New and Noteworthy

Four November culture recommendations from our editors.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Radical History

Through recent testimonials and historical footage, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, a film by documentarian Stanley Nelson, brings fresh insight on the cultural and political influence of the young men and women who proclaimed 50 years ago that black lives matter. Firelight Films

Hear Their Cries

"God of Justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum," by Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto, is a 12-session Bible study on the centrality of God’s concern for the poor and the oppressed. It is rooted in the human rights work of the International Justice Mission. IVP Connect

Change is Gonna Come

Inspired by Naomi Klein’s bestseller of the same name, the film This Changes Everything challenges viewers to “change or be changed” during the climate crisis. Through visual narratives of communities around the world, director Avi Lewis inspires a transformation of economics as well as climate practices. thischangeseverything.org

Faith and Conscience

The documentary film The Armor of Light follows politically conservative evangelical pastor Rob Schenck and Lucy McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed in Florida, as they find common cause in offering a moral challenge to America’s gun culture. armoroflightfilm.com

This appears in the November 2015 issue of Sojourners