Trending Documentaries

The Corporation (2003)

The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the...

145 min

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

“Once in a while a film comes along that has profound impact – this is a delicious taste of what can be.” - Polly Higgins

101 min

Earthlings (2005)

EARTHLINGS is a feature-length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our...

95 min

The Secrets of Sugar (2013)

We've heard for years about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt. But there have never been recommended limits for sugar on Canadian food labels, despite emerging research that...

42 min

Schooling the World (2010)

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children.

66 min

Earth Days (2009)

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...

102 min

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (2024)

Neoliberalism – a business-backed ideology committed to cutting taxes, busting trade unions, gutting government regulations, and privatizing public services – is the dominant political...

76 min

Slavery by Another Name (2012)

Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation...

85 min

Chevron Vs. the Amazon (2016)

The complete version of Abby Martin's three-part series covering Chevron's disaster in Ecuador, on teleSUR's The Empire Files. Abby launches a deep investigation into Chevron Texaco's...

67 min

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

"A gripping, deeply informative account of the plunder, hypocrisy, and mass violence of plutocracy and empire; insightful, historically grounded and highly relevant to the events of...

264 min

The War On Democracy: Never Believe Anything Until It's Officially Denied (2007)

'The War On Democracy' (2007) was John Pilger's first for cinema. It explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and...

94 min

From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

The Kogi are the last surviving civilization from the days of the Inca and Aztec. They see themselves as the spiritual guardians of life on earth. For four centuries they lived in...

87 min

13TH (2016)

The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary 13TH refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...

101 min

The Next Industrial Revolution (2002)

Chris Bedford and Shelley Morhaim made this award winning 56 minute long film on the sustainability revolution in materials and manufacturing. "The Next Industrial Revolution" tells the...

54 min

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist...

157 min

Why Billionaires Want You to Be "Christian" Now (2025)

Today we uncover the global plot to install "christian nationalism" - it feels ridiculous even writing that sentence, but I mean there's no other way to describe it. Strap in!

59 min

Laissez-faire (2015)

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.

80 min

All Is Self (2019)

The chaos we see in society is a reflection of the chaos within the minds of human beings. If we wish to heal society, we need to heal ourselves. Our society, and consequently us as...

103 min

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (2011)

A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. It...

154 min

Obey (2013)

This is a film based on the book "Death of the Liberal Class" by journalist and Pulitzer prize winner, Chris Hedges.

51 min

Taken for a Ride: The US History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century (1996)

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...

56 min

The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources (2013)

Renowned energy expert Michael T. Klare provides an invaluable account of the new and increasingly dangerous competition for the world's dwindling natural resources. Arguing that the...

39 min

Living for 32: Virginia Tech, Gun Shows & Mass Shootings in America (2010)

To help provide context for America's mass shooting crisis, Video Project is offering the Sundance-award winning documentary Living for 32 for free online streaming (get a classroom or...

40 min

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

"Scott Noble may have outdone himself with Counter Intelligence. The Psywar filmmaker amassed a tour de force of power elite and deep state scholars weighing in and synthesizing decades...

360 min

Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

"It's possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems with the use of permaculture design principles and techniques."

48 min

Secular Believers (2007)

Beliefs, and believers, come in many shapes and sizes, and not all of them can be described as religious. This program provides an introduction to a fascinating range of non-religious...

59 min

The Israeli Lobby (2007)

Is the pro-Israel lobby so strong, financially and politically, that the U.S. relationship with Israel is taboo and therefore unmentionable? And what happens to those who dare expose the...

50 min

Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

California once had more linguistic variety than all of Europe. “Language Keepers” is a 6-part series following four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize...

105 min

Zohran Mamdani vs the Machine | Fault Lines (2025)

Zohran Mamdani was an unlikely frontrunner in New York’s mayoral election. His promise to make life more affordable for working-class New Yorkers, combined with his outspoken criticism...

25 min

Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions...

