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The struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. And its unique history is shaped by, and inseparable from, assertions of national identity...
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Private Violence explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home. Every day in the U.S., at least four women are murdered by abusive (and often, ex-) partners.
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The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election...
Here are 50 documentaries, short films and other videos that focus on women's issues, perspectives and struggles. We're hoping to expand this list over time so feel free to share links to anything we missed via our contact page. Thanks!
Hordes of rescuers scramble to try to push huge animals back into deeper waters.
Brian Clark Howard
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How is it that we didn't know why the ocean was salty until 1979? National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Bob Ballard explains why such a basic question remained a mystery for so long-and where his team finally found the answer.
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Land control by armed central authority and private ownership must be abolished to save the future, creating a world where voluntary communities thrive in harmony with the land.
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The Official trailer for Blood Lions, a documentary that exposes the terrible truth behind the predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa.
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An estimated 68,000 have died as a result of the Austerity cuts in Great Britain. On the 29th June 2015 the Independent Living Fund will end. From now on support will come from local authorities from non-ring fenced transitional funding from the government leaving many...
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Washington DC experiences taxation without representation. It's also missing from rhyming state songs. John Oliver and a group of singing children fix one of these problems.
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Logging destroys lands and waterways as well as violates treaty terms and promises to protect hunting, fishing and gathering. It also destroys medicines. Stop the Logging Walk is planned for August 22nd 2015. The walk will begin on the hunting lands and will end at the fresh...
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VICE News traveled around the world speaking to people about democracy, and differences in global attitudes towards popular rule. Find out what people from Priština, Kosovo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had to say about about it.
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Embrace your nightmares – Charlie Morley
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The Amazon Ka’apor community takes the struggle for sovereignty into its own hands.
Social media are monitored and controlled by large corporations. Can they also facilitate the kind of self-organization that defines radical politics?
Thomas Swann
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Mwanga tells the story of Dr. Laura Stachel and her journey to combat maternal mortality in remote Africa. After a trip to Nigeria revealed a lack of electricity in the state hospital maternity ward, Dr. Stachel and her husband established We Care Solar, a non-profit...
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American policies have left the masses of Africa behind and propped up strongmen, says Executive Director of Friends of the Congo Maurice Carney
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In this special summer solutions episode of the Keiser Report Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are joined by Guy Standing, co-President of the Basic Income Earth Network and author of The Precariat: The Dangerous New Class, to discuss the problem of declining incomes, automation...
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New Latin Homō sapiēns, species name : Latin homō, man + Latin sapiēns, wise, rational, present participle of sapere, to be wise.] Homo sapiens (Latin: "man who knows") is the binomial nomenclature (also known as the scientific name) for the human species.
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Sandra Bland, who died while in police custody in Texas, has emerged as a martyr, illuminating police violence against black women in a way that is finally resonating across the country.
Kirsten West Savali
On July 9, soon after Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American woman, moved to Texas from Naperville, Illinois, to take a new job as a college outreach officer at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M, she was pulled over by the police for failing to signal while making a lane...
Henry A. Giroux
Racism is the demeaning of an entire group of people and refusing to see them as fully human in the way we see ourselves and those we deem to be “like” us. When we fail to see the “other’s” humanity, we ascribe to all of them ugly characteristics that somehow justify treating...
Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis
Campaigners are renovating a condemned home in a Barnet estate to show that regeneration doesn't have to mean demolition.
Barbara Speed
Beware of geeks bearing gifts
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Is the crisis in Greece solely due to government overspending and irresponsibility? Are the Greek bailouts intended to help the Greek people recover from their "self-inflicted" economic crisis? Think again. Here are some things you're not being told about the Greek crisis.
They’re stealing our benefits!
Let's make this absolutely clear with a quote from the House of Commons: "Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream welfare benefits whilst waiting for a decision on their asylum application."
