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Hope in a Changing Climate optimistically reframes the debate on global warming. Illustrating that large, decimated eco-systems can be restored, the BBC World documentary reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda and China which prove that bringing large areas back from...
29 min
A cigarette-smoking 2-year old, who became a global YouTube sensation in the summer of 2010, has unwittingly become the poster child and symptom of a Big Tobacco-sponsored battle being waged in developing markets.
48 min
In this, the first of his 58 documentary films, John Pilger combines candid interviews and amazing frontline footage of Vietnam to portray a growing rift between the US military bureaucrats - "lifers" - and the soldiers who physically and mentally fight the war on the ground...
26 min
A John Pilger documentary. Apartheid based on race is outlawed now, but the system always went far deeper than that. The cruelty and injustice were underwritten by an economic apartheid, which regarded people as no more than cheap expendable labor. It was backed by great...
51 min
A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumers mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New...
90 min
An unprecedented look into the underworld of Vancouvers downtown east-side ghetto. This 65 minute documentary follows one mans 30 day experiment of joining the thousands of homeless, ill, and addicted, who survive the streets of Vancouvers cold, wet December.
70 min
The Emotional World of Farm Animals is a delightful documentary for viewers of all ages about the thinking and feeling side of animals that are all too often just viewed as food.
56 min
In the award-winning documentary THE WITNESS, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York...
43 min
Miss Representationis a powerful film that exposes damaging, sexist media messages that inhibit young womens happiness, ambition, and leadership.
90 min
Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a recordpresented with minimal gloss of the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza by the Israeli military. Photographed by several Palestinian cameramen both during and after the...
81 min
Watch Budrus for free on the film's official website.
60 min
In the Spring of 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning duo behind the Afghanistan documentaries UNHOLY WAR and BENEATH THE VEIL, traveled to the Gaza Strip to look inside the lives of children growing up in a war-torn world...
80 min
One grandmother, one rabbi, one anarchist and one ex-soldier four Israelis trying to put an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
58 min
The Zionist Story, an independent film by Ronen Berelovich, is the story of ethnic cleansing, colonialism and apartheid to produce a demographically Jewish State.Ronen successfully combines archival footage with commentary from himself and others such as Ilan Pappe, Terry...
75 min
In May 2011, hundreds of thousands of Greeks swarmed into Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the firesale of their country, their labor rights and their livelihoods to corrupt domestic elites and foreign financial interests.
28 min
With God On Our Side takes a look at the theology of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are Gods chosen people, they have a divine right to the land of Israel. Aspects of this belief system lead some Christians in the West to give uncritical support to...
81 min
Wake up to your own role in creating a new future. This new perspective of the current state of our planet features top scientific, indigenous and activist minds from around the world. Now available for the first-time ever on video, TheAwakening the Dreamer, Changing the...
90 min
A documentary on the campaign tactics used byLee Atwaterwhile working on theGeorge H.W. Bush1988 presidential campaign, and how those tactics have transformed presidential campaigns in theUnited States. Atwater pioneered many ethically questionable political strategies and...
87 min
From Dawn To Death is a documentary about the fate of dolphins and pilot whales hunted by Japan when their annual migratory route brings them near the coasts of Taiji in Japan. The dolphins and whales are driven to a cove where most are killed and some are sold into the slave...
28 min
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2008 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete. The movie was created by animal-rights lawyer Shannon Keith...
112 min
Canadas big and dirty oil projects destroying nature and leaving behind a mess that will never go away.The small town of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the impact of the Tar Sands project, which may be the tipping...
49 min
Dying to entertain: The untold story and behind the scenes of the cruel multi-million dollar business of the captive whale and dolphin industry.
121 min
Out of Balanceshows the influence that the largest company in the world has on governments, the media and citizens and what can be done about global warming. While the Earths climate is pushed further out of balance by increasing use of fossil fuels, ExxonMobil continues to...
66 min
Seeds of Freedom charts the story of seed from its roots at the heart of traditional, diversity rich farming systems across the world, to being transformed into a powerful commodity, used to monopolise the global food system.
30 min
New legislation across the US could have a huge impact on the countrys 2012 presidential elections.
24 min
Climate of Doubtexplores how a movement mobilized to undermine public acceptance of the scientific consensus on global warming.
54 min
The Radical Resistance Tour is an autonomous project by a group of Occupy Wall Street organizers. We're touring the United States and interviewing activists, people participating in direct actions, and people working create a dual power model. We want to show people who...
36 min
A video exposing a flawed claim often abused in the sales pitch for promoting shale gas development across the world: "With a history of 60 years, after nearly a million wells drilled, there are no documented cases that hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') has lead to the...
24 min
The Yes Men is a comic, biting and revelatory documentary which follows a small group of prankster-activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization on television and at business conferences around the world.
82 min
Why doesnt money (usually) buy happiness? Alain de Botton breaks new ground for most of us, offering reasons for something our grandparents may well have told us, as children.