80 min

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Australian filmmaker Peter Charles Downey takes us on a personal and cathartic journey of empowerment, redemption, and healing.

56 min

We - Arundhati Roy (2006)

We is a fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. It visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically...

64 min

The Rise of Solar Energy | Here Comes The Sun (2008)

If it were up to the sun, we would have no energy problem. Every half hour on the Earth’s surface, there is more than enough light to provide energy needs for the whole world in a year...

48 min

HyperNormalisation (2016)

We live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion. Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis...

161 min

Paradise or Oblivion (2012)

A free online documentary created by The Venus Project, which examines the root causes of the systemic value disorders and detrimental symptoms caused by our current established system...

48 min

Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis (2024)

This 35-minute film is a united call for a new economy, delivered by those who have committed their lives to working for systemic change.

34 min

The One Percent (2006)

This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical...

80 min

PressPausePlay (2011)

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is...

81 min

Raised on Porn: The New Sex Ed (2021)

Raised on Porn exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon. Through riveting...

37 min

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Human Resources explores the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems.

119 min

5 Broken Cameras (2011)

An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village...

86 min

Belo Monte, An Announcement of War (2012)

A film funded by the audience, from the Xingu River to the World." Threatened by the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu...

105 min

Black 9/11: Money, Motive, Technology, and Plausible Deniability (2012)

Black 9/11 names the identities of several 9/11 suspects that should be investigated if a criminal trial were ever to be conducted.

39 min

This Is Neoliberalism | 5 Part Series (2020)

If you've ever wanted to understand what neoliberalism is, this is the video series for you.

146 min

Walk With Me: A Journey into Mindfulness (2017) ($6)

Directed by Marc J Francis & Max Pugh, ‘Walk With Me’ is a cinematic and immersive exploration into the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.

94 min

1 Giant Leap: What About Me? (2008)

Through music and film, "1 Giant Leap" explores the universal complexities of human nature. Jamie Catto (Faithless co-founder) and Duncan Bridgeman set out on their journey recording...

118 min

This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons (2010)

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast...

47 min

The Sea Between Us (2016)

Vignettes of some of the women, men and children journeying across the Aegean Sea, seeking refuge and lives of less precarity- and the reflections of those working in solidarity with...

47 min

The Market Gardener's Toolkit (2018) ($5)

An educational film in which small-scale organic farmer, educator and author Jean-Martin Fortier shares the tools and techniques used on his highly productive 1.5-acre farm. From soil...

79 min

Sicko (2007)

The words "health care" and "comedy" aren't usually found in the same sentence, but in Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore's new movie 'SiCKO,' they go together hand in...

123 min

Love And Revolution (2018)

July 2018. The European media claim that the austerity cure in Greece has been successful and that peace has returned. This film proves the opposite. A musical journey, from the north to...

85 min

Symphony of the Soil (2012) ($6)

Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships...

60 min

Gimme Green (2007)

Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity?

27 min

Unseen Tears (2009)

Native American families in Western New York continue to feel the impact of the Thomas Indian School and the Mohawk Institute. Survivors speak of traumatic separation from their...

29 min

BlackRock Is Terrifying (2025)

This is not another mainstream video about BlackRock.By now, people know the public narrative:

61 min

The Power of Friendship: Social Contact and The Future of Humanity (2025)

A feature doc with George Monbiot, Sir Peter Bazalgette and Robin Dunbar that explores the current crisis in social connection, juxtaposed with its fascinating historical origins...

49 min

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (2025)

Stoking fears of “Negro Rule,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington, North Carolina’s...

113 min

Technocalyps (2006)

Technocalyps is a three-part documentary series on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys.

180 min

InterReflections: A Story about The Greatest Revolution of Our Time (2020)

InterReflections is an experimental, mixed genre narrative feature film by Peter Joseph, adapted from his book The New Human Rights Movement. The ambitious, nearly 3 hour work challenges...