Asylum seekers can apply f
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In Margaret Atwood’s powerful essay [It’s Not Climate Change — It’s Everything Change] on the reality of climate change — and its implications for the future of oil-dependent industrial civilization — she tells two vastly distinct stories of our future.
Nafeez Ahmed
On 8 July 2014, Israel launched a military operation codenamed Operation Protective Edge, the third major offensive in Gaza since 2008. It announced that the operation was aimed at stopping rocket attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians. A ground operation followed, launched...
Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture
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Freerunning champion Tim Sheiff has an informal chat with his friend chef Jamie Oliver during a skiing holiday. Topics include veggie/vegamism, the value of engaging with people like Bill Gates and corporations like McDonalds, Jamie's support for the anti-GM movement (the...
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In May, the Obama administration approved Shell's plan to explore for oil off the coast of Alaska in the Arctic Ocean. Environmentalists are appalled, fearing that Shell's plan can only lead to disaster. There have been several protests, and this one in Portland left...
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In May I was lucky enough to be invited to document an amazing event in Yosemite National Park. It was a campfire discussion on improving the diversity of both the visitation and the employment within our parks and wild spaces. It was a gathering of extraordinary people from...
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Short film dreamt by Aaron Paradox, narrated by Alan Watts.
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Late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel got choked up Tuesday night as he summed up all the things wrong with Cecil the lion's murder in Zimbabwe earlier this month.
Men with strong family ties to the UK are being forcibly removed on ghost flights, leaving pregnant partners and young children behind.
Phil Miller
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Celebrity candidates and the liberal media have created a clown show that viewers can laugh at, but it's at your expense. Liberal media outlets have been relishing Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Others say the debate over Trump only feeds into a political rat race...
The FBI on Friday announced the arrests in Oakland of two animal rights activists, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, and accused the pair of engaging in “domestic terrorism.” This comes less than a month after the FBI direct
Glenn Greenwald
Leopold Kohr warned 50 years ago that the gigantist global system would grow until it imploded. We should have listened
Paul Kingsnorth
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The US Military Industrial Complex is essential. It's also trying to kill us. Not because it is evil, but because it doesn't understand history. We are living in a time of balance, and for the Pentagon it's always 1938, and every possible foe is Adolf Hitler. FURTHER READING...
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Russell Brand looks at the description of the experience of DMT by philosopher Terence McKenna.
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A short documentary profiling wild swimmer Gill as she swims with seals near her home on the Isle of Skye, and deeply connects with nature. The poetic film details her introduction to wild swimming and the sensations and emotions of this sunset swim.
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A conversation about capitalism with two brilliant minds, Cornel West and Richard D. Wolff, together in a rare joint appearance. Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and author most recently of Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays...
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This documentary identifies and explains this impending Ecocide. Jaki and Jose and the 15 people still living in Los Perales are facing displacement and loss of their livelihoods. The reason - industrial agriculture. Oldest inhabitant 93 years old - youngest 4 years old...
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘wilderness’ as; an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. Whilst travelling around Scotland, I encountered both city and country folk who labelled the NW coast as a wilderness. This film and question was born out of a...
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Away from the chaotic scenes on Calais' motorways and ports, the migrant camp known as the new Jungle is growing fast and showing signs of becoming a permanent fixture.
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Exclusively real documentary video footages were used. Apes faces are superimposed on real police not actors. Documentary video was shot at the Bolotnaya square during demonstration in Moscow, Russia on May 6 2012.
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What would it take to turn police officers who abuse their power into protectors of the peace?
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We passionately believe that every child has the right to grow up without being raped or abused. http://achildiscrying.org.uk/ is a campaign to raise awareness and stop child sexual abuse in the UK. The UK government is failing our children. Sexual abuse in the UK can be...
Oil! Our secret god, our secret sharer, our magic wand, fulfiller of our every desire, our co-conspirator, the sine qua non in all we do! Can’t live with it, can’t — right at this moment — live without it. But it’s on everyone’s mind.
