Spencer Wells reviews Mia Donovan's 2020 film, 'Dope is Death' - a documentary film that details the community response to the 1970s heroin epidemic in the South Bronx. In response to government inaction, the Black Panthers led an occuption of Lincoln Memorial Hospital and under the leadership of Dr. Shakur, the Lincoln Detox clinic became the first government-funded clinic of its kind. This article is part of the a series of a series of reviews for the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival.

Robert Gibson reviews Jerry Rothwell's The Reason I Jump. This film is adapted from Naoki Higashida's 2007 memoir on growing up as a non-verbal autistic person. The Reason I Jump explores these themes, weaving together individual stories and challenging ableist myths and stigma around autistic people who require a high degree of support. Gibson writes that this film accomplishes the difficult task of bringing the audience into the minds of neurodiverse people with respect and care.

Katie Pedlar discusses Kim O'Bomsawin's impactful new documentary, Call Me Human. This film follows Innu poet Joséphine Bacon, though she rejects the title as "poet" does not exist in Innu-aimun. As part of a generation grappling with the effects of centuries of violent oppression, Bacon's work serves to nourish Innu language, resisting colonial suffocation of Innu language and culture.