Movies: Activism

  • 2000
    The Witness

    The Witness (2000)

    The Witness

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    Transformed by the love of a kitten, a tough New York City construction contractor is inspired to rescue abandoned animals, become a vegetarian, and take his message of compassion to the streets. A construction contractor who grew up on the mean str...

    The Witness
  • 2016
    When Two Worlds Collide

    When Two Worlds Collide (2016)

    When Two Worlds Collide

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    In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. On the one side is President Alan Garcia, who, e...

    When Two Worlds Collide
  • 2001
    Butterfly

    Butterfly (2001)

    Butterfly

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    Living in an ancient redwood tree for more than two years to prevent the tree from being clear-cut, Julia Butterfly Hill captured our hearts and minds by showing us that one person can make a difference. Through interviews with Hill, filmmaker Doug W...

    Butterfly
  • 2019
    Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

    Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire (2019)

    Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

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    Mixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most influential painters and Chicano art activists from the 1970s....

    Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
  • 2017
    Sea Sorrow

    Sea Sorrow (2017)

    Sea Sorrow

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    A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners, specially children, where past and present establish a dialogue. A reflection on the importance of human rights....

    Sea Sorrow
  • 2013
    Ukraine Is Not a Brothel

    Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)

    Ukraine Is Not a Brothel

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    Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation....

    Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
  • 1986
    The Last Debate

    The Last Debate (1986)

    The Last Debate

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    Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were both on the leading edge of protest in the 1960’s. Rubin became an entrepreneur and the chief spokesman for the Baby Boom generation. Hoffman remained active in environmental issues and grass roots politics, maintai...

    The Last Debate
  • 2018
    Simón

    Simón (2018)

    Simón

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    A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home....

    Simón
  • 1971
    Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution

    Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution (1971)

    Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution

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    Hear the inside story of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers with this documentary that examines their efforts to promote the rights of African Americans as well as the organization's violent tactics, including the killing of a police officer. The fil...

    Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution
  • 2018
    The Undamaged

    The Undamaged (2018)

    The Undamaged

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    The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" – clean, pristine, and undammed. With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under constru...

    The Undamaged
  • 2013
    Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

    Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)

    Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

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    In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a g...

    Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
  • 2016
    Down the Deep, Dark Web

    Down the Deep, Dark Web (2016)

    Down the Deep, Dark Web

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    A Gonzo-style exploration that goes beyond everything you thought you knew about the dangers, and promise, of the Darknet. Hackers, Cypherpunks and crypto-anarchists guide us ever deeper down this rabbit hole, uncovering the hidden light at the botto...

    Down the Deep, Dark Web
  • 2021
    Bigger Than Us

    Bigger Than Us (2021)

    Bigger Than Us

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    For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Indonesia. Like her, a generation is rising up to fix the world. Everywhere, teenagers and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freed...

    Bigger Than Us
  • 2023
    How to Fix the World

    How to Fix the World (2023)

    How to Fix the World

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    How to Fix the World? is a comprehensive and informative documentary about direct action in the 1990s and 2000s, directed by Jouko Aaltonen. In the documentary, anarchists, climate activists, and squatters openly describe their experiences and link t...

    How to Fix the World
  • 2017
    The Road Forward

    The Road Forward (2017)

    The Road Forward

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    The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musi...

    The Road Forward
  • 2023
    Old Lesbians

    Old Lesbians (2023)

    Old Lesbians

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    For the last quarter century, Houston native Arden Eversmeyer journeyed across the country to record hundreds of oral "herstories" with a mostly invisible population that is rapidly disappearing. Old Lesbians honors Arden's legacy by animating the re...

    Old Lesbians
  • 2016
    The Body of Emmett Till

    The Body of Emmett Till (2016)

    The Body of Emmett Till

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    Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world to reckon with the brutality of American racism. This short documentary was commissioned by "Time" magazine for their series "100 Photos" about the mo...

    The Body of Emmett Till
  • 2024
    Delhi minus Umar Khalid

    Delhi minus Umar Khalid (2024)

    Delhi minus Umar Khalid

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    In light of jailed activist Umar Khalid withdrawing his petition from the Supreme Court amid repeated adjournments, journalist Ravish Kumar captures the contours of Delhi in a video letter addressed to him. What comes out is a critical piece reflecti...

    Delhi minus Umar Khalid
  • 2013
    John Denver: Country Boy

    John Denver: Country Boy (2013)

    John Denver: Country Boy

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    This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53....

    John Denver: Country Boy
  • 2020
    Prime Farmland

    Prime Farmland (2020)

    Prime Farmland

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    This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned west of South Bend, Indiana...

    Prime Farmland