Margaret E. Atwood
Earlier this month, I hosted a conversation on Gender Intelligence from the male point of view at The Hult International Business School's San Francisco Campus. The purpose of which was to explore gender intelligence on two fronts: 1) the implications of gender intelligence...
Cari E. Guittard
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ʻĀINA (pronounced "eye-nah") means "That Which Feeds Us" in the Hawaiian language. The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai - and of island Earth.
That may sound like an outstanding claim, but...
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The Rhineland’s lignite mines and coal plants in Germany are Europe’s biggest source of CO2 emissions and home to the world’s largest coal digger – the Bagger 288. The rapid expansion of coal mines and plants is causing health problems due to high pollution rates and the...
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Mandatory minimums require fixed prison sentences for certain crimes. John Oliver explains why we treat some turkeys better than most low-level offenders. Connect with Last Week Tonight online..
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Sanders and Socialism. Is socialism still an American taboo? Not so much, says professor Richard Wolff; nor was it in the past, says Nation columnist John Nichols. Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and a Visiting Professor in...
The crisis of incarceration this nation now faces demands people of faith act with swift and fierce moral authority to transform, not just reform, an irreparably broken system. It demands that all of us—clergy, seminarians, teachers, and people in pews, mosques and temples—...
Janis Rosheuvel and Lissette Castillo Vizcarra and Pastor Lilian Amaya
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An exceprt from Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview in which Dr. Bruce Lipton talks about the fractal nature of reality and compares the current global awakening and the evolution of humanity to imaginal cells in a dying caterpillar.
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A Palestinian professor takes his students to visit Auschwitz - not to adopt the Zionist narrative, but to learn more about the conflict's roots. Upon their return, the professor's car is blown up. See why he persists, how one student was affected by the trip and, most...
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Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn’t matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind world—and nearly lost his life. Alex tells...
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"Existence is relationship, and you are smack in the middle of it ."
Reports are circulating of an attempted immigration raid being sabotaged by locals in Shadwell, London, on Wednesday (22 July). 16 tyres were let down and officers were egged
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The myth of inequality-driven economic growth and how to achieve real prosperity for all.
Scott Santens
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Global Capitalism: Monthly Economic Update Richard D. Wolff Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 7:30pm "Winners and Losers in Today's Shifting Capitalism" _____ Where: Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street at Washington Square, Manhattan _____ These programs...
We Don’t Have To Be In Financial Crisis.
Mira Tekelova
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In this broadcast we look at the controversial subject of immigration. Mass exoduses of people - refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers - are taking place all over the planet, causing tensions and tempers to rise. But are these really the kinds of immigrants we should...
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Most living expenses have gone up in price since 1980 (even when you adjust for inflation). That includes cars, homes, education - almost everything, except for our paychecks. Here's why paying for a house, a car and a college degree was possible in 1980 - but not so much today.
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Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of...
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A powerful Argentine political film stands on
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It`s time to embrace the revival of the arcane, to reacquaint our selves with the living planet that sustains us. It`s time to return inward to the heart, into nature, into stillness, back to basics... to a state of being where we can feel the great life pulse of the...
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The young women of the Red Brigade are fighting back against sexual harassment and rape in India. Watch as they bring some serious ssass to the streets in a bid to combat sexual violence. Learn more about the filmmaker of Power Girls, Jayisha Patel...
Old media is dying. It’s also oppressing people on the way out by throwing a temper tantrum as it dies, and it’s hurting everybody — especially those of us who want to be journalists in a sustainable career, and for anyone who wants to reach people.
But new media kind of...
Kit O’Connell
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What does it mean to be Charlie in France today? And what about the French citizens who declare that they are absolutely not Charlie? What's on their minds? And are they even free to express it? These were a few of the questions we set out to answer as we explored the tense...
French TV channel Canal Plus recently broadcast an investigation into mass tourism company Nouvelles Frontières. The programme includes a visit to the Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh state in India.
