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The Lie We Live 8 min
Spencer Cathcart raises all the right questions, exposes collective lies and stories we tell ourselves all the while retaining a sense of hope for humanity. This video will challenge your views, values and beliefs in a very direct and unforgiving manner, but it will also...
Seeds of Time 77 min
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are already...
The intersection of Central and Lowry Avenues in northeast Minneapolis is bustling. On the northwest corner is a trifecta of local businesses: A bike shop, a cooperative brewery, and a bakery, in buildings with eye-catching exteriors of rough-hewn wood and silvery porcelain...
Many people have little trouble confessing to being hard on themselves, to being “my own worst critic” or to being a perfectionist. They are, after all, merely confessing to something that our culture upholds as a virtue: the struggle against the self. People are generally...
Modern industrial capitalism is based on a simple premise, writes Derrick Jensen: our mother Earth is a great store of raw materials for us to pillage, and a vast trashcan for our endless volumes of waste, no matter how long-lived and deadly. How can this be changed? First we...
Addiction Treatment's Teen Dads Program IP402 TEASE 1 min
Teen Dads - Portland's Squires program, OnTrack Addiction Treatment's "Dads" program
Satyagraha Truth Force 81 min
** BREAKING NEWS ON THIS STORY 22 May 2015**
Investment for the People: Community Public Offerings - TEASE 1 min
Investment for the people: Community Public Offerings - Watch full episode here: http://www.immensepossibilities.org/archives/
Some Children Are More Equal than Others: Education in South Africa 27 min
Two decades after Apartheid was apolished, Some Children are More Equal than Others focuses on how the educational system in South Africa relates to the flagrant inequalities in the country and its still growing wealth-gap.
The Big Idea: Upstream Solutions in Education (407) 1 min
The Big Idea: upstream solutions in education.  What to do about low high school graduation rates?  Mobilize your whole community — neighbors who will mentor individual kids through the rough spots, professionals from all kinds of disciplines, people excited to share their...
Want some good news about water? Young Water Champions: Future of Water TEASE 1 min
Want some good news about the future of water?  Tune in to sample the kind of projects that young people are launching and expanding these days.  They’re revved up about keeping our rivers and streams clean, and bringing potable water to villages in the developing world that...
The World Is Still Our Community - International Relief TRAILER - IP316 3 min
The World is our Community III: International Aid Show airs on Friday, February 20th, 2015. Watch full episode here: http://www.immensepossibilities.org/ipr-podcasts/the-world-is-still-our-community/
Art Builds Community: Creative Projects and Events for Creative People TRAILER IP310 1 min
Art Builds Community: Creative projects and events for creative people - Watch full episode here: http://www.immensepossibilities.org/ipr-podcasts/how-do-arts-build-community/ Painting, sculpting, dancing, music, performing and spoken-word arts-they engage and inspire a lot...
Native American: Wisdom of the Elders TEASE IP410 1 min
Community Members: Native Americans today. They were and are vital residents of Oregon and the Northwest. But many of us know almost nothing-unless you count worn-out cardboard stereotypes - about Native Americans and their culture today. Who are they, and what possibilities...
Documental Operación Pacific Rubiales 55 min
Pacific Rubliales Energy socio oficial de la selección Colombia, paga publirreportajes, ha invertido más de 15 millones de dólares en publicidad, con acciones en el diario el Tiempo y Cable Noticias, e incluso intento comprar Caracol; el periodista Héctor Rodríguez Director...
Ta'kaiya Blaney on The Face Of Change 2 min
Ta'Kaiya Blaney, Sliammon First Nation from B.C., Canada, shares on the face of change. #IndigenousRising
Imagine, tucked away in business parks not far from you, suburban Guantanamo Bays. Immigrant detention centres where faceless civil servants can, with no need of a judge, incarcerate people indefinitely. A UK parliamentary inquiry into the dete
Understanding The Peace Code In The Human Brain 19 min
Ground-breaking discoveries about early childhood and the human brain have offered vital clues about the roots of human violence and social disharmony. Our brains’ empathy centres grow – or fail to grow – according to how we are nurtured. Robin Grille cites several examples...
