The GOOD DOCS International Collection
GOOD DOCS are films that do good in the world. Our award-winning collection engages and inspires students by featuring rarely heard stories about individuals and communities working towards a more equitable world. We champion creative expression and complex films that provoke critical thinking. GOOD DOCS represents established documentarians and passionate new filmmakers driven by their experiences as educators, academics, journalists, artists, social workers, community members, and activists. GOOD DOCS films and the GOOD TALKS speaker series offer powerful educational experiences to students and communities everywhere.
The GOOD DOCS International Collection collection includes the following titles:
1000 Hands of the GuruFour monks, a royal scholar, and their American guru are fighting to save Bhutan's sacred scrolls while learning the art of letting go
17 And Life Doesn't WaitA candid view of life through the eyes of three teen girls
999: The Forgotten GirlsIn the Spring of 1942, the Nazis ordered the Slovak government to provide a slave labour force. The Slovaks sent 999 teenage Jewish girls. They paid the Nazis the equivalent of $3,000 for each girl, and gave them a one way rail ticket to Auschwitz.
A Double LifeThe gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971
A Good NeighborA Latina single mother fights against racism and climate change as she campaigns for city council in one of the nation's most polluted zip codes.
A Life Like ThisThe stories of four outsider artists with disabilities who create without pretension or boundaries.
A Long MarchFilipino American WWII veterans whose service was erased by the U.S. government fight for their rights and recognition.
A Place to BreatheExplores the universality of trauma, resilience, and healing in immigrant communities
A Reflection of LifeA REFLECTION OF LIFEÂ explores water issues in the entire West, with an emphasis on amplifying Indigenous voices
A Still Small VoiceDirector Luke Lorentzen's A STILL SMALL VOICE follows Mati, a chaplain completing year-long hospital residency, as she learns to provide spiritual care to people confronting profound life changes.
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