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WitchHunt 60 min
In 2015, while the far right was gaining ground around the world, socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the UK Labour Party in a landslide victory. Accusations of antisemitism within the party immediately began to circulate. Well-known anti-racists and left-wing...
Why These Plankton are Eating Plastic 5 min
Microfibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem.
Confronting the Truth: Truth Commissions and Societies in Transition 73 min
Confronting the Truth shows how countries which have experienced massive human rights violations have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions.
Egypt: Revolution Interrupted? 80 min
For thirty years, President Hosni Mubarak had ruled Egypt by manipulating elections, crushing dissent, and jailing and torturing his opponents.
Everything Connects 2 min
14-year-old filmmaker Dylan D'Haeze explores how communities can develop zero waste strategies and looks at building a sustainable lifestyle for today and for future generations.
Robert Reich: America Has Already Fired Trump 3 min
Robert Reich explains how Trump has become isolated politically.
Not Capitalism, Not Communism: George Monbiot on Why We Need the Commons 21 min
Cat Hobbs interviews activist and author George Monbiot on the potential of the commons, the idea of public luxury and more.
Why Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Matters 7 min
Maslow's Hierarchy, (or Pyramid), of Needs is one of the central ideas in modern economics and sociology. The work of a once little-known American psychologist, it has grown into an indispensable guide to understanding the modern world. This film explains who Maslow was, what...
How to Green the World's Deserts and Reverse Climate Change | Allan Savory 23 min
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to...
Andrew Yang: The Entire Socialism-Capitalism Dichotomy Is Out of Date 6 min
Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang says we need a U.S. economy with qualities of both capitalism and socialism.
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 8 min
What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Set a couple of decades from now, the film is a flat-out rejection of the idea that a...
Robert Reich: 12 Myths About Taxing the Rich 8 min
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America.
Climate Denial Isn’t Stopping Climate Action. Here’s What Is. | David Wallace-Wells 4 min
Climate change denial draws headlines. But is it actually an obstacle to climate action?
Can "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Help Us Restore Balance to a Divided World? 17 min
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is a masterpiece of animation. It's an incredible story with amazing characters and worthwhile themes that might just be more relevant today than ever before. As more and more people around the world seem to support the idea that group identities...
Interview with Rashida Jones on Her Porn Documentary 'Hot Girls Wanted' 14 min
"Parks and Recreation" star Rashida Jones has established a lovable reputation for herself through roles in hit comedies like "The Office" and "I Love You Man". Over the past few years, she's also ventured into writing and producing films, currently tackling projects like...
So Close to America: Undocumented Farm Workers & The Myth of The 'Free Ride' 24 min
Farmworker Realities vs Immigrant Fear Mongering in the Days of Trump and Beyond.
This Love Letter to Resistance Will Light a Fire in Your Belly and Warm Your Heart 4 min
The short film invites us on an intimate journey through the liberated territory of the Zad of Notre-dames-des-landes, a community in France who resisted an airport, and in doing so created a beautiful way of living with hope in these tempestuous times.
Robert Reich: What's the Real American Story? 17 min
Robert Reich examines Trump's dark vision for America, and how to create a progressive message for the future.
Robert Reich: The Monopolization of America 12 min
Robert Reich looks at antitrust laws and corporate giants.
Robert Reich: Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Rest 5 min
Robert Reich explains how government policies protect the wealthy and corporations, but leave ordinary Americans at risk.
Jews Say It's NOT Anti-Semitic to Criticize Israel | 5 Inspiring Jewish Voices for Peace 8 min
Jewish activists, journalists, & even lobbyists say criticizing Israel is NOT anti-semitic.
Combat Obscura 70 min
Just out of high school, at the age of 18, Miles Lagoze enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was deployed to Afghanistan where he served as Combat Camera — his unit's official videographer, tasked with shooting and editing footage for the Corps’ recruiting purposes and historical...