To save the world—or really to even just make our personal lives better—we will need to work less.
Global Compost Project 5 min
“Right now, for humanity and many other living creatures, there is Too Much carbon in the air and Too Little carbon in the soil.” – John Wick, Co-founder of The Global Compost Project.
Listen, buddy, you’ve been pissing me off all night. I don’t know who you think you are, but I’m getting sick of your shit. So enough talk. Let’s do this. Let’s go outside and settle this like emotionally stunted men. Forget the bouncers. Forget our friends. It’s just gonna...
There is a huge political divide between the Democrat Party’s leadership and its local voters. There is an equally huge political divide between the Republican Party’s leadership and its local voters. In a nutshell, the divide can be summed up like this. Voters from across...
The NRA Vs Pediatricians 4 min
You wouldn’t go to a gun lobbyist or a Smith and Wesson executive for advice about your health. But that’s who is controlling our nation’s response to one of the deadliest epidemics of our time: the public health crisis of gun violence.  Thanks to gun-maker money, the NRA has...
What comes to mind when someone says Islam? 8 min
What's the first thing that comes to mind when someone says Islam/Muslims?
I Asked My Dad Where Water Comes from 1 min
Do you ever remember asking your parents where things come from?  This film was made in response to a compeition brief set out by Wateraid and WorldView to create a film that explores what water means to us.
We Are Here to Stay! 28 min
We are here to stay! is a new LaMCA-EJOLT documentary where scholars, activists and people suffering environmental injustices provide their views and testimonies. Featuring small communities from Argentina, Colombia, Kenya, Mexico, the Tibetan plateau, and also big cities in...
Call-out culture refers to the tendency among progressives, radicals, activists, and community organizers to publicly name instances or patterns of oppressive behaviour and language use by others. People can be called out for statements and actions that are sexist, racist...
Belfast Palestine Arts Festival Trailer 2015 1 min
Promotional trailer for the Belfast Palestine Arts Festival 2015
Waging Peace | A David Bradbury Film 1 min
WAGING PEACE  - Confronting the military industrial surveillance complex Latest documentary by multi-award winning Australian filmmaker, David Bradbury. A window into the passions and politics of the modern Australian peace movement. Responding to the perfect storm of wars...
Why Attacking Mosul Is a Big Mistake 3 min
The US government has announced that we will be helping the Kurdish Peshmerga and the Shia Iraqi government re-take Mosul. This attack will be a disaster. This video lays out why.
Chemerical: Redefining Clean For A New Generation 75 min
'Chemerical' explores the life cycle of everyday household cleaners and hygiene products to prove that, thanks to our clean obsession, we are drowning in a sea of toxicity. An average North American family try to turn a new leaf by creating and living in a toxic free home...
Dear American Patriot,
Frankie Boyle and Sara Pascoe Stand With Shaker Aamer 6 min
Frankie Boyle in conversation with fellow comedian Sara Pascoe was created for We Stand With Shaker, the campaign launched in November 2014, which calls for the immediate release from Guantanamo of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, who is still held...
Luther Standing Bear was an Oglala Lakota Sioux Chief who, among a few rare others such as Charles Eastman, Black Elk and Gertrude Bonnin occupied the rift between the way of life of the Indigenous people of the Great Plains before, and during, the arrival and subsequent...
Shifting away from an emphasis on global economic growth toward local economies provides a means to increase meaningful employment, shrink the gap between rich and poor, and tackle climate change.
People are beginning to understand that something is fundamentally wrong, and that minor tinkering with the current system is not the answer. A critical mass is ready for fundamental change: what they need is a clear explanation of the root cause of the crises we face, and...
When we talk about saving the world, what world are we talking about? Not the globe itself, obviously. But also not the biological world—the world of life. The world of life, strangely enough, is not in danger (though thousands and perhaps even millions of species are). Even...
