Films by Category
Documentary
Presentation
Short Film
Trailer
Video
Films by Subject


Add New Content
Add Video
Add Headline
Add Article
Add Action
Add Local News
Add Local Event
Add Local Group

Senetor Sanders on Why You Cannot Trust the Mainstream News to Inform You On Healthcare Issues

0 ratings  
Posted by Films For Action on Aug. 23, 2009
4 min - Short Film - 1327 Views
Senator Bernie Sanders replies to a "real man's" concerns about reform. Mostly, he knocks down the ludicrous lies and disinformation spread by GOPers and media conservatives.
Read more: health, media literacy
comments powered by Disqus
Recommended for You
Numen: The Nature of Plants (trailer)
Numen is about the healing power of plants and the natural world. Featuring stunning footage of medicinal plants and moving interviews with leading herbalists, doctors, ecologists and others, Numen provides a vision of healthcare rooted in the traditions of herbal medicine and offers concrete steps to improve human and environmental health.
Bill Maher - New Rules: America Isn't #1 (2006)
Bill Maher points out that America needs to stop bragging about being number 1, and start acting like it. Think we have the freest media in the world? We're 44th. Literacy? 55th. The most free? Bill Maher is also in: Big Pharma and Healthcare , This Isn't What I Voted For , Fake Estate Tax PSA ,
American Blackout (2006)
Whatever you think you know about our election systems or Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, this film will make you question further why the news media fails to accurately inform the public. Directed by GNN's Ian Inaba, creator of Eminem's "Mosh" music video, American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence voices...
Dove Self-esteem Fund
A short film focusing on how Dove is making efforts to help normal girls value their own beauty, and to increase their media literacy skills as they navigate the 24/7 360 degree saturation of the makes-you-feel-ugly industry. Er, that is, the beauty industry.
Fire Water: Australia's Industrial Water Fluoridation Disgrace
Fire Water is a groundbreaking indictment of Australia's mandatory water fluoridation policy, featuring health and scientific professionals, State Members of Parliament, former MP's, activists, sufferers and concerned citizens. The film exposes the truth about the industrial-grade fluoridation chemicals used to fluoridate Australian public water supplies, backed by exclusive FOI documents...
Bail Out Main Street, Not Wall Street
The free markets are completely discredited. There is significant political space to build a broad consensus for a 21st-Century New Deal that would stop spending our tax dollars on war and Wall Street, and instead help struggling homeowners and build affordable housing; fund job-creating projects for clean energy and rebuilding our infrastructure; and fund a universal health-care system that...
Bernie Sanders: Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of Middle Class
A video of Sen. Bernie Sanders March 2, 2011 speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Sanders talks about the need for strong budget priorities in an era of severe income inequality. He makes the case that cutting public funded services like education and healthcare hurts the middle and lower class in a time when they need it the most.
Luke Rudkowski - 'U.S. media doesn't want truth'
The mainstream U.S. media isn't helping in the search for truth, says Luke Rudkowski from the social justice movement 'We Are Change'. Discusses a wide variety of issues. A primer to understand why citizen journalism matters and why we can't depend on the mainstream press to inform us.
Sen. Sanders: Break up the Banks!
More than a year has gone by since Congress passed the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. The Federal Reserve has committed trillions of additional dollars in virtually zero-interest loans and other assistance to large financial institutions resulting in the largest taxpayer bailout in the history of the world. President Bush and Ben Bernanke told us we needed to bail out Wall Street...
Sick For Profit: Fight Back Against Health Insurance Lies
What does United Healthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Well, for starters, his nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in unexercised stock options might lose a few pennies on the dollar. What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in Winsconsin who is physically incapable of eating and has had to be tube fed her entire life, have to...
Actions
Host a Film Screening (Quick Overview Guide)
Regularly watching the news over the years, and getting my news from a variety of sources, I’ve noticed that the mainstream news media does a pretty bad job of covering...
Activity
Start a Films For Action Chapter in Your City
Films For Action's City Chapter websites aim to provide a definitive web-based resource for the activist community of that city. By providing a robust set of information and...
Activity
Become a Policy Changer
The political and economic policies that have shaped our world today systematically favor large, transnational corporations over small local businesses and farmers, ecological...
Activity
Survival International
Survival is the only international organization supporting tribal peoples worldwide. We were founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK’s Sunday Times...
Organization
Films For Action: Independent Media for a Better World
Films For Action is a local and international organization dedicated to providing you with the information and perspectives essential to creating a more just, sustainable, and...
Organization
Don't Miss Our Best Content!
Like Us On Facebook
Get Our Weekly Newsletter