: THE CHANDLERS AND THEIR TIMES, a documentary by Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones, tells the story of the Los Angeles Times and the city’s most powerful family.
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?
