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In the Navajo Nation, life can be beautiful, but dangerous. From 1944 to 1986, 30 million tons of uranium was extracted, leaving a legacy of cancer-causing uranium in 524 abandoned mines.
60 min
ESSAYS FROM THE HEART #2: SEEING BEAUTIFUL. A deeply personal and reflective cross-cultural journey unpacking the quiet yet powerful forces shaping women’s relationship with beauty. Through authentic, vulnerable sharing and immersive storytelling, the film unravels the...
22 min
A raw and reflective exposé of one woman’s journey, interwoven with the wisdom of others to illuminate the broader human experience. Originally from working-class Britain and moving toward the American Dream, she begins to see through the distorted narratives of the inherited...
98 min
THE FIGHT follows five scrappy lawyers at the ACLU as they fight important legal battles against the Trump administration's historic assault on civil liberties. Directors Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres capture the rollercoaster ride of the thrill and defeat...
84 min
Rents have gone up an average of 30% in the past five years in the United States – as of April 2024, the average rent in Manhattan was almost $5,000 a month. Some landlords are eager to get rid of long-term tenants and use various tactics including cutting off heat and gas...
79 min
Caiomhe Butterly's definitive look at the human rights situation in Palestinian refugee camps. Working as a human shield she experiences the plight of the Palestinian people first hand.
68 min
In less than one generation, the internet has become a mass surveillance machine based on one simple rule: if it's free, you're the product. Social platforms have become masters at monetising our personal data, whilst the traces we leave of ourselves online are also captured...
56 min
The Baltic Sea is host to an enchanting underwater world. Held in the crook of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, its waters are privy to unique ecosystems comprising both marine and freshwater species. By capturing the hidden beauty of the amazing array of life within this...
84 min
Far-right leaders in Germany have risen to the brink of power. This documentary investigates how they got there, looking at the reasons behind the surge in support for their brand of hardline nationalist politics and the roles of Russia and the U.S.
88 min
The United States of America has been at war throughout most of its 250-year existence. From the War of Independence right through to contemporary armed conflicts, the nation's armed forces have not only shaped American identity but also influenced the political decisions of...
54 min
The Stars at Night is a journey of young filmmakers, experts, artists and writers to the darkest skies around the world in a quest to re-discover the connection human storytelling has with the stars. The film explores a deeper connection to the disappearing night sky by...
27 min
Filmed over the course of two years, SEEDS OF CHANGE chronicles the intersecting stories of lifelong farmer, Mark McBrine, and several incarcerated men as they grow their own food on a five-acre prison garden unlike any other. In a place where life is routinely defined by...
47 min
In US-blockaded Cuba, ingenious mechanics and inventors revive old machines to survive during a time of scarcity.
29 min
An increasing number of Indonesian imams are calling on the faithful to protect nature and save the world. This new movement preaching environmentalism originates in one of the largest mosques in the world, in Jakarta. But just how credible is this movement? And how effective?
96 min
Purpose asks the central question of our time: What is the purpose of our economies — and how can we change them? Director Martin Oetting follows two visionaries, Katherine Trebeck (founder of the Wellbeing Economy Governments alliance) and Lorenzo Fioramonti (who rises from...
114 min
Offering a comprehensive look at Xi’s vision for China and the broader implications — from his crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang to his provocative ambitions for Taiwan — “China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping” also probes the state of China’s economy and its trade war with...
87 min
When lawmakers seek to review a list of books, librarians find themselves on the frontlines of a national battle. Across the U.S., librarians face the impact of uniting against library collection standards that include restrictions on race-related and LGBTQIA+ content...
114 min
When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders — informally known as the Kerner Commission — to answer three questions: What happened? Why did...
50 min
With little hope of the genocide in Gaza subsiding, dock workers in major Italian port cities have organized strikes and large demonstrations to halt arms shipments to Israel. These actions are a direct response to the refusal of international institutions and governments...
405 min
When we let algorithms and politicians decide what's true, the internet isn't the biggest casualty.... our humanity is.
53 min
From South Korea to Serbia to the Philippines, people power uprisings have toppled authoritarian regimes — armed with nothing but conviction and solidarity.
80 min
An observational documentary following total liberation activism in Denmark, one of the world’s best democracies, where a group of activists is met with an unfiltered police response.
