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Black residents of Baltimore should not be required to honor a contract that has not been fulfilled and be doubly-taxed by the mental stress incurred from the fear of those in uniform who are terrorizing their neighborhoods.
Culture is a matter of the heart. The heart needs time and space to shape the places that it meets.
Who are we without this? Where do we exist emotionally?
These photos were (predominantly) taken in Downtown Los Angeles in the 1990's. On Saturday afternoon the daily mask...
Rolf Versteegh Fine-Art Photography/Film/Video
Submit Your Films Until August 31St!
What is so refreshing about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is that they recognise the inherent tension between economic development and the ecology of our planet. Or so it seems. The preamble affirms that “planet Earth and its ecosystems are our home” and underscores...
Jason Hickel
9 min
Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out until our own galaxy is visible...
11 min
A new way of living is in the process of formation. Capitalism as we know it has reached the limits of its ability to adapt. A networked Alternative is already in the works- You can see it in the cooperative businesses on the rise and the tough time traditional parties are...
2 min
Since childhood, Willie Nelson has been living by the golden rule. In this episode of "Hey Willie," the superstar talks about applying the golden rule to his everyday life and lending a helping hand to those in need.
Recent years have seen a proliferation of recuperated workplaces around the globe, laying the foundations for a truly democratic workers’ economy.
Dario Azzellini
I once read a Dear Abby column responding to a letter from a girl who, as I recall, was in middle school. She was asking for advice about an awkward incident that happened to her at school: a boy asked her out with her peers watching, and she turned him down. She was...
Thousands join protest camp as supporters are holding a rally in Washington D.C. on Wednesday outside of Army Corps hearing
Lauren McCauley
7 min
Once a Cold War era nuclear missile silo, this silo was abandoned, flooded and left to be forgotten in the desert of Washington state, USA. Now open to scuba divers, the silo offers a unqiue perspective on what was once the ultimate weapon of war.
7 min
Directed by Jon Jonson: http://jonjonson.com Subtitles available in English,German,Italian,Hungarian and Thai. Based on "The Egg", by Andy Weir: http://galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html Main actors: Jordon Ellen Stevens [God]...
When we live connected to a community, we are more likely to become champions for one another, not just for ourselves.
Sarah van Gelder
4 min
After Donald Trump proposes an ideology test for potential Muslim immigrants, Jordan Klepper quizzes the presidential hopeful's supporters.
3 min
Why Is There an Armed Revolution Going on in the Philippines? In 1898, after 300 years of rule, Spain sold The Philipines to the United States for $20million. In 1946 the US granted independence to The Philippines but continued their military presence and economic hold on the...
14 min
I built this tiled roof hut in the bush using only primitive tools and materials. The tools I used have been made in my previous videos. It should be pointed out that I do not live in the wild and that this is just a hobby. It should be obvious to most that this is not a...
The straw that broke the camel’s back was a New York Times comment section.
“There is no such thing as white privilege. It’s something the liberal media created. Black people and white people have the same opportunities now. Stop being sheep and get over it.”
In response...
Jonah Smith-Bartlett
8 min
'I think people make quite positive assumptions about my mental health, because I'm outwardly very energetic, very enthusiastic. Actually, when I've been at my most energetic that's been a response to very difficult personal times' Aaron Bastani talks mental health...
You meet them, you get to know them, you date them, you learn about them. You have sex with them. Finally, you love them. You live with them. You marry them. You have kids with them. You grow old with them. Is this, the love journey? Is it the only one?
In April 2012, I attempted suicide whilst living in San Francisco. It was - obviously - an incredibly intense time, but in many ways the time that followed the attempt was even more intense than the time that led to it.
The road I walked after my attempt was different to...
10 min
Oxfam has hit out at the British government's position on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, as accusations continue that civilians have been deliberately targeted as Yemen's conflict continues. The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, will be in Riyadh for talks about - amongst...
A selection of films from DocFest
Richard Swift
3 min
The Australian Government finally released this advert today about the treatment of children in its jails and offshore detention centres, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
4 min
Tunisia is the most successful Arab Spring country. If we really care about the future of the Middle East, we should be focusing on Tunisia, rather than managing Region's other disasters.
