Scenes of a Crime (2012)

Directors: Grover Babcock , Blue Hadaegh

Run Time: 88 min.

"If you watch "Scenes of a Crime"—and you very much should—be prepared to be outraged. A cool documentary that makes the blood boil, it examines how people can be psychologically manipulated into confessing. Not only to crimes they may not have committed but, even worse, to crimes that may never have happened.

—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Booker's Place (2012)

Director: Raymond De Felitta

Run Time: 91 min.

“In 1966 Frank De Felitta made a documentary for NBC News about life for Southerners in Mississippi. The content of the film upset many white Southerners and led to the beating of a black man, Booker Wright, the loss of his job, and eventually his murder. Forty-six years later Booker's granddaughter, Yvette Johnson, and Frank's son, director Raymond DeFelitta, are on a quest to discover who Booker was and how he changed life for black people.”

—Wiener-Rogers Law Library Catalog

No Way Out But One (2011)

Directors: Barry Nolan, Garland Waller

Run Time: 88 minutes

“Holly Collins came to the family court of Minnesota with the intention of bringing charges of domestic violence against her ex-husband. The courts granted full custody of her children to her and her children's abuser. In 1994, Holly Collins became an international fugitive when she ignored the court's ruling, grabbed her three children, and went on the run from her abusive ex-husband.”
—Wiener-Rogers Law Library Catalog

Le Fils du Marchand d’Olives (2012)

Director: Mathieu Zeitindjioglou

Run Time: 82 min.

“For their honeymoon, Anna and Mathieu traveled to Turkey with their camera in hand to learn about Mathieu's Armenian heritage and to learn what modern day Turks think about the Armenian Genocide that occurred in 1915….Using footage from their trip mixed with interviews, news footage, historical documents and animation, this documentary emerges into one of the most powerful films ever made about the Armenian Genocide.”
— Le Fils du Marchand d’Olives DVD Cover

A Good Day to Die (2012)

Directors: David Mueller, Lynn Salt

Run Time: 92 min.

“Chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation. By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of American Indians, the film provides an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM's foundation.

—Wiener-Rogers Law Library Catalog

Code of the West (2012)

Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen

Run Time: 71 min.

“Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana is poised to become the first in the nation to repeal its medical marijuana law. This documentary follows the 2011 Montana state legislature as it debates the fate of medical marijuana.”

—Code of the West DVD Cover

The Law in These Parts (2012)

Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Run Time: 105 min.

“Explores the four-decade-old Israeli military legal system in the Occupied Territories. Since Israel conquered the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 War, the military has imposed thousands of orders and laws, established military courts, sentenced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians…and developed a system of long-term jurisdiction by an occupying army that is unique in the world.”
—The Law in These Parts DVD cover

Justice for Sale (2012)

Run Time: 83 min.
Writers/Directors: Femke van Velzen, Ilse van Velzen

“Follows Claudine, a young and courageous human rights lawyer, in her struggle against injustice and widespread impunity in Congo. She investigates the case of Masamba, a soldier who was convicted of rape, and discovers that his trial was corrupt and unfair. He was jailed without any concrete evidence. In Claudine's journey to obtain justice, she uncovers a system where the basic principles of law are virtually ignored.”
—Wiener-Rogers Law Library Catalog

The Invisible War (2011)

Director: Kirby Dick

Run Time: 93 min.

“An estimated 30 percent of servicewomen and at least 1 percent of servicemen are sexually assaulted during their enlistment, not by the enemy, but at the hands of fellow soldiers. With stark clarity and escalating revelations, The Invisible War exposes a rape epidemic in the armed forces, investigating the institutions that perpetuate it as well as its profound personal and social consequences.”
—http://www.rocoeducational.com/the_invisible_war

Saving Face (2012)

Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Run Time: 40 min.

“Every year in Pakistan, many women are known to be victimized by brutal acid attacks, with numerous cases going unreported. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred….Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad left his prominent London practice to return to his home country and help the victims of such attacks.”
—Saving Face DVD cover