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Full Interview: Julian Assange on Trump, DNC Emails, Russia, the CIA, Vault 7 & More 45 min
Full April 12, 2017 interview with Julian Assange on Democracy Now!, including a debate with investigative journalist Allan Nairn. -
This Is The Age of Reconnection 2 min
In these critical times, everything around us is doing its best to disconnect you. We must motivate the planet to reconnect to Mother Nature. I believe this connection you feel with the Earth will open your eyes to your true purpose in life. The truth is always in sight, its...
NC Moves to Protects Polluters, Sticks Residents With Hog Waste 73 min
On March 23, 2017, lawmakers in Raleigh filed House Bill 467 to severely limit the amount that people polluted by hog and poultry waste can seek in damages from livestock corporations. Though it would no longer apply to pending litigation, this bill still takes power away...
It defies logic, right? That the poor would pay more for basic life items, essentially ensuring that they stay in the cycle of poverty forever. But people can forget that if you are living paycheck to paycheck, then it often becomes impossible to afford buying more than one...
The Kurds’ democratic resistance to ISIS demonstrates that anti-fascism cannot be separated from the wider struggle against capitalism, patriarchy and the state.
Silencing Palestine - Prison & Repression 23 min
Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is an internationally-recognized human rights crime—but those being impacted are harshly punished for not only acts of resistance, but even mere advocacy for their rights. Getting detailed facts about Israel’s imposition of Military Law...
Rare Footage Reveals the Wild, Elusive Lives of Snow Leopards 3 min
See rare close-up video of elusive snow leopards in Russia. Snow leopards live in some of the most rugged and remote mountains of Central Asia. The solitary cats are spread across twelve countries and have been found at upwards of 17,000 feet, making it incredibly difficult...
Does Male Privilege Exist? 2 min
Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity since he was a boy. Now, in his book, The Descent of Man, he turns round to look at men with a clear eye and ask, what sort of men would make the world a better place, for everyone? Here, Sapphire McIntosh goes out on to the...
Swallowing the lies – or ‘alternative facts’ – of populist politicians is having profound consequences. NJ Enfield takes a fresh look at a potent old tradition – and suggests a way forward.
The Truth About the Mcdonald's Coffee Lawsuit 5 min
Only a clown would serve coffee heated to 190 degrees! Find out what really happened in the infamous Mcdonald's coffee lawsuit.
Texas Students Opt for Cocks Not Glocks 5 min
Roy Wood Jr. talks to students at the University of Texas who are carrying dildos to protest guns on campus.
'Northern Fox' Theresa May May Be More Dangerous Than 'Southern Wolf' Donald Trump 3 min
Kehinde Andrews argues the British prime minister is a bigger unknown than the US president. As Malcolm X said, we should be more wary of those who are dishonest about their dark intentions than about outwardly prejudiced people. May’s stance on migration, schools and...
Fear-Mongers Are More Dangerous Than Terrorists 2 min
Historian and academic Yuval Noah Harari says overreacting to terrorism is a bigger threat to peace than terrorism itself.
Saying “no” can be really hard. But Christine Carter has a three-step plan to get there.
It’s an argument I’ve seen time and again, as a justification for American military interventionism.  It appears in the news, and it is parroted in conversations.  Sometimes it is followed with a proclamation that we have to do “something”.  A specific and very timely example...
"Perhaps our whole fucked up attitude to war comes from only ever seeing our missiles taking off, only ever seeing our soldiers setting out."
Face of Joy - Syria 3 min
The story of how 3,000 American high school art students touched the lives of Syrian children living in a refugee camp.
When autism isn't just a word 4 min
A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
Our Land: A 7 Part Series about Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Food & Land 60 min
We have created this series of films to celebrate and interpret intervention, undertaken by individuals and communities, to shift our food and farm economy.  These episodes each address a major systemic failure of the old food economy: toxicity, monoculture, monopoly...
Tax Dodge: the Carried Interest Loophole 2 min
Wonder why Trump is breaking his promise on carried interest? Many of his advisors are Goldman Sachs bankers and hedge fund managers. Over the last decade, hedge fund managers have dodged nearly $180 billion in taxes! The swamp never looked so full! This tax season, watch...
Undocumented In Trump’s America 22 min
Arrests. Detentions. Deportations. President Trump has issued executive orders to aggressively find and remove undocumented immigrants. Now even those merely suspected of a crime can be deported, along with those who’ve been following the law by checking in with immigration...
How Trees Talk to Each Other 18 min
"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery -- trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and...
How Trees Communicate Using the Wood Wide Web 2 min
Forester Peter Wohlleben reveals how trees talk to each other through their roots and fungal networks. In his new book The Hidden Life of Trees, he explains that trees can register pain, learn things, and even protect and care for each other.
