RTC Library purchases a few award-winning feature films each year. Check our catalog to see if we have a film you're interested in.
Some feature films that have been purchased for RTC classes include:
Akeelah and the Bee. An 11-year old from from a poor background sets out to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. About perseverance, determination and education. 112 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 AKEELAH 2006.
And the Band Played On. About the discovery of AIDS, the politics of medicine, and the hunt to identify a quiet killer. 140 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4572 AND-THE 1993b.
Beasts of the Southern Wild. A six-year old sets off to find help for her sick father. 93 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 BEASTS 2012s.
Damaged Care. A true story about a doctor who challenges the managed care industry. 114 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 DAMAGED 2002L.
Fast Runner. A story of love, revenge and renewal in an Inuit village. 161 minutes. English subtitles. Find it: Media 791.4372 FAST-R 2002.
For Colored Girls. Based on poet Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enough. 134 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 FOR-COL 2010g.
Freedom Writers. A writing teacher in an inner-city high school teaches students to find their own voices and change their world. 122 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 FREEDOM 2007w.
Fruitvale Station. A drama based on the shooting death of Oscar Grant by BART officers in 2009. 85 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 FRUITVA 2014s.
Gandhi. A biography of Mohandas Gandhi, who lead India to freedom from British rule. 191 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 GANDHI 2007.
John Q. A man is faced with the death of his son when his insurance company refuses to cover a heart transplant. He takes the hospital's emergency room staff and patients hostage. 116 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 JOHN Q 2002.
Lee Daniels' The Butler. An African-American man is a butler in the White House during eight different 20th century presidencies. 132 minutes. Subtitles. Find it: Media 791.4372 LEE-DAN 2014b.
Manzanar Fishing Club. Americans of Japanese descent interned in Manzanar concentration camp find peace in fishing in spite of their surroundings. 74 minutes. Find it: Media 940.5308995 MANZANA 2012f.
Rabbit-proof Fence. Set in Australia. Three children try to return home from the cultural training camp in which the government has interned them. 93 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 RABBIT 2011p.
Rosa Parks Story. A biography of Rosa Parks, who sparked the modern Civil Rights movement in 1955. 94 minutes. Find it: Media 791.4372 ROSA 2002.
Windwalker. A dying Cheyenne warrior narrates his life to his grandchildren. 106 minutes. Closed captioned. Find it: Media 791.4372 WINDWAL 2003.
Instructors - It's legal to use feature films, videos, and DVDs in your classroom, if you meet these conditions:
• You have to show it in the classroom – whether that’s a regular classroom or a lab or a shop.
• It has to be in the course of face-to-face teaching activities. The implication is that it must be fairly directly concerned with the topic you are teaching.
• It must be for instructional purposes – not to just entertain the class.
• It must be lawfully acquired. This includes items that you taped yourself, but wouldn’t include a bootleg tape. All RTC Library items are lawfully acquired.
• It can only be shown to your students – you cannot allow your students to invite their families, significant others, etc.
• It has to be shown by the instructor or guest lecturer, or by students of the class, as a part of their class work.