Browse previous selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Larry Kramer in Love & Anger
Legendary author, activist, and playwright, Larry Kramer gave voice to the outrage and grief that inspired a generation of gay men and lesbians to fight for their lives
Ovarian Psycos
Riding at night through the streets of Eastside Los Angeles, the Ovarian Psycos are an unapologetic crew of women of color.
Solitary
Solitary tells the stories of several inmates sent to Red Onion State Prison, one of over 40 supermax prisons across the US, which holds inmates in eight-by-ten foot solitary confinement cells, 23 hours a day.
Suited
Suited tells the story of Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that caters to a diverse LGBTQ community
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature documentary that includes eyewitness accounts from the first members who joined the organization to rank-and-file members in cities like Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles, and NY.
The Diplomat
THE DIPLOMAT tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
The Emerging World of Virtual Reality and Human Rights
Virtual Reality (VR) is an expanding arena for immersive and interactive content.
The Return
The Return examines this unprecedented reform through the eyes of those on the front lines—prisoners suddenly freed, families turned upside down, reentry providers helping navigate complex transitions, and attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law. At a moment of reckoning on mass incarceration, what can California’s experiment teach the nation?
Under the Gun
Searing and powerful with never-before-seen footage of the shooting in Aurora, Under the Gun ultimately gives a human face to a crisis that is scarring the conscience of a nation.
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
As the deaths of Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner galvanize the public, the moving 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets brings the conversation back home—to the impact felt by families across the country for whom reform can’t come fast enough.
Deep Run
Growing up transgender in rural North Carolina, Cole has remained remarkably upbeat despite rejection from his family, school and church.
Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story
Former US Navy SEAL Chris Beck embarks on a new mission as Kristin Beck. Kristin's journey in search of the American ideals that she protected have a whole new meaning as she lives her life.