11 min
Ten years after Al Gore's movie, the climate debate in the US has devolved into nonsense.
Racism is a term on which a great deal of discourse does and should turn in all realms of social work theory, practice, policy, and research. Because it is a concept heavily freighted with multiple and conflicting interpretations and used in a wide variety of ways, the idea...
Carlos Hoyt, Jr.
2 min
This is a mere glimpse of a perspective we are missing as we've been watching Syria for the past five years. In the near future, a child will raise his/her hand in class and ask: "How could Israel, Germany, United States - and everyone who knew about the holocaust, let it...
7 min
His name is Manuel. 71 years old. Widowed. Carpenter. Owner of a coffee lot at Roça Monte Café (Sao Tome and Principe). Land from which everything springs, without asking permission.
Manuel has a wide and broad smile, with lines of poems. He tells a unique story of a country...
Allow me to share a few personal anecdotes…
My dear aunt recently passed away from bone cancer at just 60. To make sense of her passing, I went through a period of blaming the doctors, her Christian Science background (which doesn’t believe in medicine), my aunt for not...
Chelsea Rustrum
On August 1 the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coalition of over sixty organizations, rolled out “A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice,” an ambitious document described by the press as the first signs of what young black activists...
Robin D. G. Kelley
18 min
Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren't at all like pizzerias.
3 min
Cultural diversity gives us strength and resilience! Indonesia has 726 languages making it the second most diverse in the world. Based on Dadang Pohon Tua's song, "Siapa Lagi Kalau Bukan Kita" ("If Not Us Then Who"), each singer sings the chorus in their mother tongue language.
19 min
In this sedition we bring you an exclusive interview with prison inmate Melvin Ray, secretly filmed inside Holman Prison in Alabama. Melvin is a member of the Free Alabama Movement, a National organization against mass Incarceration and prison slavery.
4 min
A lot of us are banking on heaven for ourselves and hell for certain others, but spiritual teacher Rob Bell urges us to think about those concepts as states of consciousness, and rethink the nature of the afterlife.
6 min
"We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you...
13 min
Moazzam Begg speaks with Albert Melise, his former Guantanamo Bay guard about his film, The Confession, life after Guantanamo and how by coming together we can end the cycles of violence.
2 min
Moazzam Begg has experienced a generation of conflict. The Confession captures the entirety of Begg’s story, from his forced confession and testimony as a free man, to his experience as a British Muslim and living the War on Terror.
Last week I joined activists and campaigners from across the globe who came to Canada for the World Social Forum. A major topic of discussion was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them.
Nick Dearden
12 min
In this film we take a tour of Adam and Sian's beautiful off-grid tiny house truck that was built using mostly reclaimed building materials on the back of a 1969 Bedford truck.
Despite what the media tells you, the Democrats will not take the House in November. Here's why.
David Daley
2 min
This is a visual representation of how few Americans voted for Trump and Clinton in the primary elections. Vote FOR America, not AGAINST the "other party."
An explanation for why defeating Donald Trump—despite what we know about Hillary Clinton—should be the left's primary national electoral objective this November
Adolph Reed Jr.
18 min
Michael Karlberg is a professor in the Department of Communication at Western Washington University. He completed his Ph.D. in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. His research examines the struggle to create a more just and...
3 min
First Nations electronic DJ trio A Tribe Called Red's new album, We Are the Halluci Nation is led by the track “R.E.D.,” which features Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Canadian-Iraqi MC Narcy, an
"It didn't stop & it won't stop with Omran if the world doesn't act."
Deirdre Fulton
4 min
Prince Ea tells a remarkable emotional story, based on real-life events.
3 min
At what moment can you classify yourself as an adult? People of all ages were asked for their responses, and the answers vary pretty wildly.
My mother died of cancer five years ago. While most of the cells in her body grew and reproduced at a rate that merely kept her alive, there were a few rogue cells that mutated and changed — reprogramming themselves as greedy individuals who cared about nothing except rapid...
