Activism Movies

In the Corsican mountains, a son films his father, marked by years of political involvement. In the family’s isolation, silences and gestures...

The filmmaker follows a girl, Roosi, for 10 years from age 8-18. She grew up as the child of an activist. She struggles to cope with climate grief...

What happens when non-violent leaders are pushed to support armed struggle against a brutal regime in a forgotten war? Thabyay: Creative Resistance...

In this intimate portrait addressed directly to Hélène Hazera, filmmaker Judith Abitbol revisits a key figure of France’s...

After their mother's femicide, three siblings are separated and forced to live in different places. Years later they gather to raise their voices and...

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...

"Ellas en la ciudad" (Them in the City) focuses on the first settlers of the neighborhoods on the outskirts of Seville. Through their stories, we...

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's...

At 6am on May 21, 2008, armed police burst into the apartment of Austrian dog trainer and animal-rights activist Sabine Koch, arresting her. After...

A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners, specially children, where...

abel and Antonio are human rights activists. They were awoke by the loud noise of sirens and the roar of thousands of screamings. They picked what...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington, D.C., swings from a ghost town to a protest epicenter. Sergei Kostin, a local activist moves between these...

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,...

A dinner party with a group of diverse childhood friends turns into a moment for all attendees to look at their own histories, and determine whether...

A documentary capturing photographer and activist Misan Harriman’s journey documenting global protest movements that drive social change....

Dina works as a journalist for the national television station. The stories she is asked to report on are becoming increasingly absurd and full of...

Through encounters with a hydrologist, a farmer, and citizens mobilized around the Marais Poitevin, the director helps us understand the...