71 min
Revolution: Food is all about the positive changes taking root in our modern food system. It focuses on real farmers who are growing, raising real food and the consumers who are demanding it.
106 min
Why would US military veterans take up arms against the country they swore an oath to protect?
115 min
In Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, music star, activist and opposition leader Bobi Wine, together with his wife, rallies his people in a dangerous fight for freedom from President Museveni’s oppressive 35-year regime.
59 min
Today we uncover the global plot to install "christian nationalism" - it feels ridiculous even writing that sentence, but I mean there's no other way to describe it. Strap in!
32 min
Ronald Reagan is remembered as the "Great Communicator," the man who brought optimism back to America. But behind the smile was a ruthless counter-revolution.
239 min
This epic four hour doumentary explores the "ingredients" that contributed to the rise of fascism, focusing on Germany and Italy. It argues that fascism wasn't a simple anomaly but emerged from a complex mix of historical, social, and psychological factors.
76 min
Neoliberalism – a business-backed ideology committed to cutting taxes, busting trade unions, gutting government regulations, and privatizing public services – is the dominant political and economic philosophy of our time. Yet despite capturing both major parties and shaping...
71 min
Kettling of the Voices reveals the hidden war on democracy in the UK. Following key characters that are targeted by the authorities, the film explores the increase in police tactics used to crush dissent in the city of London and Glasgow.
49 min
A feature doc with George Monbiot, Sir Peter Bazalgette and Robin Dunbar that explores the current crisis in social connection, juxtaposed with its fascinating historical origins. Through a series of intimate interviews and beautifully shot scenes, The Power of Friendship...
52 min
Meet Boinga Bob — an autistic outsider artist whose extraordinary home in Australia has become both a rule-breaking work-of-art and spiritual temple. Exploring Bob’s life and other rebel artists, this philosophical documentary celebrates the creativity of unconventional...
68 min
In this documentary I look at what it’s like to be a Muslim in a country where many people feel you don’t belong.Since 2015, anti-Muslim hate groups, conspiracy theories and hate crimes have all risen. I met the family of a Kansas farmer serving 30 years for an anti-Muslim...
84 min
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as the Terrorgram Collective grew and operated and what its rise and fall tell us about the evolution of far-right extremism on loosely-moderated tech platforms.
96 min
Uncovering how Israel profits from surveillance technologies using occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground.
77 min
1942. Occupied Norway. Teachers must join the Nazi Teachers’ League and teach Nazi ideas in their classrooms. 8,000 of them write protest letters. They are threatened with salary withdrawal and the sack. Still they refuse. In a desperate attempt to break them, the Nazi...
73 min
As a wave of anti-boycott legislation has swept through the country, so has a counter-wave in defense of freedom of speech. Everyday Americans are challenging these laws for their constitutionality in a nation-wide battle likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court.
40 min
Critics have called this original Zeteo documentary a ‘gut-punching’, ‘extraordinary investigation’ that you must watch to truly ‘see Israel’.
82 min
When climate change intensified the frequent droughts in the Kalahari woodlands of eastern Botswana, a determined family of caring people welcomed hundreds of thirsty elephants at Elephant Sands Bush Camp. The family struggles to provide water to as many as 500 refugee...
71 min
Beyond Standing Rock shines a spotlight on tribal sovereignty issues and the tribe's 170-year-long conflict with the U.S. government over independence and control over land and resources.
104 min
Why do people of color suffer from disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease? From producers Chris Paul and Billie Eilish, this film investigates the link between diet, disease, poverty, racism, and corruption, unraveling what keeps us sick.
108 min
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes deftly fuses the personal, the political and the just plain surreal as it charts the rise and fall of Fox News Chairman, Roger Ailes. Variously called a bulldog, a kingmaker, and the Ernest Hemingway of campaign advisors, Ailes was...
52 min
Skinhead culture started as multi-cultural, working-class, and anti-racist, but soon was co-opted by white supremacy. To fight back against Nazis, the Baldies were formed in Minneapolis and beyond.
71 min
In America, most female homicide victims are killed by their current or former partner, and one in four women experiences domestic violence or abuse. In this documentary, I ask a simple question: is it possible to reduce these endemic levels of male violence?
82 min
When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil...