Sustainability: Beyond Political Categorization - Peter Joseph, ZDay 2019 31 min
This presentation addresses the problem of communication, categorical associations, the rise of anti-intellectualism and other issues related to discussions surrounding social progress. It works to address the tendency to view all ideas as ideologies, as if the foundation of...
An Ocean of Lies on Venezuela: Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Coup 39 min
On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity with UN Investigator and Human Rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas. Transcript and resources available at Media Roots.
NSA Whistleblower: Government Collecting Everything You Do 28 min
Abby Martin interviews former Technical Director of the National Security Agency, Bill Binney, who blew the whistle on warrantless spying years before Edward Snowden released the evidence. They discuss the US empire's mass surveillance program and dangers of the Intelligence...
The Origins of Venezuela's Economic Crisis 12 min
Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing. Defenders of the Bolivarian project, though, say that US sanctions and economic war are to blame for the crisis. Greg Wilpert...
This Vet Planned to Bomb a Mosque. Now He's a Muslim Leader 5 min
Relying partly on his experience as a Marine, Richard McKinney made an improvised explosive device he planned to detonate near a mosque, resulting in massive casualties.
How Much Pro-Israel Money Politicians Attacking Ilhan Omar Received 6 min
How Much Money Israel Lobby Gave Politicians Attacking Ilhan Omar I got kind of obsessive and looked up exactly how much $ each politician attacking Omar's comments about the Israel lobby has received from pro-Israel sources. Thanks for watching! Support my work...
How 8 European Cities Turned Waste Into a Resource 6 min
The eight UrbanWINS cities are currently implementing pilot actions to prevent and manage waste. These actions are taking into account their urban metabolism data, as well as the discussions and decisions of a wide range of stakeholders who have participated in the online and...
Insane Trade! 3 min
The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers worldwide. Yet it is an almost unavoidable consequence of de-regulatory ‘free trade’ agreements and the...
Brilliant Short Film Imagines Parallel Earth Saving Themselves From Fate of Earth 9 min
10 years after the premiere of THE AGE OF STUPID, here's Franny Armstrong's new short film, WHAT IF?  In a parallel universe, Fred Miliband, Carolyn Lukas, Zack Harries, Jon Snowflake, Kris Peckham, Jonathan Pie and the President of the Maldives battle to save the people of...
Manila's Zero Waste Neighborhoods 4 min
Plastic polluted neighborhoods in Manila are taking things into their own hands by creating systemic zero waste programs that collect all recyclables, compost all organics, and push for corporate accountability.
Jennifer Lawrence talks with Trevor Potter at Unrig 2018 13 min
Last year at Unrig Summit, Jennifer Lawrence sat down with Trevor Potter, a Republican and the forrmer commissioner of the U.S. Federal Election Commission to learn how to legally bribe politicians.
Unbreaking America: A NEW Short Film about Solving the Corruption Crisis 13 min
Find out how you can get involved at http://represent.us Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. RepresentUs board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of RepresentUs Josh Silver, walks through three lines that show what's wrong with legal corruption in our...
Stalking for Love 24 min
Stalking For Love is a popular media trope where invasive stalker-like behavior is presented as an endearing or harmless part of romantic courtship. The hero will often go to extraordinary lengths to coerce, trick or otherwise manipulate his way into a woman's life.
Things Straight Men Aren't Allowed to Do (According to Wiz Khalifa and Others) 3 min
Professional skinny person Wiz Khalifa said straight men should not eat bananas in public. Here's a running list of things straight black men "can't" do because #masculinitysofragile.
Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs 64 min
It’s hard to overstate just how common jokes about men being sexually assaulted are in entertainment media. Most popular comedic actors engage in this type of humor. Jokes are typically designed to demean, humiliate, control, or emasculate a male character for being the...
A Korean Forest Gets its own Art Exhibition 7 min
What does it mean when we say "nature" is the artist?
The Swedish Schoolgirl That Took Davos To Task On Climate Change 27 min
Greta and the Snowman: From Greta Thunberg to the man who's measured the weather every day for nearly half a century, it is private citizens leading the charge on climate change prevention. This report profiles these two extraordinary characters.
