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The Big Picture

Fall and Winter (2013)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Money & Life (2013)

A New Story for Humanity (2016)

Engines of Domination: Political Power & The Human Emergency - Director's Cut (2018)

The Corporation (2003)

Requiem For The American Dream (2015)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($5)

The Crisis of Civilization (2011)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

The Global Brain: Peter Russell (1983)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)

The Choice Is Ours (2016)

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)

United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)

Unity (2015) ($13)

Human (2015)

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community

Tomorrow: Take Concrete Steps To A Sustainable Future ($5)

PLANETARY (2015) ($1)

Anti-Fascist Activism & The Value of Nonviolence

How to Smash Neo-Nazi Events

The Strategic Naiveté of Antifa

Why the Moral Argument for Nonviolence Matters

How to Take on Fascism Without Getting Played

Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?

Why Black Bloc Tactics Won't Build a Successful Movement

Violence, Authoritarianism, and the Future of America: Using Science to Progress Past Tribalism

How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence

Former White Supremacist: Why Punching Nazis in the Face Is a Bad Idea

How Norway Avoided Becoming a Fascist State

We Need a Revolution: Overcoming Fascism with a Movement of Love

How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History

The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left

Don't Feed the Trolls — How to Combat the Alt-Right

Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism

It's Time to Go on the Offensive Against Racism

Why Nazis Are so Afraid of These Clowns

Small German Town Tricks Neo-Nazis Into Marching Against Themselves

The Hard Left Antifa And Their Call To Arms (2018)

Violence Brought Us Trump, It's Not How We Will Stop Him

A Quest for Meaning

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($5)

Down To Earth (2020)

Ego Not Bad

Charles Eisenstein: The Two Great Stories That Give Meaning to Our Lives

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The Global Brain: Peter Russell (1983)

A New Story for Humanity (2016)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

The Sacred Balance (2002) (trailer)

Elder Explains the Origins of the First Nation Seven Teachings

Hope is a Verb

Despair Is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope

It's Hopeless, What a Relief! Now Find Your Tribe. Imagine Something Beautiful and Focus on Creating It.

Be an Island Crystal of Hope In These Times of Profound Global Turbulence

Hope vs. Fear - Motivation for Change - Anjali Appadurai

Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope

Resilience: The Biology Of Stress And The Science Of Hope (trailer)

Strategies of Hope: How Americans Can Fight Hate Under Trump

Give Up Hope: It's The Best Chance We Have to Save Everything We Love

Rojava’s Democratic, Feminist Revolution a Source of Hope among Horror

90 Inspiring, Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

The Bodhisattva’s Approach to Activism: A Little Courageous Wisdom to Face a World Gone Mad

Can Beauty Save Our Planet? | Chris Jordan

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Principles to Guide Our Activism

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns

8 Principles for a Regenerative Civilization

We’ve Got a Better World in Mind - 8 Principles for a Beautiful Future

Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction

Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition

20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Liberation Theory: a Working Framework

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

Seven Mantras of the New Revolution

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

Despair Is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope

The (R)Evolution is Unity: Reflections on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa

How to Fix the World

Trending Articles

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

So-Called 'Centrists' Are Really Incredibly Dangerous Extremists

Dr. Peter Bloom

How Militarism Fuels The Climate Crisis — And Vice Versa

Lorah Steichen, Lindsay Koshgarian

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Defiance in the Face of Oppression - Iranian Artist Atena Farghadani Defends the Right to Draw

Gavin Aung Than

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

Healthcare Workers Are Fed up and Hitting the Picket Lines

Mike Pappas

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

Water War Against the Poor: Flint and the Crimes of Capital

Mumia Abu-Jamal

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

Please Teach Your Children About Corporate Criminals

Ralph Nader

I Was a Teenage Anarchist

Jason Myles

Climate Change Documentaries

Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

The Troublemaker (2020) ($4)

Kiss the Ground (2020) (trailer)

A Climate Of Change (2014)

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free (2016)

Disruption (2014)

Do the Math (2013)

Chasing Ice (2012) (trailer)

A Burning Question: Propaganda & The Denial Of Climate Change (2012) (trailer)