What Brings You Out There / Ce qui vous amène ici 2 min
Robert Fransham had a question for the Montreal police. He was never given his chance to ask them directly. / Robert Fransham avait une question pour le Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal, qu'il n'a jamais pu poser directement.
People have lived many different ways on this planet, but about ten thousand years ago there appeared one people who believed everyone in the world should live a single way—their way, which they considered the only "right" way.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Infrastructure 21 min
America's crumbling infrastructure: It's not a sexy problem, but it is a scary one.
Charles Eisenstein: The Story of Interbeing 8 min
Charles Eisenstein explains how the real power we have to create change comes from stepping into a new story he calls The Story of Interbeing.
"At first I thought… The most powerful thing that you can do for your people, your future, your land, your air, your water is to fight and die for what you believe in. But it’s not true… you have to LIVE for what you believe in." - Ta’Kaiya Blaney
That Sugar Film 102 min
THAT SUGAR FILM is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’. Through this entertaining...
PRINCETON, N.J.—Tariq Ali is part of the royalty of the left. His more than 20 books on politics and history, his seven novels, his screenplays and plays and his journalism in the Black Dwarf newspaper, the New Left Review and other publications have made him one of the most...
The FBI and major media outlets recently trumpeted the agenc
Life after death for a pantheist depends entirely on the life of the living. It is achieved through deeds, descendance, inheritance, and remembrance.
So a while ago I was talking to my brother and we came up with a method to make a system to generate energy for everyone. The method is quite a simple one. You get a bicycle, fix it in place and hook it up so that the back drive whee
Becoming a global family, one that unites ancient indigenous wisdom with other faith and cultural traditions, is essential if humanity is to overcome the crises of climate change.
Abby Martin Breaks the Set One Last Time 27 min
On this final episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin, discusses the power of grassroots activism in getting the FCC to uphold net neutrality. Abby then speaks with Eugene Puryear, Organizer with the ANSWER Coalition, about effective activism as it relates to issues from...
Best of Breaking the Set 4 min
Abby Martin features a montage of some of her favorite monologues and guest appearances over the course of the show.
Cuba Part II: Ebola Solidarity & Castro's Daughter on Gay Rights 28 min
On this special episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin highlights part II of BTS' eight day trip to Havana, Cuba, starting with an interview with Cuban doctor, Katiel Llorente Izabelez, who explains how Cuba has managed to maintain such a high life expectancy rate, despite...
Cuba Part III: The Evolution of Revolution 28 min
On this special episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin features the third installment of BTS' trip to Cuba, focusing on reforms to the country's economic and agricultural models. Abby first gives an overview of how Cuba's organic movement evolved and the challenges of the...
The people behind the UBUNTU Contribution System are not politicians or corporations with profit or control in mind. We are a growing group of HUMANS from all walks of life who consist of mothers, fathers, scientists, teachers, doctors, inventors, housewives, and many other...
An interview with Debbie Bookchin on her father’s contributions to revolutionary theory and the adoption of his ideas by the Kurdish liberation movement.  Editor’s note: Below you will find an interview with Debbie Bookchin, daughter of the late Murray Bookchin, who passed...
A heavily consumer-based culture requires an element of dissatisfaction in the people. It also requires fear. When people are not happy, they tend to look for something to fix it. To fix it, they usually look for an external solution, like a new purchase or a new experience...
The End of Work?
The US government has repeatedly lied to the public in order to wage war abroad, and control other nations and their resources.
We spoke to four women, who are asylum seekers based in Greater Manchester, to find out what their experiences of the asylum system have been, and how they feel about the treatment of asylum seekers in this country. All of the women have been living in the UK for a number of...
