Riverside Asian American Walking Tour – Downtown Edition

Downtown Pedestrian Mall 3834 Main St., Riverside, CA, United States

Discover Downtown Riverside's hidden Asian American gems and history. Along the way, you will learn how the city's first Chinese quarter vanished, how one family's children helped them prevail in a landmark civil rights' case, and how the first organized Korean American settlement site came to be in Riverside. Pioneering Asian American immigrants struggled to […]

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The Economics of Happiness

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Free Admission! The Economics of Happiness features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world […]

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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! From acclaimed director Steve James (The Interrupters), this Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank […]

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Tell Them We Are Rising

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries - and path of promise toward the American dream - Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. They have been unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. For the first time ever, their story is […]

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Race to Nowhere

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Free Admission! Race to Nowhere is a film that calls us to challenge current thinking about how we prepare our children for success. Named by TakePart.com as one of “10 Education Documentaries You Don’t Want to Miss”, Race to Nowhere brings communities together to spark dialogue and galvanize change in America’s schools. Featuring the heartbreaking stories of students […]

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Night School

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. For adult learners Greg, Melissa and Shynika, finally earning their high school diplomas could be a life-changing achievement. Emmy award-winning director Andrew Cohn’s absorbing documentary observes their individual pursuits, fraught with the challenges of daily life and the broader systemic […]

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One of Us

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Free Admission! One of Us explores the opaque world of Hasidic Judaism through a cadre of fascinating characters. Through unique and intimate access over the span of three years, acclaimed observational filmmakers Ewing and Grady delve into the lives of three brave individuals who have recently made the decision to leave the insular ultra-orthodox community at […]

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The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud shocked the Islamic world by leading a mixed-gender Friday prayer congregation in New York. The Noble Struggle Of Amina Wadud is a fascinating and powerful portrait of this African-American Muslim woman who soon found herself the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic discourse. In defying 1400 years of […]

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Breaking Silence

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! Three Muslim women share their stories of sexual assault—and, in a deeply personal way, they challenge the stigma that has long suppressed the voice of survivors. Throughout America, many Muslim communities persist in stigmatizing all discussion of sex-related subjects. Even though sexual assault and abuse are widespread, conversations about it are rare—and the […]

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Mosque in Morgantown

UCR ARTSblock 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA, United States

Free Admission! Mosque In Morgantown follows one woman’s campaign for change against extremism in her West Virginia mosque, throwing the community into turmoil and raising questions that cut to the heart of American Islam. When former Wall Street Journal journalist and single mother Asra Q. Nomani returns from working in Pakistan to her hometown mosque in […]

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