Attend a Reel Justice Film Festival screening or host a social justice themed movie event of your own.
The Diocese of Hamilton’s Library and Archives, in partnership with Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s Hamilton Diocesan Council, have been hosting a Reel Justice Film Festival for nearly a decade now, and we want you to join us!
You can earn this badge in one of two ways:
Check out their line-up here and continue the conversation as a class or club. (Psst! The March screening is dedicated to kid-friendly movies that introduce social and global justice concepts in fun and accessible ways.)
Check out the list of film recommendations here below, including details like where to rent them, grade levels, and post-film lesson plans to keep the conversation going. Whether you watch the film as a class, a club, or host an after-school event, we recommend making popcorn. 🙂
Is there a local guest you can invite to your school to be a post-film speaker? If you’re learning about an ecological justice issue, maybe it’s someone from the Eco Team. If you’re learning about a social issue, maybe there’s a graduate from your school who now works in that same field. Have any films you think we should add to the list? We’d love to hear from you! Please email us at Youth.Jeunesse@devp.org.
He Named Me Malala
88 minutes | PG-13 | English, French subtitles
Women’s education and empowerment
Local library, Google Play, Amazon TV, Amazon Prime
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
78 minutes | PG-13 | English
Coffee production, fair trade
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
50-min and 90-min versions | Grade 10-12 | English
Fast fashion
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
90 minutes | G | English
Forced displacement, migration
Local library, Crave, Amazon Prime
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
20 minutes | Grade 7-12 | English
Consumption, supply chains
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
20 minutes | Grade 7-12 | English
Water, environment
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
8 minutes | Grade 4+ | English
Water, environment
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
70 minutes | Grade 7+ | English
Indigenous justice (Turtle Island/Nova Scotia), water
Local library, Apple TV, YouTube
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
80 minutes | Grade 7+ | English, French
Environment, Catholic Social Teaching, Inter-faith cooperation
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
40 minutes | Grade 7+ | English, French
Climate change, DPCC partner documentary, Philippines
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
Do “Dignity and Disaster” activity before watching the film!
18 minutes | Grade 7+ | English
Local housing crisis
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
110 minutes | PG | English, French, Spanish
Forced displacement, generational trauma
Disney+ and rentals elsewhere
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
110 minutes | PG | English, French
Social justice, oppression
Disney+ and rentals elsewhere
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
80 minutes | Grade 10+ | English, French
Mining, environment
LESSON PLANS/ADDITIONAL READING:
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