Joe Brewer
7 min
Shon Faye looks at the politics of mental illness. The biases of how it's defined, who gets diagnosed and how people affected can resist discrimination and cuts to vital services.
What those striking are now bravely confronting in Atlantic City should resonate deeply with American workers, their unions, and beyond
Adolph Reed Jr.
We've been told for decades health is about what we eat, but recent findings in the field of mind-body medicine are showing there's a whole lot more too it than just that and most of it has to do with your mind.
Wherever you are, you've probably seen people glued to their phones looking for Pokémon to capture - perhaps you're a Pokémon trainer yourself? Not to take anything away from the pursuit of these virtual creatures, but it is in the real world that the most fantastic and...
In an entertaining and somewhat chaotic episode of ABC’s Q&A (Monday 15th August) pitting science superstar Brian Cox against climate contrarian and global conspiracy theorist and now senator Malcolm Roberts, the question of cause and effect and empirical data was raised...
Mike Sandiford
2 min
The celebrity physicist Brian Cox came prepared to the ABC’s Q&A on Monday night with graphs, ready to counter claims by his co-panellist, the climate denier and Australian senator-elect Malcolm Roberts.
Dallas, Ferguson, Nice. Turkey, Trump & Brexit. The simultaneous rise of global terrorism, of authoritarian strongmen and the far-right are the twin faces of our current moment. Even though Trump-type politicians and terrorism pretend to fight each other, on a deeper level...
Otto Scharmer
It is a delicate balance to know how much the world is messed up and still be hopeful about the future. This is something I dance with on a daily basis — while writing about systemic corruption, the angst that arises from&nb
Joe Brewer
50 min
Filmmaker Aziza Binti describes the documentary as such: "Social justice is not just "their" problem; it's everyone's concern. We reference the quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere' -- to open the film and...
Focusing on media activism with Films For Action, it’s easy to get swept up in promoting a thousand different messages, leaving me sometimes feeling like I've gotten off track with my core message and purpose.
Tim Hjersted
Proposed joint U.S.-Russia airstrikes against rebel groups will spell further doom, aid worker says
Nika Knight
47 min
The invasion of Iraq was supposed to turn the country into a democracy that posed no threat to the United States, or the rest of the world. Thirteen years later, Iraq has collapsed into three warring states. A third of the country is controlled by ISIS, who have also taken...
Finding and connecting with your soul tribe is more important than ever—not just for connection but also to thrive in our modern society
Al Jeffery
Let’s say you’ve found a new sense of awareness or elevated consciousness — suddenly you feel connected to the beauty of the world, you understand yourself better, and you’re filled with a drive to become better, to nurture yourself and the world around you.
Marc Angelo Coppola
The word fascism has reappeared in the American popular lexicon thanks to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The word is used to keep progressive Democrats in a state of fear should he win, but its existence in this country right now is rarely discussed.
Margaret Kimberley
The fraternity of the woke is growing larger by the day, but can anyone get in? Who polices the woke, and why aren’t we checking IDs?
Lawrence Ware
Let’s jump off the train and build a boat.
Tim Bennet
In light of the precarious position many progressives find themselves in because they are weighing a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, this needs to be said: Voting is important, but in a democracy, our vote is not our voice.
Lawrence Ware
3 min
When one of the kids at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in West Baltimore acts out, chances are she'll be sent not to the principal's office but to the Mindful Moment room, a soothing space with comfy cushions and beanbags, lit by glowing pink Himalayan salt lamps. It's...
6 min
In China, a sheltered internet has given rise to a new breed of app, and American companies are taking notice. What was once known as the land of cheap rip-offs may now offer a glimpse at the future.
18 min
Auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into crushing debt. Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help John Oliver show exactly how.
4 min
HOME is about the more personal and spiritual meaning of the word Home. The relationship to the Self and all things real. This film was a finalist in the Sil...
7 min
Do you live in a limited urban space but dream of growing your own fresh veggies? Do you think it's too hard to grow plants in a big city?? Then get ready to be inspired by the urban farming movement of Bangkok!
3 min
Could the root cause of addiction actually be a lack of connection.