Chris Hedges - One Nation Under Surveillance 28 min
Chris Hedges gives a sharp and insightful critique on the state of mass surveillance under George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Delivered on March 29, 2014
Some may have noticed, and some may disagree, that often within our social or familial circles, there is a common underlying theme or assumption. The assumption seems to be there less so with good friends or secure family members, but more s
In the wake of the disturbing Jan. 24 events at the Rapid City hockey game, people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were further stunned by a series of suicides by very young and beautiful children. The suicides seem to have gone unnoticed and seem unrelated to the event...
What Is Sustainability? 9 min
This video provides a basic definition of sustainability. This video is available under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Berufswege Portraits - Ingo Kruse 2015 23 min
Ingo Kruse (geb. 1956) ist Lackdesigner der ersten Stunde. Als Kunsthandwerker gestaltet er Motorräder, in erster Linie “Harley Davidsons`s”. Bis zu 400 Std. kann eine seiner preisgekrönten Lackierungen schon mal in Anspruch nehmen. Als er in den 70ern mit dem Lackdesign...
[Updated October 17, 2014]
Why Are so Many Women in Prison? 2 min
It's no secret that the incarceration rate in America has skyrocketed since the 1970's. But did you know the number of women behind bars has grown nearly twice the rate of men in recent years?
What Are the Odds You'll Go to Prison? 1 min
What are the odds that you will go to prison? 1 out of 17 white guys wind up behind bars at some point. How many black guys can expect the same thing? 1 out of 3. More Black Men Are In Prison Today Than Were Enslaved In 1850. Why are there so many black people in prison?
Italy's Shocking Underground Trade in Female Sex Slaves 15 min
“We were sold and bought. In Albania it is no use going to the police because they only sell you again,” says 21 yr old Anna who was dumped in the sea when the boat speeding her to Italy from Albania was intercepted. She is now an illegal immigrant but considers herself one...
Chicago Police Caught Disappearing People Into Secret CIA-Style Detention Center 4 min
(ANTIMEDIA) CHICAGO, IL — The Guardian has reported that Chicago Police are operating a secret detention facility that mirrors the CIA’s “black sites.” From violations of due p
London’s middle class are in crisis; they feel empty and clamour for vitality. Their work is alienating and meaningless, many of them in “bullshit jobs” that are either socially useless, overly bureaucratic or divorce
Welcome To Gaza - With Your Guide, Banksy 2 min
Welcome to a tourist video with a twist. Street artist Banksy goes to Gaza; entering via a tunnel, he documents the destruction wrought by operation protective edge. The short film features several new pieces, including a kitten playing with a ball made from wires and other...
Funding Jihad? - Did the Saudi Royal Family Really Finance 9/11? 24 min
The invasion of Iraq has fuelled anti-western sentiment in Saudi Arabia, strengthening grassroots’ support for terrorist organisations. Allan Gerson has sued Saudi charities, banks and members of the royal family for two trillion dollars. He accuses them of financing the...
Confused About Our Economy? Morgan Spurlock Breaks It Down For You 2 min
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock joins Larry with a simplified lesson on the economy. And, why he hopes his new short film series, 'We the Economy,' sheds light on this often misunderstood subject. Check out the lastest episodes of PoliticKING with Larry King at Ora TV.
Organic Banana COOP Drop Off ~ COSTA RICA 5 min
To watch "Organic Banana COOP Drop Off" click here: http://youtu.be/rwzgudtgZ-Y
Oscar Winner Patricia Arquette On The Lack Of Minority Nominees 1 min
Boyhood’ star Patricia Arquette gives a possible explanation for the lack of minorities nominated in this year’s acting and directing categories. Watch the full lenght interview with Larry King at Ora TV.
Hilary Swank: "Acceptance Of The LGBT Community Still Has A Long Way To Go" 5 min
Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank opens up about her groundbreaking portrayal of a transgender man in "Boys Don't Cry" and the impact it had on her personally as well as the LGBT community. Be sure to watch the full interview with Hilary Swank at Ora TV.
Why Brian Williams Is a Distraction From True War Propagandists | Weapons of Mass Distraction 5 min
Abby juxtaposes the outrage over Brian Williams' lie about his experience in Iraq with the lack of concern with lies peddled by journalists like Judith Miller in the lead up to the Iraq War.