115 min
When Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" was published in 1962, the book became a phenomenon. A passionate and eloquent warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book unleashed an extraordinary national debate and was greeted by vigorous attacks from the chemical...
61 min
This is not another mainstream video about BlackRock.By now, people know the public narrative:
124 min
A damning indictment of neoliberalism in the Balkans, Venezuela, and Iceland, through stories of corrupt politicians, fictional tribunals, and economic colonization. It features exclusive interviews with Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone, and Carla Del Ponte.
150 min
The invasion of Grenada by US forces in 1983 echoed around the world and put an end to a unique experiment in Caribbean politics. What were the circumstances that led to this extraordinary chain of events?
56 min
This provocative documentary on maverick academic Russell Jacoby explores the ignominious fate of public intellectuals, the neutering of radicalism in American public life, and the need for daring Utopian thought.
44 min
In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting the disruption of their lives by constructing alternatives in the form of sustainable...
74 min
How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the...
56 min
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In this one-hour, ground-breaking travel special, you'll discover the splendid monuments of Iran's rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing...
27 min
A 3.5-Year Journey of Courage, Kindness, and Connection
94 min
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the...
58 min
System Update isn’t just a film—it’s a rallying call for a better future. This film shows how radical shifts in political, economic, and social systems can protect people from climate change. After all, the majority of people across the globe want the changes needed, as UN...
56 min
Living With Dying is an intimate glimpse into the experience of facing a life limiting illness and of caring for a loved one in that situation. In honest and tender interviews, 12 residents on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia share their personal reflections on being a...
79 min
THE DIVIDED BRAIN is a mind-altering odyssey about one scientist's quest to prove a growing imbalance in our brains and to help us understand how this makes us increasingly unable to grapple with critical economic, environmental, and social issues.
157 min
The Russian Revolution. The Spanish Republic. The Paris Commune. The Ukrainian revolution. The Mexican Revolution. From the late 19th century until World War II, anarchists played a key role in these events and in social movements that would shape the world we live in.
85 min
The Fisherman and the Banker is a modern-day David and Goliath tale, chronicling a fishing community in India’s Gulf of Kutch as they take on the World Bank’s private lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), for funding a coal-fired power plant that threatens...
62 min
Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.
105 min
In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history.
27 min
Stephen Jenkinson is a storyteller, a ceremonialist, an off-grid farmer and a "grief literacy advocate". He's the author of many books, including prize winner "Die Wise". Jenkinson, along with his wife Nathalie Roy, is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom school, which operated...
98 min
This feature length film explores the legacy and cultural resurgence of South American singer-songwriter and activist Victor Jara, who was brutally killed in 1973 following a military coup in Chile.
74 min
Six years in the making, award-winning film AFTER WINTER, SPRING is an intimate portrait of a rural community in southwest France as it grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five...
47 min
The Shitthropocene is a mock anthropological view of humanity's consumption habits, turning a satirical (yet brutally honest) eye on how everything is turning to shit and why the impulse towards more might destroy us all.
80 min
THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at elite universities, including the recently detained Mahmoud Khalil, as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the Gaza genocide. While originally scheduled for later release, we have chosen to bring...
80 min
Revolution or Death is a three-part collaboration between Peter Gelderloos and subMedia. Part 1, 'Short Term Investments,’ examines the official response to the climate crisis and how it's failing.
96 min
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel's occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.
96 min
"A masterpiece! By far the most inspiring economics film I have ever seen. This film is a gift to humanity. Everyone should watch it." - Prof. Jason HickelAn intrepid group of economists is on a mission to flip our understanding of the national debt upside down.FINDING THE...
68 min
Christian Picciolini, a former leader of the American white-supremacist skinhead movement, explores how so many young people are recruited into violent extremist ideologies and how he now works to pull people out of hate movements.
54 min
For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and...
113 min
Stoking fears of “Negro Rule,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington, North Carolina’s democratically-elected government in 1898. Black residents were murdered and thousands were...
60 min
A documentary about Awra Amba, produced by Ato Andargachew Tsige.
22 min
Award-winning filmmakers Anne Macksoud and John Ankele offer their new short film and call to action, THE HOTTEST YEAR IN HUMAN HISTORY: AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, featuring author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
59 min
Iceland has seen a dramatic transformation in recent decades, from being one of the poorest nations in the Western world, to a leader in many economic indices. What accounts for Iceland's rise? Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the former President of Iceland 1996-2016, shares his...