1 min
Take 60 seconds to learn about one Māori tribe's struggle to reclaim their ancestral land from the government. In New Zealand, division of land between #Māori and European settlers is a complicated issue.
Civilization: A short story, really.
Memo: From Nick Hanauer
To: My Fellow Zillionaires
Nick Hanauer
We deserve real representation, accountability and justice - not just taxes and wage slavery within an oligarchic for-profit warmongering police state.
3 min
An ancient Sri Lankan tradition, the padayatra (foot journey) is a sacred event venerated each year by pilgrims who walk for more than forty days to the fabulous temple at Kataragama. In this deeply immersive documentary short, Muthukumaru Sooriyakumar returns to his homeland...
'Poorer countries are shouldering the duty of protecting refugees...but many richer countries are doing next to nothing.'
Deirdre Fulton
Will children in the US someday attend Coca-Cola High School or McDonald’s Elementary? Given the pace at which corporations and their brands are colonizing public space, it’s not too far-fetched.
Mark Engler
4 min
We asked people diagnosed with Alzheimer's to tell us memories they never want to forget.
On Wednesday 21st June, the Colombian government agreed to a ceasefire with the country’s largest rebel group. For most people, this story would have
Angus Hervey
![[un]Documented - The People Who Are Documented in Your Everyday Life](/img/wide/ef84815a-2031-4eea-aaaf-480fb432521a.jpg)
2 min
"You call me indocumentada, but joke's on you!"
There have been various studies that prove cycling is great for your health. There are also an incredible number of mental and emotional benefits, including reduced stress, better sleep, more energy and more self-confidence.
45 min
Ever heard the term "compassionate bigotry"? Learn what it is in this powerful talk, featuring Tai Amri Spann-Wilson and Caleb Stephens at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lawrence, Kansas - August 7th 2016. Part 2 is the poem "Healing" by Adam Lawrence Dyer, spoken...
More than two dozen civilians have reportedly been killed in Yemen as airstrikes resumed after United Nations-brokered peace talks fell apart
Deirdre Fulton
1 min
A personal message from the future by Obama's granddaughter
Recently, there was a news story claiming there’s no evidence that flossing actually does anything. I fell on the ground weeping with joy. Yes, complete exoneration! Take that, you dentists and dental hygienists, with your judgy eyes above your mouth covers. Now, I just need...
Vu Le
5 min
Rob Greenfield has a simple idea… that people are good and the world is a good place. So he decided to put his idea to the ultimate test by flying one way to a far off place with no money, no credit card, no cellphone, not even a toothbrush. Just the clothes on his back and...
5 min
'What’s the point of surviving at sea if you die in here?'
5 min
Why we need to move empathy from personal emotion to collective moral concern -- Empathy comes in two distinct forms: affective empathy is our instinct for mirroring the emotions of others, while cognitive empathy is our conscious ability to understand someone else’s...
How the simple act of walking can open us up to confront and heal our toughest problems.
John Francis
13 min
3 min
It isn’t macabre or nihilistic to think of death. It’s the start of a proper, braver engagement with the possibilities of life.
"For centuries, artists produced ‘memento mori’, works of art that would remind their viewers of death and usually featured a skull or an...
How The Mad Max: Fury Road Heroine Is Inspiring More Inclusive Cinema.
Jamie Righetti
2 min
Mic's Darnell Moore explains why "All Lives Matter" is the wrong response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
...and it's only August. That's the fastest pace yet
Nadia Prupis
College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now they are being made to pay. Their duplicity—embodied in politicians such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—succeeded for decades. These elites...
Chris Hedges
21 min
After touring Chevron’s oil pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon, Abby Martin sits down for an exclusive interview with Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, about the legal battle against the corporation and push to decolonize the country from Western powers.
23 min
Among the many terrible features of the Trans Pacific Partnership, twelve countries are crafting something that would give corporations unprecedented power: a secret court for capitalist enterprises to sue any country that infringes on profits. As it stands, with investment...
19 min
The newspaper industry is suffering. That's bad news for journalists - both real and fictional.