Beni Matías

Shows efforts on New York's Lower East Side to revive abandoned buildings through the work and persistence of the local, predominantly Latino residents.

The story of the native people of Guam, the Chamorros, who remained loyal to the U.S. under a brutal Japanese occupation only to be stripped of much of their ancestral lands to build military facilities after World War II. Through rarely seen archival footage, as well as testimonies of survivors and their descendants, War for Guam explores the experience and enduring legacy of World War II on the island.

The story of the struggle to decriminalize sex work through an ensemble of people who work or have worked in the sex trades.

The advantages and disadvantages of adolescence in a poor urban neighborhood are examined in a series of candid interviews on the daily lives of Black and Hispanic teenagers, primarily girls.

A documentary on the role and effect of the judiciary in an urban housing crisis. Looks at the disputes that occur daily in the Bronx Housing Court. Explores the reasons behind the disputes, which deal primarily with housing abandonment and decay.