Self-Student
2025-03-20
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0.0Homelessness in the United States takes many forms. For Elizabeth Herrera, David Lima and their four children, housing instability has meant moving between unsafe apartments, motels, relatives’ couches, shelters, the streets and their car. After 15 years of this uncertainty, the family moved into their first stable housing — an apartment in the San Francisco Bay Area — in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
0.0A scientific expedition travels to an alternative Earth in hope of finding a new home for humanity, which has destroyed its own planet. But is it even possible to escape old patterns?
0.0Departing from peripheral details of some paintings of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, a female narrator unravels several stories related to the economic, social and psychological conditions of past and current artists.
10.0A community documentary highlighting the intersectionalities of the Black experience at the University of Michigan, divided into 6 sections: Black Beauty, Black Love, Black Arts, Black Academia, Black Struggle & Perseverance, and Black Joy.
0.0A film about problems in providing the population with housing that meets their needs. Affected citizens and representatives of the responsible state institutions give their views.
8.0Too many stories can tell the horrible consequences of the housing crisis. Those of Jeannette and Frances make us feel the difficult experience of eviction. During long months of anguish, brief hopes and uprooting, Jeannette and Frances struggle, alone and surrounded, against a phenomenon that is becoming more and more pronounced: losing your home.
10.0Keyla's Letter delves into the ambitions, hobbies, and interests of Keyla Aldana (she/they), the founder and one of three administrators on the very popular Harry Styles Instagram update account, @harryflorals. Behind their voice-over narration is a documentation of the days leading up to and during two separate Harry Styles concerts that took place in Los Angeles, California.
0.0Five floors. Forty apartments. Rats, leaks and debts. In Pantin, I live in a building with a danger order. Under court order, we have to renovate it. Between Dantesque arguments, missing money and humor as a fire extinguisher, I film our collective rescue.
10.0A Place To Talk covers the idea of speaking out about your mental health. In collaboration with charity mind, we interviewed some members of the team to gain further insight into the work they do for local communities, especially around Bournemouth with the university students in mind. We also sat down and spoke to two university students who shared their issues with their struggles but also helped friends with heir mental health issues.
0.0A filmic letter to New York City, the subway, and self.
0.0"On that day, a building for the poor fell on top of the poor," is how Hazem El Moukaddem sums up the collapse of two buildings on rue d'Aubagne, in Marseille, on november 5th, 2018. This documentary gives voice to those who, on that morning, lost a friend or a neighbor under the rubble, falling victims to poor housing and property speculation. It is intended as an homage to the 8 victims of this tragedy, as well as to the inhabitants of this working-class neighborhood, who came together in solidarity to demand justice.
0.0The film highlights the New Zealand student-led movement against compulsory military training during the Vietnam War. Led by 19-year-old Robert Reid, it brought together activists and diverse communities in a historic protest. Featuring interviews with those involved it is a reminder of the power of activism and ordinary people standing up for what they believe in.
0.0A short documentary chronicling the coming-of-age story of generation z punctuated by numerous culturally significant moments, known as period effects, that have bred a generation of young activists.
0.0Four young filmmakers explore the relevance of Sandy Daley’s cult classic “Robert Having His Nipple Pierced.” Featuring Robert Mapplethrope, David Croland and Patti Smith. They discover the sprawling artistic hub of New York City, and explore the hopeful artists that make it up.
0.0Amid a severe housing crisis that made international headlines in 2011, the federal government imposed third-party management on the Attawapiskat First Nation. In response, the First Nation’s leadership filed a challenge in federal court, claiming the appointment was unreasonable, contrary to law and harmful to community members. Alanis Obomsawin documents the remarkable judicial review that ensued in April 2012 in this companion work to her feature documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River.
0.0A documentary feature film which aims to expand the usually one-sided conversation between students and teachers. During its runtime, raw experiences heard from all sides of the conversation are laid bare during its 77 minute runtime. From all of these interviewees, including a student, a school psychiatrist, and five teachers, the viewer shouldn't expect to be confronted with a narrow perspective but rather a question: "where do I stand?"
0.0Choosing hope over despair, Berliners are banding together to get their houses back from big investors. [...] This documentary film follows five Berlin citizens of different backgrounds, countries, and diverse stories. They find themselves among almost two thousand similarly dedicated people to fight together for one cause. While their personal motivations differ, they all believe they can convince Berlin that the only way to make housing affordable again is to drive real estate companies out of their city. The stakes are high, the movement is strong. But with almost nothing in their hands, they have to prevail against an overwhelming opposition of the real estate lobby and politicians willing to sell out the city they call home.
0.0These are the future leaders of their communities. Ever wonder what it’s like to walk a day in their shoes? How the world looks through their eyes? We were curious. So, we asked them.
Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.