53 min
Are we at risk of crossing planetary tipping points? Are we at risk of pushing the planet toward a trajectory where it could unstoppably drift away from a state that can support life as know it?
52 min
How has the ultra-right made it to the heart of American politics? By gradually occupying positions of power in politics, the judiciary and the media and steadily expanding its sphere of influence. Adherents have been bolstered by Trump’s 2024 election victory. The tightening...
53 min
Chicago’s secret is very much out in the open now: house music DJs headline clubs and festivals from London to Cape Town. But this electronic dance music was born behind closed doors at underground venues. In the early 1980s, a band of mostly Black, gay artists created house...
53 min
Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic crises engulfing our planet. At its heart lies the transformative practice of community acknowledgment and expression—rituals where participants...
50 min
We have never been so aware of the risk of collapse due to climate change. And yet, it seems we are unable to make the collective change the situation seems to demand. How can we explain our collective inertia in the face of the ongoing environmental crisis? Why can’t our...
77 min
When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader Matthew Coon Come and American...
20 min
In A Dying Sea: The Disaster of the Sea of Marmara, filmmaker Florian Seltmann examines one of the most alarming ecological crises in recent history. In 2021, the Sea of Marmara faced an unprecedented spread of mucilage—a dense, slimy organic substance—triggered by untreated...
98 min
A desperate struggle between conservationists and oil interests plays out in Yasuni Man, as the indigenous peoples living in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon struggle to preserve their way of life against encroaching modernity. Filmmaker and biologist Ryan Patrick Killackey...
5 min
What was the Last Hope camp, what did we achieve, and what now?
65 min
Five years in the making, this hour-long film documents the uprising that swept Chile from October 2019 to March 2020, showing how everyday people sustained six months of rebellion by creating extensive networks of self-determination and mutual aid.
91 min
“As long as rabbits don't have historians, history will be written by the hunters.” With the tremendous success of his book, A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn radically changed the way Americans see themselves. His friend Noam Chomsky says that Zinn...
33 min
This 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.
50 min
Never has a president so repeatedly and openly demonstrated his disrespect for the law, the Constitution and the democratic institutions of the United States. From Russian interference in the 2016 elections to secret deals with the mafia, Donald Trump has faced many...
81 min
This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year long conflict.
54 min
“If we need to kill them all, we will” TRT World’s investigative documentary, Holy Redemption, unveils violent fanaticism of armed illegal Jewish settlers who aim to uproot Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. The documentary was made as our team infiltrated “Israel’s...
60 min
Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank are increasingly using violence to seize land and property which is forcing many Palestinians from their homes.
58 min
Roots of racial disparities are seen through a new lens in this film that explores the origins of housing segregation in the Minneapolis area. But the story also illustrates how African-American families and leaders resisted this insidious practice, and how Black people built...
90 min
Instances of racial profiling plague minority communities on a daily basis. Director, A.J. Ali is no stranger to this phenomenon. When he and his wife were targeted for harassment by police numerous times in Howard County, Maryland, he was forced to take a stand.
103 min
A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. SLAY THE DRAGON follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.
79 min
Narrated by Rosario Dawson. Produced by Martin Sheen and Maria Florio (Oscar, Best Documentary).
90 min
A secret museum in an art hotel sparks intrigue when it's revealed to be a creation of controversial artist, Banksy. Using art as a form of political resistance, the hotel highlights the reality of life under Israeli military occupation. WALLED OFF journeys through the hotel...
94 min
Praying for Armageddon goes inside the evangelical Christian movement to explore its influence on US democracy and foreign policy. Preparing for the "end times", a grassroots pastor gathers an army of veterans in the heartland of the United States, and megachurch ministers...
110 min
There has never been a US president like Donald Trump — and now he’s back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Nearly four years after he was cast out by voters and accused of encouraging the American people to assault their own democracy with the attack on...
53 min
For the past 12 years, journalist Paul Moreira has traveled extensively in Iraq. In this personal film, he goes in search of the men he filmed back in 2003, at the very beginning of the American occupation. Through their stories, and by tracing the roots of ISIS to the...