Freedom is a film about a deep quest for total freedom. The quest takes 12 steps and they are based on the 12 signs of the zodiac, although you don't necessarily see that unless you know more about them. Anyway it is a personal quest for freedom that doesn't stop with easy answers.
Inspired by the uprisings of the Arab Spring, filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman embarks on an exploration of his roots in 1970s Chile, where as a child he witnessed the first peaceful socialist revolution in history. Fascinated by the transformative power of art, Dorfman uncovers the power and legacy of his father’s controversial book How to Read Donald Duck, which the military junta burned and...
"Greedy Lying Bastards" investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem that is placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human...
THE BLOOM, a ground-breaking new documentary webseries, illuminates the blossoming phenomenon of Transformational Festivals, immersive participatory realities that are having profound life-changing effects on hundreds of thousands of lives. Episode 1: Fundamental Frequencies March 21st: Premiers at local screenings around the world. Flagship Premier in Portland, OR at The Academy...
Many of us still don’t know the difference between charity and development. While the total amount of foreign aid to Bangladesh since its independence is nearing $50 billion, the income gap has continued to increase. The inequalities persist in a range of human living conditions, not just in a financial sense. This film is concerned with some of those living conditions, starting with...
Geoff Lawton ventures into the cities and towns of the small Urban Garden. Urban Permaculture. What are the creative Permaculture strategies that people use in small scale garden design? Watch Geoff Lawton in action on a real Permaculture consultancy. If you live in the city with a tiny courtyard or even a larger suburban backyard, this DVD is packed with useful examples for you to learn and...
A hard look behind the curtain, stopping the corporatocracy, revolution and political reality. About Class War Films: We have one mission: to expose, explain, attack, and dismantle the myth of American Exceptionalism, the mask and disguise of Predatory Capitalism. We have no loyalty to any politics or party, dogma or philosophy, and our one governing principle is justice for all...
This is the modern-day story of a native peoples' remarkable victory over Western Colonial power. A Pacific island rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) - and won despite a military occupation and blockade. When RTZ decided to step up production at the Panguna Mine on the island of Bougainville, they got more than they bargained for. The island's people...
This week, Cenk Uygur sits down with Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement and creator of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward . The Zeitgeist movement's goal is to create global sustainability by changing established social systems. Can people save the world by changing socially? Is the market economy responsible for corruption, and is it serving its original purpose? Does the market...
Democracy Watch's Tyler Sommers discusses how the Canadian Conservative Government is muzzling federal scientists from releasing reports and talking to the media. SUBSCRIBE and check out our other videos! http://www.operationmaple.com http://www.facebook.com/operationmaple http://twitter.com/#!/operationmaple
Captain Planet cartoon brought to life and given a hilarious satirical twist by Don Cheadle. Remember, turn off the faucet between usages and recycle those plastics or... Watch Part 2. Watch Part 3. Watch Part 4. Behind the scenes.
Corporations are buying hundreds of millions of acres of land worldwide. Canada is no different, with their farmers, First Nations and rural residents being affected most adversely. SUBSCRIBE and check out our other videos! http://www.operationmaple.com http://www.facebook.com/operationmaple http://twitter.com/#!/operationmaple
A hungry young man gets served some serious food for thought when a sausage starts telling his dramatic life story. What he hears will change his life forever. If fast food could talk, you'd bloody well listen http://www.madsausage.com/ -- Help the message be spread on television stations and HULU by donating on their page. A few dollars can sponsor an ad to reach...
In the United States, child poverty has reached record levels, with over 16 million children now affected. Food banks are facing unprecedented demand, and homeless shelters now have long waiting lists, as families who have known a much better life sometimes have to leave their homes with just a few days notice. This World asks three children whose families are struggling to get by to explain...
What does it mean to say goodbye? Is it about making a painless departure? Or encasing the memories for those left behind? After Cicely explores the meaning of modern hospice and palliative care through the eyes of five inspiring women in Asia. This is a visual journal of how they pave final journeys with empathy, dedication and love. British physician Cicely Saunders, (1918 &ndash...
Preserving Paradise is a documentary about the best ways to conserve tropical rainforests. The film features three environmental filmmakers on an adventure to Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Madagascar to share these efforts with the world through film, and empower people to join movements for rainforest conservation. 3-11-2013 is the last day for their Kickstarter to raise funds to cover film...
Sustainability in Exile: Tibetan Farmers Cultivating Compassion. Produced by Dr. Jonathan Scherch , Mr. Lobsang Tsering and a team of university students and professional advisors, the film builds on Scherch's
Trends of the last 100 years leading to the evolution of a peace system - based on historian Kent Shifferd's 'From War to Peace'. Produced by the War Prevention Initiative of the Jubitz Family Foundation Narrated by Gavin Hoffman Music credits: "Opening Credits" by Johnny Ripper, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
The Riviera Maya is a pristine river system that provides Mexican residents on the Yucatan Peninsula with the only source of freshwater in the area. The unique river system is currently under threat from human contamination, pollution and plans for development. For any questions email : stacey@eco-biosystems.com
From a harsh, uncompromising land comes a story of hope... Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from Africa has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last twenty years he has successfully battled against nature, and man, to become a pioneer in the fight against desertification.
An excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the earth and human species.
Men of quality do not fear equality. A message about equality from Awra Amba, the amazing egalitarian village in Northern Ethiopia, where men and women enjoy equality at home and at work. Sign up now for the launch of the documentary on www.awraamba.com
1992 Film by Ron Fricke and Mark Magisdson. Perhaps the definer of the small but wonderful genre of "Non-Verbal Film".
Arctic ice cover just reached its lowest point in recorded history. Pippa goes off script and drops some science. For more, check out http://www.deeprogueram.tumblr.com Or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deep-Rogue-Ram/270636419712713 Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/deeprogueram Filmed at Strut Studios in Vancouver: http://www.strutstudios.com/ Starring Pippa Mackie and Kai Nagata...
Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade is an hour-long documentary film written and directed by Garrett Graham in collaboration with the Tar Sands Blockade and features exclusive video footage shot by the blockaders themselves during the course of over six months of sustained resistance. In 2012, Texas landowners and environmental activists came together to organize resistance...
This documentary shows the apathy of the Canadian government towards the hardship of a small community of Canadian aborigines caused by mercury poisoning. PRESS TV Documentaries
CONTINUUM is a feature length documentary telling the story of where we came from, who we are, and the possibilities of our future. We've just launched our Kickstarter campaign! Come and support us, get involved, share the project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planetary/planetary-collective-presents-continuum Follow us on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/WeArePlanetary ) and Like us...
FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.
Smart and provocative young veteran, Wray Harris, unlocks the sufferings served by the Iraq war. Truth is, the military is full of Harrises, eager patriots irrevocably transformed by meaningless combat. In an overnight conversation between two who met at a demonstration (at which Harris was speaking) Authority and Expectations walks the wiretapped road to Wray's apostasy. Fourteen months...
Does breathing really make global warming worse? Is the C02 being emitted by human activity (measured in parts per million) too small to have an impact on the climate? And do conservatives really think CO2 is safe because it doesn't cause cancer? All this and more is addressed in the following video. See parts 2-8 for more ways you are being lied to about C02. The lies just keep on...
This video addresses the perennial denier favorite, 'There's Global Warming on Mars." Here are the supporting links. Mars "global warming": http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news... Pluto "global warming": http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy... supposed warming on other planets:
"I looked outside, and it was snowing, therefore, there is no climate change." If that's what passes for rational thought in your social group, you owe it to yourself to watch this edition of Climate Denial Crock of the Week.
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is. As of March 6th 2013, the video has been seen by over 3 million people.
Culture in Decline | Episode #4 "War On Nature" by Peter Joseph - March 1st 2013 In this episode, Peter investigates the nature of War and human conflict; the White House declares War On Nature itself; a french chef prepares an international delicacy for the kids; Louie the Logic Gremlin returns to piss everyone off and our Man on the Street gets rowdy.
In 2010 thousands took to the streets to protest the governments plan to treble tuition fees for higher education. Whilst on these demonstrations people were subjected to a host of violent police tactics: they were charged by horses, beaten and held on mass for hours in the cold. News reports however presented a narrative of the police as struggling to contain a mob bent on violence. Images of...
The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is expected to be one of the first countries to disappear as a result of climate change. Sea level rise and increasing salinity are threatening the homes and lives of 105,000 residents spread over 33 atolls. One of the least developed countries in the world, Kiribati has contributed little to worldwide carbon emissions, yet has the most to lose from...
The MONDRAGON Corporation is a corporation and federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain . Founded in the town of Mondragón in 1956, its origin is linked to the activity of a modest technical college and a small workshop producing
A video about the many cooperatives in Maleny, Australia, and the beneficial effects they have on the local community. It includes interviews with people from the Maleny Credit Union, the health food store, environmental coops and the kindergarden. Read More Kamala Alister -- Maleny is situated 100 kilometers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia. It is...
There's a new front line in the battle to prevent catastrophic climate change. Arrested Development star Alia Shawkat (aka Maeby) explains the truth about the coal industry's plans to export American coal. Multi-billion dollar coal companies like Arch, Ambre, and Peabody want to ship the coal buried under the United States to Asia, releasing disastrous amounts of carbon...
PROGRAMMING THE NATION takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late 1950s subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of mass-media including Hollywood filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock and William Friedkin. Even our modern military has been accused of these practices in the "war on...
Coca Cola finally tells the truth about its popular sugar beverages.
A touching documentary which brings hope from on the poorest country on this earth.
The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss as crazy any suggestion of its falsity. Yet, that's exactly what this provocative, new three-hour series by California Newsreel claims. Race - The...
The realm we exist in is so unimaginably huge, yet so incredibly detailed. We couldn't even begin to comprehend the true complexity of this cosmic domain. This Video mash shows a section of the IMAX movie Cosmic Voyage. It puts big and small into perspective and takes you on a voyage through the universe! Fractals has always intrigued me to a great degree. Fractals at the...
Hannah Fraser stars in this music film by Shawn Heinrichs which highlights the beauty and interactivity of the mysterious Manta Rays. The time of the manta rays is over, lost to greed and exploitation by humans. Hannah is a wanderer, a sea gypsy, a manta ray reincarnate as person, lost to the world. Watch the finished Music video 'Mantas Last Dance' here...
This film speaks for it self. It is the 2nd short documentary from the viewpoint of an Icelander on big questions about our societies. The film-maker made this doc because he feels that something is wrong in this world.
This film speaks for it self. It is a short documentary from the viewpoint of an Icelander on big questions about our societies. The film-maker made this doc because he feels that something is wrong in this world.
THE WORLD BECOMES WHAT YOU TEACH is a popular TEDx talk by Zoe Weil, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (www.HumaneEducation.org). She is a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement and speaks and lectures throughout the world. Through the Institute's graduate programs, online courses and resources, people are provided with the knowledge, tools...
Dancing Buddhas is a 25 minute film about the team of people who help to build one of the UK's most eco friendly and inspiring festivals. Enjoy the change. www.angelfishfilms.com
In this PSA for the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Switchblade Walker is a dangerous man who has spent his life doing horrible acts. While on the way to his latest heinous deed, he's followed by a small dog, who ends up changing his life forever.