120 min
On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million Americans across the country participated in celebrations and demonstrations the largest in American history demanding political action to protect the environment. Their grassroots call to action led to groundbreaking national...
102 min
For one eventful year, filmmaker Emily James gains unprecedented access to document the work of a group of environmental activists engaged in nonviolent direct-action campaigns across England. Embedded in the activists' clandestine activities, she captures the triumph...
91 min
This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first-person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked...
27 min
From the author: When I was given a DVD of a protest rally in the small town of King, near where I live, I was shocked by the sight of five thousand people waving Christian Flags and cheering one of the speakers when he said that everyone there should encourage those who...
126 min
Grundeinkommen - ein Kulturimpuls (The Basic Income - A Cultural Impulse) is a German film with subtitles in 10 languages that makes the case for a basic income for all citizens.
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100 min
The American Ruling Classis one of the most unusual films to be made in America in recent years -- both in terms of form and content. The form is a "dramatic-documentary-musical" and the content is our country's most taboo topic: class, power and privilege in our nominally...
89 min
In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the US Congress. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, were meant to crack down on the illegal sharing of digital media. The bills were drafted...
24 min
The US housing bubble burst nearly six years ago, but the worst may be yet to come. After a landmark settlement, the major banks have lifted a freeze on foreclosures and government relief has been too small to make a difference.
32 min
This is journey into the tiny homes of people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, river boats and former pigeon coops.
81 min
Monumental Myths unveils the perpetuated myths told at several American monuments and historic sites. Carved in rock or cast in bronze, Americas monuments are intendedby those who commission themto impart a sense of authority and an unquestionable truth about the people and...
47 min
Protesters and activists in the face of an oppressive and armed government speak out and take a stand, and after being denied permits for demonstrations they repeatedly clashed with the Chicago Police Department at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The police waged a week-long...
98 min
This documentary profiles the Obama campaign's massive youth movement and Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter Jon Favreau.What made the Obama speeches so appealing to young people? And why does the Millennial generation born after 1981, and now coming of age as voters, seem the...
46 min
Why and how do people refuse to pay for war? Where does the money go? What are the consequences? How does war tax resistance fit into ones life?
Twenty-eight people offer their motivations for and methods of resisting the war machine with their tax money. This tightly paced...
30 min
The school has been around for more than 200 years and is still considered the main form of access to education. Today, the school and education are concepts widely discussed in academia, public policy, educational institutions, media and civil society spaces. Since its...
145 min
Edgar's protest is probably the most pacifistic protest in the world, as long as you see sustainable living in an ecovillage as a revolt. The former permaculture teacher from Peru has been living in nature for over 20 years and now he has it all; a warm shower, a washing...
46 min
A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world. The...
85 min
S. Brian Willson is an American war veteran who discovered the truth behind the US governments illegal support for wars in Viet Nam and Central America. In expressing his own views about peace through non-violent actions, Brian paid a heavy price. On September 1 in 1987, in a...
96 min
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists is a documentary that takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical hacktivist collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores the historical roots of early hacktivist groups like Cult...
92 min
Employing a healthy blend of science, art and metaphysics, author Simon G. Powell presents a radical new perspective on the meaning and significance of life in this innovative and highly unorthodox documentary.
66 min
The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5-hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda.
300 min
Why Does America Have the Worst Public Transit in the Industrialized World, and the Most Freeways? Taken for a Ride reveals the tragic and little known story of an auto and oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle streetcar lines.
56 min
Spraying sewage sludge on farmland pollutes the air, land, and the water. People are getting sick and wells are being contaminated. There are alternatives to spreading sludge on farmland.
17 min
WEST PAPUA - A JOURNEY TO FREEDOM encapsulates the political activism of Herman Wainggai, a West Papuan independence leader and mentor of the non-violent students movement in West Papua, as he journeys from Melbourne, Australia, to an isolated refugee camp on the North Coast...
29 min
As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage on future generations of Americans. Over the last forty years, the War on Drugs has cost $1 trillion...
108 min
Pig Business investigates the rise of factory pig farming, a system which abuses animals, pollutes the environment, threatens human health through dangerous overuse of antibiotics, and wrecks rural communities. The film shows how this system which was developed in the USA is...
57 min
The focus of the piece is on a small village just east of St. Louis known as Sauget. Years ago this tiny area was incorporated as Monsanto.
For those who remain unaware Monsanto Company was one of the leading chemical producers of the twentieth century and has been...
46 min
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity?
27 min
Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by emerging "clean coal" energy policies, local activists watch a world blind to the devastation caused by coal's extraction. Faced with...
89 min
Featuring leading scientists, ecologists and authors, Animate Earth makes the case for a new holistic scientific revolution as an essential step towards solving the environmental crises created in large part by conventional science's mechanistic view of the earth.
45 min
Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land high in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than 1,000 years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and cooperation, with an intimate...
59 min