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Transition Documentaries

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

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

Voices of Transition (2012) ($5)

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($4)

The Transition

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

Transitions For Society: Job Guarantee and Basic Income (2014)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Occupy Love (2013)

Ecovillage Pioneers: A Journey Towards Low-Impact Living (2016) ($3)

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

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

Building the Democratic Economy, from Preston to Cleveland (2018)

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

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

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

We Can't Grow Infinitely on a Finite Planet

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

The Impossible Hamster

How to Fix the World

Life in a 'Degrowth' Economy, and Why You Might Actually Enjoy it

Enough Is Enough (2014)

13 Films about Post-Growth Economics

There's No Tomorrow (2012)

Visualizing a Plenitude Economy: The Secret To Creating Jobs

Growth is Not Enough

Powerdown: Let's Talk About It

Who Killed Economic Growth?

Steady-State Economics: It's The Answer To The Failed Endless-Growth Paradigm

Life After Growth - Economics for Everyone (2010)

We Have a Choice to Make. Growth or Life?

Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy

How an Ad Man Became a Post-Growth Advocate

Degrowth: A Call for Radical Abundance

Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now

Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era

Sustainable City Living on 1/10th of an Acre - Degrowth in the Suburbs

GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth (trailer)

Growthism: Its Ecological, Economic and Ethical Limits

Endless Economic Growth is Fundamentally Unsustainable

How the Not-For-Profit Model Holds the Key to Creating a People-First Economy in Balance with Nature

Planet Local: A Short Film Series about the Beautiful Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 3: Local Food Webs, Exploring Systems of Distribution

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 4: Local Food Processors AKA Making Delicious Food

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 5: Challenges & Solutions

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 7: A Little More Inspiration

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

The Zeitgeist Movement | Peter Joseph

InterReflections, by Peter Joseph (2020) ($5)

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

The New Human Rights Movement - Peter Joseph (2017)

Peter Joseph: Introducing a Resource Based Economy (Multi-Part Series)

The Zeitgeist Movement: Activist Orientation Presentation

Peter Joseph: "Social Pathology"

Peter Joseph: When Normality Becomes Distortion

Peter Joseph - The Revolution of Values

A Critique of Bernie Sanders "Inequality in America" Town Hall, by Peter Joseph (2018)

Peter Joseph - Critique of Jordan B. Peterson (vs Slavoj Zizek: "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism")

Free Movies to Watch This Winter

The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)

Down To Earth (2020)

The War at Home (2020)

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings (2018)

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

Punishment: A Failed Social Experiment (2012)

Beware Of Images (2016)

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

Tears in the Bayou - The Streets of Houston (2017)

Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)

Requiem For The American Dream (2015)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

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Films For Action

The Doomer Mentality Dooms Us to Failure

Max Wilbert

6 Reasons so Many Spiritual People Have Been Fooled by Qanon

Martin Winiecki

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

Maya Angelou - Phenomenal Woman

Gavin Aung Than

Pathological Consumption Has Become So Normalised That We Scarcely Notice It

George Monbiot

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

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

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

Russell Means

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege

Kevin A. Carson

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

We Are The People of the Apocalypse

John F. Schumaker

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

Tim Hjersted

Watch These First

The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($4)

Schooling the World (2010)

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

Money & Life (2013)

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

Fall and Winter (2013)

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

Grow Food Not Lawns!

Gimme Green (2007)

Plant a Front Yard Community Garden and Meet Your Neighbors

Permaculture Has Some Incredible Solutions For Transforming Suburbia Into Resilient Communities

The Problem Is the Solution: How Permaculture-Designed Household Isolation Can Lead to Retrosuburbia

From Gangs to Gardens (2014)

Lawns Are for Suckers. Plant a Garden - for the Climate!