Robert Reich: A Bold New Idea to Boost Wages 5 min
Robert Reich explains how expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit would boost wages for millions of working Americans.
The Indian System 8 min
Until recently, historians have failed to uncover the truth behind the war of 1862 in Minnesota. In this movie, filmmaker Sheldon Wolfchild portrays his grandfather, Medicine Bottle. He tells a Dakota oral history of the 1862 war, the hangings of the Dakota 38 Plus 2, and the...
Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture 9 min
The Plummery is a suburban home where a backyard permaculture garden measuring only 100sq/m (1076 sq feet) produces over 400kg/900 pounds of food year-round. Kat Lavers describes her approach to gardening, including vertical and biointensive growing, and how important it is –...
The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline: Media Matters 27 min
As the President sounds off about holy babies born and unborn, we talk about the ongoing criminalization of women who happen to get pregnant. What has been the media’s role and have they done enough to make amends? We’ll talk to Lynn Paltrow, one of the lawyers representing...
PACHAKUTEC - Time of Change 88 min
A Pilgrimage for the healing of the Heart of the Earth. With love and gratitude, the film is dedicated to Mother Earth, Father Sun and the ancestors The PACHAKÚTEC signifies in the prophecies of the Inca a time of major, fundamental changes that will lead us into a new era...
Making Art Without Money (Nature Mandala) 4 min
Ecological artists Patrick M. Lydon (USA) and Suhee Kang (Korea) infiltrate the world's largest MUJI store (無印良品) near Osaka, Japan. Inside they ask shoppers to stop shopping, slow down, and re-connect with nature. Together with shoppers, they build an interactive 'Nature...
100 Short Stories 68 min
With typical irreverence, director Neal Livingston interweaves tales of predatory capitalism, eco-activism, and contemporary life in Atlantic Canada, engaging in an offbeat and often humorous exploration of energy policy, governance, and regional culture, in a diaristic...
Crisis, Hope, And Permaculture 3 min
Join Geoff Lawton as he explores some of the most pressing issues of our time, soil erosion, climate change, pollution and food security. Learn how we can apply permaculture's ethical design science, to solve these issues whilst meeting all our human needs.
How I Unlearned Dangerous Lessons about Masculinity | Eldra Jackson 12 min
In a powerful talk, educator Eldra Jackson III shares how he unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity through Inside Circle, an organization that leads group therapy for incarcerated men. Now he's helping others heal by creating a new image of what it means to be a...
Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy 16 min
How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and...
Copyright is Brain Damage | Nina Paley 18 min
Ideas aren't good or bad because of what licenses people slap on them. Just relate to the ideas themselves.
Glitch in the Matrix II, The Origin of the Intellectual Dark Web 45 min
The phrase 'Intellectual Dark Web' was first coined by mathematician Eric Weinstein in early 2018, it quickly spread. Was this just a chance remark, or was there a plan? This film explains how the creation of the Intellectual Dark Web was part of a long term strategy, and...
Public Shaming 11 min
Public shaming is an old phenomenon given new life by social media.
Creating Freedom: Raoul Martinez at TEDxWhitechapel 18 min
Much about who we are is determined by the lottery of our birth. We inherit genes we didn't ask for, and are faced with a world we played no part in creating. In short, we are shaped by forces over which we have no control. Raoul Martinez examines the radical implications...
Unist'ot'en and 150 Years of Resistance 3 min
150 years ago, the architects of Canadian confederation dreamed of a Canada united from coast to coast. They dreamed, also, of unfettered access to Indigenous lands, of the elimination of the “Indian problem” standing in the way of a white settler future.
Seder-Masochism 76 min
Seder-Masochism, an animated musical, loosely follows the Passover Seder story, with events from the Book of Exodus retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus and the director’s father. The film puts a twist on the traditional Biblical story by including a female...
God Is Male 1 min
Goddess x Patriarchy = Mary
The Truth About Political Correctness 15 min
David Pakman's long-form investigation into political correctness, including a history of the term, and whether it is too liberally or conservatively applied in modern culture.