What if There Was an Uber for Allies? 5 min
Times are tough, and we could all use an extra dose of privilege. But where to find it? Well, there's an app for that! Introducing Uber Allies, an app that brings an ally right to you and puts white men's privilege to work!
Rally against US imperial intervention, but remember Assad’s crimes and be in solidarity with his victims.
This is an open call to no longer ignore the fact that our real allies are not determined by skin color, but by our social conditions. Until we start to recognize ourselves in our neighbors, we are doomed to repeat everything that's happened for the last centuries.
Women Reform 5 min
Religion. Jew. Rabbi. Women. There should be no struggle if you fit in these four words. But apparently there is. Three Rabbis share their opinions about two different ways of practice the Jewish religion. Although their all Jewish and rabbis the outcome of theirs opinions is...
Utopia for Realists (Rutger Bregman - Full Interview) 30 min
Matt Orfalea interviews Rutger Bregman, author of "Utopia for Realists"
This Nike Ad Takes on a Disturbing New Meaning When You Watch It The Second Time 2 min
This Nike ad was supposed to be inspirational. But the real meaning shows through when the ad plays the second time, with the same audio and different visuals, added by Matt Orfalea.
Humility, acceptance of constructive criticism, always being open to the possibility of differing perspectives and superior new information- these are critical attributes when defining humanity's intellect. Without them, we'd all cease to learn, or evolve.
Comedian Sums Up "War on Terror" Perfectly 1 min
Comedian Steve Hughes explains why the 'War on Terror' is a joke.
'The impetuousness of this bombing campaign - its impulsiveness - is stunning even by US war-loving standards'
Village In The City 3 min
‘Village In The City’ offers a glimpse into the changing lives of the farmers who live on the fringes of one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Set on the outskirts of Guangzhou, China, the short story looks at the effects of urbanisation on rural areas from the...
Four years ago, massive citizen opposition and mobilization stopped a possible U.S. military attack on the Assad government of Syria that many predicted would have made the terrible conflict even worse. Once again, we need to stop an escalation of that dreadful war and...
Just two and a half months into his presidency, Donald Trump has already distinguished himself as a war criminal. His administration is killing unusually large numbers of civilians, in violation of US and international law.
The following is an excerpt called A Slave World taken from a passage from Sacred Economics.
What makes someone a terrorist? Someone who has an inclination toward violence to get their way. Someone who can't be reasoned with using logic or facts. They will not or cannot see any other view but their own- typically some unsustainable egoism that protects their limited...
Pursuing the Dream: What You Need to Know About DACA, Immigration, and Beyond • BRAVE NEW FILMS 4 min
In Trump's America, it seems that no one is safe from detention and deportation, even if you have legal grounds to be in the United States. What side of history will you be on? Demand your elected officials defend immigrants and push for permanent protections! Join the...
Angela Glover Blackwell Explains the Importance of Striving for Equity 3 min
By making sure that everyone can participate, everyone benefits.
Unlike self-esteem, the good feelings of self-compassion do not depend on being special and above average, or on meeting ideal goals.
Finding Inner Peace Through Meditation with Filmmaker David Lynch 6 min
In “Finding Inner Peace,” David Lynch describes how his personal experience with meditation helped him to deal with anxiety, fear, and depression and taught him how to tap into the root source of creativity and bliss.
Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope 5 min
“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” Jane Goodall
The Internet Warriors 21 min
Why do so many people use the internet to harass and threaten people, and stretch the freedom of speech to its limits? Director Kyrre Lien meets a global group of strongly opinionated individuals, who spend their time debating online on the subjects they care most strongly...
First they came for the Muslims, and we said: “Not this time, motherfuckers!”
A Hacker Explains the Best Way to Browse the Internet Anonymously 2 min
While it may seem difficult these days to remain anonymous online, it's not impossible. We spoke with Kevin Mitnick, author of "The Art of Invisibility," who told us the one tool you should be using if you want to protect your identity.
The Untouchables 53 min
FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street’s leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.
Can Iceland's Wilderness Be Saved? 2 min
Iceland is one of Europe’s last, pristine wilderness areas. Whilst already on location in Iceland, filming for a short film, we offered our services to an Icelandic conservation group, the Hálendið Project. Their campaign advocates for the protection of the central highland...
The OAS: The US's Ministry of Colonies 2 min
What you need to know about the Organization of American States (OAS) and its attacks on Venezuela. The OAS has a long history of ignoring human rights' abuses in Latin America that benefit US interests while condemning those that challenge them.
Being Embera 6 min
Reclaiming and strengthening indigenous culture is vital to maintaining ancestral connections to nature. This must be passed onto future generations by celebrating indigenous traditions. Embera youth are spearheading a cultural revival, after decades of assimilation, through...