CIA Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Wake Up, You're Next 12 min
Abby interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou in his home.
Why the CIA Won't Give Up on Venezeula |Interview with Eva Golinger 14 min
Abby speaks with author of the Chavez Code, Eva Golinger about the Western backed resistance groups in Venezuela and how there is a coup happening in real time.
Cuba Part I: From Revolution to Un-Normal Relations 28 min
On this special episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin highlights BTS' eight day trip to Havana, Cuba, starting with a historical look at the tensions between the US and Cuba that have led the two countries to the negotiating table to normalize relations.
How to Meditate - Part 1 10 min
3 short videos by Michael Nagler from the Metta Center for Nonviolence on how to perform passage meditation. It helps you to slow down, concentrate, work more efficiently, and number of other things. For more information on passage meditation, visit www.easwaran.org
The UK Gold 3 min
Where is the gold buried when crisis is looming and society begins to demand its share? With eloquence and polite mutual support, the British business establishment elegantly winds its way out of society's demands of accountability and community, and vast amounts of money are...
Every female wants to be loved by a male. Every woman wants to love and be loved by the males in her life. Whether gay or straight, bisexual or celibate, she wants to feel the love of father, grandfather, uncle, brother, or male friend. If she is heterosexual she wants the...
Drop in the Ocean? Ireland and Climate Change 28 min
Climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity today and yet our political systems refuse to move quickly enough to do anything about it. It threatens to undo all the gains that have been made against poverty in recent decades. But how does it affect Ireland and where...
The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective 33 min
Thomas has hitchhiked over 26,000 miles through 13 countries — visiting places from Texas to Turkey —  often leaving himself vulnerable yet encountering not a single dangerous situ
In a recent semi-documentary film called Garbage, a toxic waste disposal engineer was asked how we can stop engulfing the world in our poisons. His answer was, "We'd have to remove everybody from the face of the earth, because humans GENERATE toxic waste, whether it be...
Snowden's Great Escape 59 min
"Snowden's Great Escape" tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to escape Hong Kong and U.S. prosecution with the assistance of WikiLeaks, after blowing the whistle on NSA's secret mass surveillance programs. Featuring newly revealed details provided in exclusive...
"The world is a sacred place, and humanity belongs in such a world."
In the film Beyond Right and Wrong, a mother who survived the deaths of her five children tries to come to terms with the man who murdered them. Another victim's daughter befriends the bomber who killed her father. And two men, one Israeli, one Palestinian, form an...
Why Do Nice Guys Finish Last? 10 min
Why Do Nice Guys Finish Last? is a short documentary film that engages young audiences in discovering the cultural norms and stereotypes that define masculinity, and invites them to discuss what they've been told men are supposed to be.
There has been a large media frenzy over the hijacking of billboards and bus stop advertising spaces across the UK, which sees wonderful illustrations placed inside them depicting the true realities of life, rather than the false expectations we are led to believe through...
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State 69 min
War on Whistleblowers highlights recent cases where American government employees and contractors took to the media to expose fraud and abuse.  In all cases, the whistle-blowing was to the detriment of their professional and personal lives.
Raised on a family farm in Annislon, Ala., Booker received his B.S. in agriculture from Alabama A & M and a Ph.D. in horticulture from Rutgers University.
Portrait of America - Randle Farms $100,000 on 25 Acres 7 min
In 1986, the documentary series "Portrait of America" visited Alabama and made a stop at Randle Farms. This clip shows Booker T. Whatley of Tuskegee University explaining the model on which Randle Farms was based. Frank (age 35) and Franklin (age 6) also star.  He also wrote...
Article 12: Waking up in a Surveillance Society 2 min
Article 12: Waking up in a Surveillance Society
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Elected Judges 13 min
The vast majority of US judges are elected, forcing many judges to pander to the electorate and accept campaign money in order to keep their jobs. This seems slightly troubling...
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