Chase Iron Eyes: Trump’s Mocking of Native Americans Gives License to Others to Denigrate My People 10 min
Democracy Now: As we continue to look at the video that has gone viral showing a group of Catholic high school students apparently mocking an indigenous tribal elder near the Lincoln Memorial, we speak to Chase Iron Eyes, an activist and lead attorney for the Lakota People’s...
Chase Iron Eyes on Native American Land Rights, Identity 5 min
Everyone’s talking about that incident on the Lincoln Memorial — But here’s what the Indigenous People’s March actually wanted the public to know. CGTN's Lisa Chiu talked to Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney with the Lakota People's Law Project about land rights, and the U.S...
The Business Class Wants You to Hate the Government Because It Has a Defect | Noam Chomsky 5 min
"Business leaders and elite intellectuals recognized that the public had won enough rights so that they can't be controlled by force, so it would be necessary to turn to control of attitudes and opinions...
Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty 62 min
Abundant Land is a one-hour documentary about a Hawaiian community on Moloka’i opposing the biotech industry’s use of the island to test genetically engineered seeds. Agrochemical biotech corporations, including Monsanto and Mycogen Seeds, are depleting Moloka’i’s topsoil and...
Can You Give Examples of White Identity Politics? - David Pakman Q&A 5 min
Audience Question: Can you give examples of white identity politics?
What Is Democracy? 2 min
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted.
The People's Spring 82 min
You can help us spread this documentary, which we've decided to share online for free, by supporting our work here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=13006106
What Is a Man? A Response to Gillette 2 min
"Dedicated to all those who sacrifice everything to make the world safer and better for all of us.
Rebel Wisdom: Where Gillette Went Wrong 33 min
Gillette's newest ad, 'The Best a Man Can Be', has created a social media firestorm in the last few days. Rebel Wisdom sat down to discuss the reaction, the cultural context behind it and their response to the ad. Drawing on their interviews with Warren Farrell, Cassie Jaye...
Down in the Hole - The Streets of Baltimore 43 min
Chaos erupts in Baltimore, MD as an unarmed black man called Freddie Gray sustains fatal injuries while in police custody. The city of Baltimore is in a state of emergency, curfews are put in place, the national guard is sent out. This a documentary covering life and times in...
Tears in the Bayou - The Streets of Houston 107 min
Tears in the Bayou is a documentary that takes you through the madness in the inner city of Houston, Texas.
The Wonder of Wikileaks | 5 Times Trump & Friends Flipped on Wikileaks 9 min
The same people who praise Wikileaks now used to call them terrorists for practicing award-winning journalism. -
The Secret to Ending Poverty | Rutger Bregman 6 min
Historian Rutger Bregman found a way to end poverty. Obviously we had to ask him how!
Robert Reich: Why We Must Get Big Money Out of Politics 4 min
Robert Reich explains why we must limit the influence of donors and lobbyists on Washington.
Robert Reich: The Big Economic Switcheroo 3 min
Robert Reich explains why the growing federal debt enriches Wall St. bankers and wealthy Americans.
The Big FAT Lie 87 min
"In what is becoming a field of near-identical documentaries featuring similar experts, research, and opinion, Grant Dixon’s film stands apart with its unique, homegrown feel. His in-depth exploration of the whys and wherefores behind his own health scare introduces us to the...
Trump's Syria Deception 14 min
In Part II of our series Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin addresses the surprise order from Trump that he was "ending the war" in Syria.
Trump is Expanding the US Empire 17 min
In the first installment of this multi-part series, Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin debunks the notion that Trump is an anti-interventionist president, outlining his first two years of aggressive foreign policy that has expanded US wars and occupations.
The True Legacy of Christopher Columbus: 'Western Civilisation' | George Monbiot 6 min
George Monbiot on the true and bloody legacy of Christopher Columbus
Chris Hedges - America the Land of the Desperate and Doomed - Dec 2018 30 min
Chris Hedges speaks about his new book, "America, the Farewell Tour."