Tomorrow's Power (2019)

The Carbon Rush (2019)

Hope in a Changing Climate (2009)

Climate of Doubt (2012)

Years of Living Dangerously (2014)

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) (trailer)

2040 (trailer)

Out Of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change (2007)

The Wisdom To Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community (trailer)

Before the Flood (2016) ($4)

The Climate Changers (2016)

Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) (trailer)

The Island President (2011) (trailer)

Wondering What to Watch? Try These First

The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

Schooling the World (2010)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015) ($5)

Money & Life (2013)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013) ($5)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Beware Of Images (2016)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($5)

Occupy Love (2013)

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Developing Skills of the Heart

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

3 Essential Strategies for Integrating Life Experiences

What It Really Means to Hold Space for Someone

The Four Qualities of True Love

Increasing Your Capacity to Feel

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)

The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose

21 Examples of NVC Consciousness

What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember

Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success

The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

Core Nonviolence Commitments

Toxic Love VS Healthy Love: 14 Core Differences

6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal

Do You Have Time to Love?

Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem

The Demand to be Safe in a Relationship Inevitably Breeds Sorrow and Fear

Wanted: Men Who Love

6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises

What It Means To Communicate

The Purpose of Nonviolent Communication

Radical Kindness Is Liberating

Wanting Fully Without Attachment

Control is a Trap

The Privilege of Not Caring Cannot Exist When True Love Is There

Can You See It?

Can You See It ? | Extinction Rebellion France

Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Clip From Samsara Will Make You Speechless

The Great Pause: Normal *Was* The Crisis

The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again

After I Watched This, I Put My Phone Down for the Rest of the Day

This Is What Every Young Girl Can Expect to be Bombarded with for a Lifetime, Condensed Into 1 Min

A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN

Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One

Gabor Maté: Why Our Culture Makes So Many Of Us Unhappy

Alan Watts: What is Wrong With Our Culture

The One Simple Truth about Our Existence That Everyone Needs to Know

The Lie We Live

The High Price of Materialism

This Is The World As It Is

It's The Greatest Drama of All Time and You Just Might Be Missing It

We Are Built To Be Kind

The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

Inspiring Short Films

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

The Most Astounding Fact about the Universe

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

We Are Built To Be Kind

The Empathic Civilization (Animated)

He Didn't Always Speak. But when He Did, He Gave the Greatest Speech of All Time.

My Revolution: A Blazing Declaration for Inner & Global Transformation

The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again

The Revolution Is Love! Our Movement is for the 100%

A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein

Who Are You? Watching This Breathtaking Video Could Be the Moment You Change Your Life

Trending Documentaries

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

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Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)

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InterReflections, by Peter Joseph (2020)

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Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

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Big Sugar (2005)

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Feeding Ourselves (2017)

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Rebel Architecture (2014)

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The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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Aluna: A Journey to Save the World (2012)

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Films For Patrons: Donate $5/mo to Gain Access to These Films

Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015) ($5)

Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015) ($5)

We Are Many (2020) ($5)

The Nature of Cities (2010) ($4)

Call Of Life: Facing The Mass Extinction (2010) ($5)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($5)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017) ($4)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020) ($4)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015) ($5)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020) ($3)

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016) ($6)

To The Ends of the Earth (2016) ($4)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006) ($4)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013) ($5)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019) ($5)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018) ($5)

Paradise with Side Effects (2004) ($4)

Accidental Anarchist (2017) ($2)

Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017) ($4)

The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017) ($6)

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993) ($5)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012) ($5)

Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice (2012) ($5)

New Member Submissions

I Was a Teenage Anarchist

Condoleezza Rice Denounces Critical Race Theory

Dave Chappelle's Trans Friend | Daphne Dorman

Healthcare Workers Are Fed up and Hitting the Picket Lines

Bill Kristol and Scott Horton Debate U.S. Interventionism

THE GREAT NHS HEIST

Mass Media Is an Arm of the Ruling Class — Matt Christman (2021)

The Dangers of Victimhood

The Big Money Behind the Big Lie

The Whole Country is the Reichstag (2021)

The Entire United States Is Now the Reichstag Building | posted on Sept. 26, 2021

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