The blue house is one of the oldest houses in Wan Chai, a busy district on Hongkong island. In 2006, the government told the residents, who had been living there with their families for many years, that they had to move out due to renovation work. read more at www.alternation.at
A father who love his family and son very much, suddenly what happens to him and what makes him to quit smoke.
A young girl escapes the boredom of her constrained existence though the Polaroid camera she finds. Taking pictures of what she values most, her imagination and reality begin to break down as she wakes up to the truth of her circumstance.
Unveiled and Lifted, a new documentary experience from Lifting the Veil with Cari-Lee, fuses music, art and substance to create an engaging assessment of the current problems facing humanity along with potential solutions to alleviate our situation. The film presents an array of authors, filmmakers, artists and freethinkers, join us as all is Unveiled and Lifted! Featuring special guests...
The founder and director of Alternative Radio, David Barsamian, talks about how Republicans and Democrats are essentially the same, it's just a choice of how fast you want the system to collapse. Americans are also under a lot of pressure to put food on the table as the economy stagnates, leaving little time for people to organize and protest. SUBSCRIBE and check out our other...
In 2005, Steven went public with a controversial theory regarding the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11. His assertion that the collapse was likely the result of pre-positioned explosives rather than the hijacked planes resulted in a backlash from the community and even threatened his standing as a professor at BYU. Despite hate mail, threats, and even bribery to end his research...
A portrait of Bronx based Poet Rob Vassilarakis. Diagnosed with HIV when he was 22, Rob recites his turbulent life story through his evocative poetry.
An unsuspecting employer often hires domestic help from a “placement agency”. It is little known that these “agents” are most often trafficker. The children they hire are likely to have been tricked, kidnapped, or forced into work, and nearly every trafficked child undergoes physical and sexual abuse during this business transaction. While they work, their salaries are...
A short documentary that centers around a volunteer guide at Quetzaltrekkers, a trekking organization in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala, that puts all of its profits towards Escuela de la Calle and El Hogar, a school and a home built to aid street kids in Guatemala.
The Oscar-winning story of the now famous Brenton Butler murder case in Jacksonville, Florida. The film chronicles the real-life courtroom drama, focusing on 15 year-old Butler's top-notch public defenders and their fight to expose the corrupt police investigation surrounding his arrest and forced confession.
How do we change the world? Change the story. "The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation." ~ Once the story our world is built on reflects the reality of interconnection, we will be on a true path towards sustainability. The speaker is Charles Eisenstein (author of 'The Ascent of Humanity' and 'Sacred Economics').
Our planet’s economic and environmental future hangs on an unlikely thread: the clothesline. British filmmaker Steven Lake criss-crosses the world to unravel the reasons and consequences for the banishing of the clotheslines in favour of tumble dryers. Corporate America sold us an electric dream: replacing simple centuries-old outdoors line-drying with the electricity hungry...
The world's a much brighter place when you're not too bright for it. http://www.sleepthinker.com http://www.facebook.com/sleepthinker
Imagine the world where everybody is living in harmony, people are happy and helping each other, they share everything together, they don't need money and are living with the nature. Impossible ? La Belle Verte Movie is a very rare french movie which was unofficially prohibited in EU by media holders. Since 1995 it hasn't been shown on TV except couple of times at late night and...
Youths in Canada and the U.S. are finding it increasingly difficult to find employment after they finish their post-secondary education. And a growing portion of the jobs they can find are low-skilled, low-paying temporary or part-time jobs. Here is the story of two young people who are struggling to find meaningful employment in Hamilton, Ontario. SUBSCRIBE and check out our other...
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...
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.
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
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...
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 Punk Patriot on why apathy is caused not by fluoride, but by pessimism and desperation (and why activism should be FUN and make you feel GOOD). DONATE: ?http://bit.ly/
This film is set in Dakar and its suburbs. A few kilometers from the Social Forum 2011 which took place in the University, residents of a neighborhood affected by extreme poverty spend time and energy trying to improve their living conditions and those of their neighbours, in order to live decently in an area that is constantly flooded. These young people want to raise awareness on the...
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and gender violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while...
Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. Please share generously. "My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me i
A short documentary about Casas de la Esperanza, a changemaker based in Granada, Nicaragua that works to with impoverished locals living beyond the edge of the city to create housing options for a better life. This video was produced on location by an Actuality Media student crew and shot with a Canon XA10.
GIVE US THE MONEY: How do you change the world? Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really lifted millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about how to lobby effectively and how to play to politicians’ weaknesses for glitz and popularity. Find out more about...
POOR US: Do we know what poverty is? If we want to make poverty history, we need to understand the history of poverty. A funny and sinister animated odyssey through time. You fall asleep and dream, traveling across centuries and continents. You find the answers to curious questions: did hunter-gatherers have poor relations? Who became poor faster than anyone else in history? And can...
