Deborah Shaffer

This informative documentary covers the activities of the International Workers of the World, the I.W.W., during the first part of the 20th century. Information on the union's activities, including a textile strike in Massachusetts in 1912 and another strike in Paterson, New Jersey in 1913 is provided by interviews with elderly former union members and a look at their memorabilia. (movies.nytimes.com)

To Be Heard is the story of three high-school students who find their way into a dangerous poetry workshop that does not teach the "Roses Are Red" kind of poetry. Rather, it teaches the kind of poetry that changes lives and that only comes from the inside out. (ITVS)