For 25 years Skylight Pictures has been committed to producing artistic, challenging and socially relevant independent documentary films on issues of human rights and the quest for justice. Through the use of film and digital technologies, we seek to engage, educate and increase understanding of human rights amongst the public at large and policy makers, contributing to informed decisions on issues of social change and the public good.
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State of Fear - 2005
A nation wages a war on terror and loses its democracy. [more] -
The Reckoning (formerly The Court of Last Resort - work in progress) - 2008
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Living Broke in Boom Times - 2007
Lessons from the movement to end poverty. [more] -
Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders - 2002
The Criminal Justice System seen through the eyes of Public Defenders. [more] -
When the Mountains Tremble - 1983
Civil war in Guatemala; the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Mench�. [more] -
Cause for Murder - 2002
The murders of two outspoken human rights defenders spotlight the difficulty of change in modern Mexico. [more] -
Brotherhood of Hate - 1999
The story of one family that tried to raise their eight sons to be "white warriors." [more] -
Outriders - 1999
Poor and homeless families on a cross-country odyssey to expose poverty in America. [more] -
Poverty Outlaw - 1997
The story of one woman who must break the law to survive. [more] -
Takeover - 1990
Homeless people simultaneously take over empty houses in eight cities. [more] -
Battle For Broad - 2000
Poverty activists challenge police at the Republican National Convention. [more] -
Witness to War - 1986
Academy Award Winner : One man's journey of conscience from Vietnam to El Salvador. [more] -
Teen Dreams - 1994
Three teens shoot their autobiographies in this pioneering work. -
Nicaragua: Report from the Front - 1983
The secret U.S.-funded CONTRA war against Nicaragua. [more] -
Resurgence - 1981
Union organizing, murder, and the Ku Klux Klan. [more] - go to films page