WALLS 6 min
A short film dealing with the energy generated through human confrontations with walls.  The urge for freedom and fulfillment is just as human as the urge to build walls for everyday order.  Three individuals in different countries are struggling under this tension - and...
Surviving Economic War in Venezuela - People Are Doing It For Themselves 5 min
Rebel Diaz went to Venezuela last month, where U.S. corporate interests are waging a devastating economic war on the Venezuelan people. In the face of hyperinflation and food shortages, groups of young people are coming together to create collective alternatives for survival,
Noam Chomsky on Trump's First 75 Days & Much More 70 min
Full 70-minute interview with Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now! today talking about Donald Trump’s first 75 days in the White House and much more.
Explaining NAFTA - The Trade Deal With Hard Core Corn 12 min
According to President Trump, Mexico is a country that sends us its criminals and rapists, and beats us on trade. In reality, they send us Coronas and TVs, and get beat by American agriculture. Why NAFTA is much more complicado than Trump thinks.
This Is Why We Love Satire 7 min
While major news networks have struggled to figure out the right way to cover the Trump administration, political satirists like Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers have demonstrated why comedy can be such a powerful antidote to bullshit.
Free Safe Legal 2 min
50 years ago the 1967 Abortion Act put an end to backstreet abortions in England, Scotland and Wales, but in Northern Ireland there is still a near total ban on abortion. Politicians and pro life groups claim that the people of Northern Ireland want to remain an 'abortion...
Hope Inside The Fire 5 min
Behind the headlines of the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline, a pure and singular spiritual camp was committing itself in prayer to save the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s only water supply.
This Incredible Animation Shows Just How Deep The Ocean Is 3 min
Just how deep does the ocean go? Way further than you think. This animation puts the actual distance into perspective, showing a vast distance between the waves we see and the mysterious point we call Challenger Deep.
The key to a great garden? Good dirt. Here’s how you can grow your own.
Populists claim to speak for the people, but, as Dinyar Godrej explains, they rarely do. So what are the options for a true politics of the people?
The Employment - A Surreal Short Film About the Drudgery of Work 6 min
An anonymous man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the utilisation of people as objects in an everyday thing.
How Black Lives Don't Matter in Israel 25 min
While the Israeli state espouses multiculturalism and diversity, it oppresses not just the Palestinian population, but also any Black person within its borders.  From warehousing African asylum seekers in giant prison camps, to criminalizing and carrying out eugenics...
Brexit Britain is ready to go to war over Gibraltar says Lord Howard, a man I had assumed was dead, even when he was leader of the Tory Party. What could be more indicative of a failure to understand the age of digitalised globalisation than fighting over an actual rock where...
Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking 13 min
Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
Brexit Means Titanic 2 min
Brexit as Titanic, as imagined by Comedy Central. Genius.
Using the Alphabet method of poetry,26 children of Syria are remembered through this poem with a dedicated headstone message for each child
29 years ago, I stood at the Mandala stadium in Jayapura in awe as if I was in a scene of a violent war movie. It was not a soccer event, rather it was the day I witnessed the beginning of the end of one of my heroes – a man revered by many, Dr. Thom Wainggai (known to many...
True democracy is a nation of Independent voters. Allegiance to any one political party is putting part of our identities into other people's hands. Selecting our best qualified representatives has been reduced to just another team sport; generations become indoctrinated like...
Dairy Is F**king Scary! - The Industry Explained in 5 Minutes 5 min
Dairy is scary. Please share this video with anyone and everyone who still thinks dairy is just fine!
Watching The Birth of a Dugout Canoe is Meditative and Deeply Satisfying 18 min
This is a documentary movie uncovering the difficult and time consuming process of making traditional expanded dugout canoe using mostly traditional hand tools and techniques.
We Communicate Through Energy 3 min
Cellular Biologist, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D, reveals the connection between Quantum Theory and feelings.
As Article 50 is triggered, here's what you can do to stop Britain's slide to the hard right.
By redistributing economic and political power from corporate monopolies to millions of small businesses, localization has the power to revitalize the democratic process, re-rooting political power in community.
Up Close and Personal With Norwegian Orcas 2 min
Every winter, Norwegian marine biologist Andreas B. Heide sails north in search of whales, especially orcas. He's not just there to document these incredible creatures from the boat, however—he jumps in and swims right along with them. Orcas are some of the most powerful and...
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power 98 min
A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought climate change into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Just over a year ago we were convicted for our part in the Heathrow 13 action. We occupied the Northern runway at Heathrow, cancelling 25 flights, saving hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted and protesting against the construction of the proposed third...
YES! Magazine readers submitted their ideas for updating the classic icon. See the winning poster ideas—and download your favorites.