WELCOME TO THE WORLD: Is it worse to be born poor than to die poor? A lyrical, exhilarating and sometimes unsettling look at childbirth around the globe. Every year 130 million babies are born. Their life chances are a lottery depending on where they are born. In Europe, six babies per 1000 will die before their first birthday. In Africa, it’s 82. In America, 1 in 3 will grow up...
SOLAR MAMAS: Are women better at getting out of poverty than men? An inspiring film about one woman’s attempt to light up her world. Rafea is an uneducated Bedouin mother from the Jordanian desert. She gets the chance to go to the Barefoot College, where middle-aged women from poor communities train to become solar engineers, and bring power to their communities. The college...
Emma lives in El Alto, above La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. She is very committed to her community and is actively involved in establishing links and meeting with others who are very poor and who struggle to keep their heads above water day after day. Emma also cares about supporting what others say and she sometimes speaks on their behalf – she is one of them.
"STIGMA" is an award-winning documentary which follows filmmakers Jeff Johns and Ryan Loughridge as they travel the globe to discover why more hasn't been done to completely eradicate the existence of Leprosy in the world. Through India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, they talk to WHO doctors and aid workers, while visiting numerous colonies and hospitals to meet those...
20 years on the streets. 5 years in the making. The astonishingly true story of a homeless man struggling between the hope of a second chance & the gravity of the streets. A feature doc sparked by a fiction short. You can support this project at http://mosesthemovie.org/support-us/ Directed by Fran Guijarro & Martin Rosete Written by Fran Guijarro Produced by Fran...
What is infant circumcision? Why is the practice common in U.S. hospitals and not in other countries? What does it remove and how does that affect the child? Does scientific data suggest that circumcision has benefits? What are the potential complications? How does it affect sexuality? Is it a medical procedure or a social surgery? If it's unnecessary surgery, what about contemporary...
Bookchin was an American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher. A pioneer in the ecology movement, Bookchin was the founder of the social ecology movement within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought. “Until society can be reclaimed by an undivided humanity that will use its collective wisdom, cultural achievements, technological innovations...
Are guns there to stop tyranny? Is tyranny already here? Are there other ways of stopping it than stocking up on munitions? Welcome, Minutemen, to Rap News 18, where we take a few minutes to explore one of the great debates taking place in the Divided States of America.
Aviva Chomsky is a history professor and coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State College in Massachusetts. Her 2007 book "They Take Our Jobs!" And Twenty Other Myths about Immigration provides a careful analysis of the overheated rhetoric around immigration policy in the United States, debunking the 21 biggest myths and stereotypes in today's...
A excellent video documentary about the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis, TN. This video is about race, class, politics, workers rights, the civil rights and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's. last speech on April 3rd, 1968 and his assassination on April 4th, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel.
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on a celebrity tycoon. At stake is one of Britain's very last stretches of wilderness. American billionaire Donald Trump has bought up hundreds of acres on the northeast coast of Scotland, best known to movie-lovers as the setting for the 1983 classic film Local Hero. And like the American...
Her name is Green, she is alone in a world that doesn't belong to her. She is a female orang-utan, victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. This film is an emotional journey with Green's final days. It is a visual ride presenting the treasures of rainforest biodiversity and the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations. This film is an...
Cops and former cops who have put in decades fighting the war on drugs speak out against prohibition.
Trashed - No Place For Waste with the participation of Jeremy Irons, looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through pollution of our air, land and sea by waste. The film reveals surprising truths about very immediate and potent dangers to our health. It is a global conversation from Iceland to Indonesia between the film star Jeremy Irons and scientists, politicians and...
A fantastically well articulated viewpoint of the worlds present state & possible future. In a sobering introduction he discusses the impacts of diminishing oil resources & the pivotal importance of a collaborative response to the crisis that will inevitable follow when this fundamental resource is no longer available. He continues by discussing the role of empathy in education...
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.
Obesity is no longer just a rich country's problem. It's now taken hold in poor and emerging countries and is rapidly developing into an insurmountable health crisis. Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers are on the march in nation's ill equipped to treat sufferers or educate others about the dangers of getting too fat. It's predicted that by 2030 one billion people...
Addressing the countless "Sandy Hook was a hoax" videos that have been spreading, in 3 parts. Our apologies for the swearing and insulting tone of part 1. If you want a more moderate tone see part 3. But it's worth mentioning that part 1's insulting dismissal of "conspiracy theorists" and the lumping in of 9/11 truth with this conspiracy is *exactly* the disastrous...
Two Stories profiles the experiences and impact of two people from different backgrounds. Jan and Nosiphokazi live in two townships in the Eastern Cape. Their presence in these places has affected them and those around them profoundly. Nosiphokazi Fihlani, a corrective rape survivor, lives in the Grahamstown township and stands bravely against those who discriminate against her and so...
This is a visually stunning, powerful, and engaging documentary. The director's personal journey across India captures the stories of the marginalized, powerless and oppressed who are living in dire conditions, while the corporate India is boasting of a superpower economy by 2020. ?Four very powerful stories woven around Earth, Fire, Wind and Water bring out the discriminative manner in...