Klamath 55 min
Hidden in the depths of the Klamath-Siskiyou mountains is a world few have seen. Complex geology, climatic conditions, and impassibly rugged river canyons have inspired some of the greatest technological feats of history — technology created by life over billions of...
Living in the Future's Past 82 min
"Efficacy is the ability to produce a desired result. But are the results we're achieving, the ones we intent? Our intelligence is remaking the world before our eyes. What kind of future do you want to see?"
Voting Matters 2 min
More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most extensive pieces of civil rights legislation, people of color across the United States still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote. Voting Matters follows one dynamic woman working...
Dr. Cornel West on the Global Shift Right 9 min
From Trump in the U.S. to Bolsonaro in Brazil, ordinary people in large democracies are discontented and shifting right, what can progressives do about it? Cornel West in conversation with Sharmini Peries.
Are Black Men Not Supposed to be Happy? | KYLE 7 min
Rapper KYLE on race, toxic masculinity, depression and being the happiest rapper alive!
The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi 5 min
Has wokeness replaced compassion with moral superiority?
The Dark Side of Tulum 31 min
An independent documentary exploring both the beauty and betrayal of Tulum, Mexico - and what can be done to change it. *Available with Spanish subtitles - simply click the CC button on the video player.
What Do You Do When Someone Just Doesn't Like You? | Daryl Davis 17 min
What do you do when someone just doesn't like you? I mean really, really doesn't like you. And you know it. And what if that person, or those people, have made an open show of that dislike, without apology. What would you do?
How to Use Personal, Inner Development to Build Strong Democracies | Tomas Björkman 19 min
Tomas Björkman is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), Världen vi skapar (eng. The World we Create) (2017) and, together with Lene Andersen, The Nordic Secret (2017).
David Pakman: The Problem with Jordan Peterson 22 min
David Pakman's long-form analysis of Jordan Peterson, and more specifically the movement that has been created around him, including its ideology, shortcomings, and more.
How to Fall Down the Anti-SJW Rabbit Hole 22 min
Three Arrows, a Youtube channel that covers the history of the far right, describes their personal journey into the rabbit hole of anti-SJW content on Youtube.
Food, Earth, Happiness 20 min
A majestic journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States that turns our perceptions of food (and life) upside down in a simple and poetic way. Solutions for our most pressing social and ecological issues come from unexpected places in a bite-sized film that New York...
Jonathan Haidt: Radicalization, Biased Media, Polarization 29 min
Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author of his most recent book with Greg Lukianoff "The Coddling of the American Mind," joins David Pakman to discuss politics, tribalism, and much more.
Bret Weinstein: How the Magic Trick is Done 68 min
In this speech at the Students For Liberty conference in Vancouver, B.C. Bret Weinstein discusses the inner workings of the regressive left.
We Should Be ‘Screaming Mad’ About Amazon's ‘Corporate Welfare’ 4 min
You may have heard by now that Amazon’s new headquarters will soon call the New York and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas home. This decision has engendered much criticism. But the Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson doesn’t think the vitriol is enough. “We should all...
Confusing Them With Our Joy 3 min
2018-2019 fundraising trailer for the latest Cloudcatcher Media extravaganza! Support the Chuffed fundraiser at https://chuffed.org/project/confusing or get more info at http://www.confusingthemwithourjoy.com
Wasted Waste 84 min
Watch on Vimeo | 3,6 million kg of food is wasted every day. 870 million people could be fed only with the world’s wasted food (FAO). 800 million people are starving around the world. 1/3 of the food ends up in the trash while 198 000 hectares are used to produce food that is...
Richard Wolff takes on Jordan B. Peterson 5 min
Prof. Wolff responds to Jordan Peterson's assertions about Marxism.
Obama Admits Bipartisan Capitalist 'Washington Consensus' Fueled Far-Right & Multiplied Inequality 8 min
Former US President Barack Obama admitted that the neoliberal capitalist policies he and his predecessors supported fostered the rise of the far-right and grossly exacerbated inequality.
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