Through intergenerational storytelling, bold artistic expression, and lived experiences, this block of films centers personal and collective journeys of self-discovery, healing, and belonging.

Read More: www.colorcongressinitiative.org/resistance-joy

• Amma's Pride
• Asian B*tches Speak
• Out of Focus
• Ka ʻāʻumeʻume
• Talking Walls
• Hands Performance

• Mississippi Triangle
• From Spikes to Spindles
• The Chinatown Files
• To Be Me, Tony Quon

• The Women Outside
• A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
• Homes Apart: Korea
• Mississippi Triangle
• To Love, Honor and Obey
• Inside Women Inside
• Mohawk Nation
• A Dream Is What You Wake Up From
• From Spikes to Spindles
• Teach Our Children

• Childhood
• Cow Tipping: The Militant Indian Waiter
• I Never Danced the Way Girls Were Supposed To
• Unspoken

Our Exhibitions showcase films, filmmakers, and communities, bringing crucial issues to the forefront. These events serve as dynamic platforms for diverse voices, facilitating dialogue and building deeper understanding and connections across communities.

• Palestine Will Win

  Long-Lost French Film “Palestine Vaincra” Set to Premiere in New York and London

• AI: African Intelligence

  Part of the African Spiritualities theatrical series

• Voices of the Gods

  Part of the African Spiritualities theatrical series

• Revolution Until Victory a.k.a. We Are the Palestinian People (Newrseel #65)
• Frankie & Jocie

  Exhibition at The Hessel Museum Of Art

• Childhood

  A TWN Workshop short film and streaming on PBS

• A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

  Part Of The "Documenting Michelle Parkerson" Retrospective At The UCLA Film & Television Archive

• Odds and Ends

  Part Of The "Documenting Michelle Parkerson" Retrospective At The UCLA Film & Television Archive

• Infiltrators

  Anthology Film Archives Limited Theatrical

• Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories

  4K Restoration Screening at the Bronx Music Hall

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

us at TWN for our free seminars focused on enhancing skills and understanding in social justice media. These sessions are designed to help you develop key industry skills and expand your professional network, as we collaboratively shape the future of media. Many past seminars are available for free streaming on Vimeo and YouTube.

• El Bastón
• Childhood
• Home Court
• We Want the Funk!

"Resistance & Joy: Reclaiming Identity" Screening and Talk with Filmmakers

In celebration of Pride Month, Third World Newsreel is excited to the "Resistance & Joy" Screening Tour and host a community screening in New York City, in partnership with PrideFull, Black Public Media, the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, and Elev8Docs.

RSVP link: https://kinema.com/events/Block-1:-Reclaiming-Identity-9rfdju

Host / Co-Sponsor
Third World Newsreel advances movement storytelling and media arts for cultural and social justice since 1968. We champion the self-representation of historically marginalized communities—including Black, Latine, Indigenous, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, North African, Mixed/Multiracial, People with Disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

This event is co-sponsored by Black Public Media, a non-profit organization that s the development of visionary content creators and distributes stories about the global Black experience to inspire a more equitable and inclusive future.  

Co-Presenters
PrideFull is a New York-based film festival by and for Queer and Trans People of Color. PrideFull curates and screens innovative films that center LGBTQIA2S+ people of color and their stories.

Brooklyn Community Pride Center uplifts and empowers LGBTQ+ Brooklyn through socially conscious and culturally responsive programs, partnerships, and advocacy.

Elev8Docs is a Color Congress learning initiative ing research for over two dozen nonfiction films by directors of color, all nominated by our member organizations.

About the films
The "Resistance & Joy" Screening Tour is a bold new initiative by Color Congress presenting a powerful slate of short documentaries, all directed by filmmakers of color. These films highlight activism, social justice movements, and the fight for equity across different communities.

Through intergenerational storytelling, bold artistic expression, and lived experiences, this block of films centers personal and collective journeys of self-discovery, healing, and belonging.

"Resistance & Joy: Reclaiming Identity" Film Program
AMMA'S PRIDE Directed by Shiva Krish
ASIAN BITCHES SPEAK Directed by Janet Chen
OUT OF FOCUS Directed by India Martin
HANDS PERFORMANCE Directed by Rashaad Newsome
KA ʻĀʻUMEʻUME: NAVIGATING HOME Directed by M. Kaleipumehana Cabral
TALKING WALLS Directed by Marcellus Armstrong

Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1hr 12m

Long-Lost French Film “Palestine Vaincra” Set to Premiere in New York and London

Third World Newsreel Announces 2K Digital Preservation and Release of Jean-Pierre Olivier De Sardan’s Lost Documentary Film “Palestine Vaincra” 6d3o3x

Film Archivist Draye Wilson Found “Palestine Vaincra” in the Third World Newsreel Archives 4z42h

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(New York, NY) Third World Newsreel is proud to announce the 2K digital preservation of the long-lost French documentary Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Win) by Jean-Pierre Oliver De Sardan. This short film is considered the first French film made in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Palestine Vaincra will open NYC’s Prismatic Ground Film Festival on April 30th at the Anthology Film Archives and will also be featured at London’s Open City Documentary Festival on May 8th.

The film was rediscovered by audiovisual archivist Draye Wilson at the Third World Newsreel Archives while working on a special project to digitally preserve dozens of films made by the Newsreel Collective from 1968 to 1972. During this process, Wilson came across a film canister labeled Palestine Vaincra.

Wilson says, “This was in late 2023, and the ongoing destruction of Gaza was just about the only thing on our minds at the TWN offices. I had never heard of this film before, and it didn’t seem to be part of TWN’s catalog. I was fortunate to find a single reference to the film online. Palestine Vaincra had been considered a lost film for decades and had not been seen by the film director Jean-Pierre Oliver De Sardan since 1972.”

With some searching, Wilson was able to find film director Jean-Pierre Oliver De Sardan, who was overjoyed at the news that his film had been rediscovered. “The original French version of the film was shot in 1969 in a student dorm, with the invaluable help of a few comrades whose names I’ve unfortunately forgotten,” said Oliver De Sardan, “For the editing room and laboratory, I was helped by the ‘Etats généraux du cinéma,’ a group of militant filmmakers formed in Paris in May 1968. The final war scenes filmed in Vietnam were supplied to me by Joris Ivens and Marcelin Loridan.”

The film was used in the early 1970s by European committees that ed the Palestinian struggle. According to the filmmaker, the film prints gradually disappeared, leaving no trace of the film for decades, until the English version was found in New York.
JT Takagi, Executive Director, said “It was a stunning surprise to find this film, which our generation of Third World Newsreel folks didn’t realize existed. It’s an amazing historical document which we hope will add to the knowledge and understanding needed at this time.”

“Palestine Vaincra” centers on the 1968 Battle of Karameh while also tracing the complex history of five decades of Palestinian resistance for liberation. The film blends historical testimonies by Palestinians, photographs, stock footage, maps, and music. Still relevant, the film has been digitally preserved and is once again available for public screenings from Third World Newsreel.