Chris Lang
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"We are not just resisting. We are also rebuilding a free society. Global solidarity makes an alternative, free, gender equal, ecological society possible."
Kobanê needs to rebuild! The reconstruction cannot happen without removing the remnants of the war.
Removing the...
Solar power turns the sun’s energy into electricity. Desalination removes unwanted minerals from saltwater so it can be used for drinking or agriculture.
ARI PHILLIPS
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The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14 to 20,1971 by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. It was funded by...
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The Palestinian village of Susiya is about to bulldozed after Israel's high court recently rejected an injunction to stop the demolition. People have been fighting the demolition for decades.
'With this decision, President Obama has given Shell an open invitation to turn the Chukchi Sea into an energy sacrifice zone,' said Marissa Knodel of Friends of the Earth
Sarah Lazare
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Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored -- cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black...
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Emotions can cloud our rational decision-making. By adopting the perspective of an outside advisor, psychologist Dan Ariely says we can inject some rationality into our cognitive processes. Ariely's new book is titled Irrationally Yours.
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After months of negotiations Greece reaches a bad agreement with Eurozone partners. What will happen now? Can Greece be a catalyst for a wider European mobilisation? A roundtable conversation with Costas Douzinas, Margarita Tsomou, Srecko Horvat, Jerome Roos, and host Lorenzo...
If you want a living wage, be prepared to go on strike for it. Oakland-based activist and performer Boots Riley discusses the need for workers to look beyond city councils and form a radical new labor movement.
Boots Riley
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the famous Nobel laureate, and one of the world's most respected church leaders, was a central figure in ensuring an end to white minority rule in South Africa.He was instrumental in the struggle against apartheid, also acting as chairman of South...
Those risking their lives migrating to Europe should know what life there is like, Mamadou Dia tells David Hewitt.
David Hewitt with Mamadou Dia
Every day we’re being dragged deeper into the capitalist nightmare. While workers are the only ones directly exploited by capital, many others such as the petite bourgeoisie (the “middle” classes) are also subject to its terrible effects: economic crisis, wars of conquest...
Stephanie McMillan
This summer, St. Luke’s Hospital started sending all new moms home from the hospital with a basket of fresh produce, recipes and literature about the importance of a healthy diet.
All of the produce in the basket was grown on an organic farm on the hospital’s Anderson campus...
Jodi Helmer
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Enough. Its time to #SeeMoreRight
Greece is gripped by an official self-fulfilling rhetoric that ‘there is no alternative’ to a hard-line, socially divisive, austerity-driven return to business-as-usual. It’s a policy in which, to misquote a famous ditty ‘it’s the rich who get the pleasure and the poor who...
ANDREW SIMMS
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Every hour, enough sunlight blasts the earth to power humanity for a year. By 2050, across the entire world, solar energy could power our computers, phones, lights, hot water – anything we use electricity for today. There would be no need to pollute the planet with oil, coal...
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“The Sea & Me,” supported by Pew, documents established successes around Australia, places where world-class conservation and recreation have been working hand in hand. The film includes breathtaking footage of the extraordinary seas and marine life surrounding Australia and...
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A Guardian investigation has linked Thailand's fishing industry with the vast transnational trafficking syndicates profiting from the misery of some of the most persecuted people on Earth. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Hundreds of Rohingya...
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Warning graphic content. The scenarios in this innovative, gaming-style video are drawn from real-life testimonies of children in War Child’s projects across Africa and the Middle East, who have witnessed and experienced the most unacceptable violations to their rights.
The...
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The TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), and TISA (Trade in Services Agreement) are currently being negotiated behind closed doors all over the world. They all include ISDS a clause that allows a secret global court to...
Police dashboard camera video released on Tuesday shows no evidence that Sandra Bland assaulted her arresting officer or [was given] any reason for her arrest on July 10 after she was pulled over in Waller County, Texas.
Jennifer Baker
Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyone should get their fair...
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