I met Erin Morris - the director and producer of my first Documentary 'West Papua: A Journey to Freedom' - at a West Papuan event organized by the West Papua Association of Australia in Melbourne on November 9, 2009. The event was held at the Northcote Hill United Church.
Journey to the USA  Mr. Herman Wainggai represents the Federal Republic of West Papua at the United Nations in New York and is the cofounder and foreign advocate for the West Papua National Authority Mission based in Washington, D.C. He selflessly invested twenty six years of...
The month of May (2016) a really month for me. I traveled from Washington, D.C to New York City where I attended the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) then to Los Angeles. These meetings gave me hope that the freedom of West Papua is just around the corner.
Herman Wainggai: a Hidden Genocide 11 min
Encounter the struggle, suffering, and injustice in West Papua through the eyes of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Herman Wainggai - a former political prisoner, leader of nonviolent struggle in West Papua and escapee living in exile. His visceral and emotional experiences convey...
Meet The Woman Rescuing Fruit and Feeding Her Community 2 min
Meet Nita Kurmins GilsoMeet Nita Kurmins Gilson, the woman bringing fresh fruit to thousands of San Diegans in need. In 2009, Nita learned that 1 in 6 people in her county were going to bed hungry. She also saw an abundance of fresh produce going to waste all over the city...
As the march towards Brexit rekindles arguments over British nationalism and the strength and merits of the union between England and Scotland, the mass of conflicted feelings over the British Empire is naturally bubbling to the surface again.
There is a common misconception that video games induce loneliness, or a symptom of disconnection. But although games are often blamed as a cause of mental illness, numerous studies have shown they are often a remedy, more than anything. Video games are therapeutic for...
What is Populism? 6 min
James Butler examines the term Populism on this episode of Terms of Engagement.
People are turning their frustrations with the Trump administration into actions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable community members.
Campaigners block access to quarry supplying material to fracking industry, calling on suppliers to 'break the chain' that enables fracking against the wishes of locals.
How to Make Compost From Your Poo! - Closing the Loop 7 min
In this film we take a tour of Greg and Lisa's composting toilet setup and see how they've been safely composting and using their humanure on their veggie garden for over four years.
Republican Fight to Criminalize Protest Tactics 5 min
Since the beginning of 2017, Republicans in over 18 states have proposed bills that would criminalize certain protest tactics. In Missouri, lawmakers want to make it illegal to wear masks, and in Tennessee, lawmakers want to give legal protections to drivers who hit...
Trouble, Ep. 1 - Killing the Black Snake 30 min
Trouble Season 1 Episode 1 "Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle". sub.Media looks beyond the mainstream narratives surrounding the Standing Rock encampment to get a better understanding of some of the camp's overlooked dynamics, including...
Boston public schools recently announced that they will shift to using world maps based on the Peters projection, reportedly the first time a US public school district has done so. Why? Because the Peters projection accurately shows different countries’ relative sizes...
Everyone tells us to follow the money. If we really want to know who the power brokers are, we need to follow the money fearlessly, see where it ends up and speak truth to power. Right?
Hooded: A Multimedia Project to Challenge and Change How Young Black Men Are Portrayed 3 min
Photographer Myles Loftin created a multimedia project that humanizes and decriminalizes the societal image of black boys and black men dressed in hoodies.
The Edible Bus Stop: Community Gardens From Neglected Sites 2 min
The Edible Bus Stop transforms neglected sites across London's bus network into valuable community growing spaces. Originating as a guerilla garden project adjacent to a bus stop in South London, we transform once-forgotten spaces into thriving neighbourhood hubs that are...
The following is excerpted from my essay, "The Rise of Fascism in a Brave New Digital World"...
"Forget Winnetou! Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany" (2017) Promo Teaser 2 min
An upcoming documentary written and directed by Red Haircrow and Timo Kiesel, on unlearning, decolonizing and going beyond native stereotypes in Germany, where author Karl May's popular "American Indian" character "Winnetou" is the ultimate symbol influencing generations...
'Donald Trump only cares about making his special interest pals richer even though our children will inherit a world ravaged by climate change'
Escape From Syria - Faiza's Story 5 min
After visiting Jordan last year I interviewed a Syrian Refugee who fled across the border from Syria with her two children. I asked her young children to draw pictures of their journey. This animation takes inspiration from the children's drawings and uses the voice-over of...
40 people injured. 4 dead. An attack likely inspired by ‘international terrorism’ and Islamist-motivated. We kn
Muslims This, ISIS That 3 min
This powerful spoken word by Hussam Ahmad urges people to look beyond the narratives being spun by the media and politicians.
Visit Hawai'i - The Occupied State 2 min
The US Government just released this tourism ad for Hawai'i and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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