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

From Floating Food Forests to Vacant Lot Crops, Urban Farming Is Taking Root Across America

Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance

The Anarchist Urban Ecosystem: A Rethinking of the Urban Environment

3 Acres in Detroit - Transforming Abandoned Properties into Urban Farms

Heal The Land, Heal The Spirit : Wanda Stewart

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

Down To Earth: Small Farm Issues In a Big Farm World (2013)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

How Gardening Helps Students Grow

Homeless People Plant a Huge Organic Garden, and Feed an Entire Shelter

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

Videos by Second Thought

The Capitol Riot Explained

Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media

Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World

The CIA is a Terrorist Organization

Censorship and the Future of the Internet

How Ranked Choice Voting Can Save American Politics

Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace

You're Probably Already A Socialist

Are You Really "Free" Under Capitalism?

Is Universal Basic Income The Future?

America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly

The Blackwater Pardons, PMCs, And US Imperialism

Why American History Whitewashes Radical Figures

America's Police Problem: Brutality and Racism

America's Patriotism to Fascism Pipeline

America's Stunted Political Spectrum

Capitalism And The American Pandemic Response

Racist Statues and Revisionist History

Astroturfing: How To Spot A Fake Movement

How Exxon Deceived The World (But Not Their Investors)

Should The US Be Considered A Democracy?

Emergency Powers And Creeping Authoritarianism

America's Unemployment Problem

Double Down News

Your Slavery Is Their Freedom | George Monbiot

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

The Secret to Ending Poverty | Rutger Bregman

Princes, Prostitutes, Politicians and Bribes | Andrew Feinstein

Capitalism is the Planet’s Cancer: Operate Before it’s too Late | George Monbiot

David Graeber on the Extreme 'Center'

The Problem with Cancel Culture | Ayishat Akanbi

George Monbiot Exposes Coronavirus Corruption at the Heart of Government

Is The World Really Overpopulated? | George Monbiot

How Dark Money Convinced You to Vote for Monsters | Peter Geoghegan

Are Black Men Not Supposed to be Happy? | KYLE

The True Legacy of Christopher Columbus: 'Western Civilisation' | George Monbiot

Why Billionaires Should Pay for the Coronavirus Crisis | Grace Blakeley

Black Lives Matter & The Question of Violence | Gary Younge

Coronavirus: How the Arms Trade is Making You Sick | Andrew Feinstein

Coronavirus Will Expose Capitalism Like Never Before

Making a Killing: How Politicians & the Arms Trade Collude to Take us to War | Andrew Feinstein

"Minneapolis was a Warzone" Frontline Report on Black Lives Matter Protests Rocking US | Jamal Green

Army Veteran Joe Glenton on Class War & War on Iran

Trending Documentaries

Slavery by Another Name (2012)

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Down To Earth (2020)

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PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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

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Tapped (2009)

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Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

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Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

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Beware Of Images (2016)

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Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War (2008)

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The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

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Sicko (2007)

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Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days (2009)

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The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013)

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Hearts and Minds (1974)

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A New Story for Humanity (2016)

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Fall and Winter (2013)

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Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

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Our $5+ Patreon Supporters Can Watch These Films for Free

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

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

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

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Accidental Anarchist (2017) ($2)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012) ($2)

Documentaries by Peter Charles Downey

Spiritually Incorrect (2020) ($4)

Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Surviving Earth (2014)

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

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

New Member Submissions

Biden Admin - Redux Deep State, Empire & Censorship (2021)

Wrecking the Left (2021)

Economics of Cyberpunk 2077 | How to Resist the Mega-Corp [Video Essay] (2021)

Is America Today Marching The Same Drum Beat As Nazi Germany? (2013)

How the world economy really works - a simple analogy. (2020)

A message of hope from the Earth Keepers - DOWN to EARTH

Beaches Of Yesterday (2020)

Halting Hades: the Moral Imperative (2017) ($3)

Not Such a Lonely Planet - The Great British Tour (2020)

We all have to live on this planet we call home (2020)

Standing in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux (2016)

The Fractal Science of Empathy

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