165 min

Churning the Earth (2024)

In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting...

44 min

The Century of the Self (2002)

The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose...

230 min

PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States, with an emphasis on the "elitist theory of democracy" and the relationship between war...

99 min

Food, Inc. 2 (2024) ($7)

In Food, Inc. 2, the sequel to the 2008 Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-award winning documentary, Food, Inc., filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with investigative authors...

94 min

Meat The Truth (2008)

Although many films have convincingly succeeded in drawing public attention to the issue of global warming, they have repeatedly ignored one of the most important causes of climate...

70 min

The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)

Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies...

85 min

Britain's Modern Slave Trade (2016)

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit goes undercover to reveal the true scale of modern slavery in suburban Britain. We expose the slave masters and the people smugglers and talk to victims...

47 min

Fall and Winter (2013)

This stunning film takes you on a hypnotic journey, reaching to the past to understand the origins of the catastrophic environmental transitions we now face. Over two years, director...

102 min

The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto

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...

300 min

The New Rulers of the World (2001)

The New Rulers Of The World analyzes the new global economy and reveals that the divisions between the rich and poor have never been greater - two thirds of the world's children live in...

52 min

System Update | Rebooting Our Future (2025)

System Update isn’t just a film—it’s a rallying call for a better future. This film shows how radical shifts in political, economic, and social systems can protect people from climate...

58 min

Speciesism: The Movie (2013) ($3)

"Speciesism: The Movie" is the unassuming documentary that became a controversial phenomenon. It takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening adventure, to expose the...

90 min

Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States (2016)

“As long as rabbits don't have historians, history will be written by the hunters.” With the tremendous success of his book, A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn...

91 min

Against All Enemies: The Rise of Militias In The United States (2023)

Why would US military veterans take up arms against the country they swore an oath to protect?

106 min

Evicted: The Hidden Homeless

In a country where people can own two or three homes, these are the stories of those who don’t have one. All three girls and their families have endured the emotional trauma of being...

58 min

Down in the Hole - The Streets of Baltimore (2015)

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...

43 min

Afro.Germany: Being Black and German (2017)

Black and German: news anchor Jana Pareigis has spent her entire life being asked about her skin color. What is it like to be black in Germany? What needs to change? “Where are you from?”

42 min

475 (2013)

Amina Filali is a 16-year old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after being forced to marry her alleged rapist (in accordance with the article 475 of the Moroccan penal code). Her...

63 min

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

Many people do not realize that permaculture is much more than about growing fruit and vegetables, it is a whole view incorporating the environment, energy, resources, housing...

77 min

The Square: The Egyption Revolution (2013)

The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster for a number of years. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million man march. At...

100 min

The Great Disconnect (2020)

We are living in a time that has been described as the age of loneliness. Despite Western advances in technology, living conditions, education and healthcare, we, as a society, are...

60 min

END:CIV (2011)

Directed by Franklin Lopez, END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and...

75 min

Carnage (2017)

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what...

65 min

The War on Thinking in America (2025)

Why does America distrust experts and celebrate ignorance? From Hofstadter to Postman to Jacoby, this video explores how anti-intellectualism shaped U.S. culture turning politics into...

58 min

The Fisherman and the Banker (2024) ($9)

Documentary | UK, India and USA Director: Sheena Sumaria, Executive Producer: Christopher HirdLicensed for personal at-home viewing.

85 min

Copwatch: These Streets Are Watching (2003)

These Streets are Watching takes a fresh look at police accountability through the eyes of three communities; Denver, Cincinnati and Berkeley. Independent filmmaker, Jacob Crawford...

53 min

The Encampments (2025) ($5)

THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at elite universities, including the recently detained Mahmoud Khalil, as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in...

80 min

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

Tawai is a word the nomadic hunter-gatherers of Borneo use to describe the connection they feel to their forest home. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, Bruce...

100 min

The Great Simplification (2022)

This 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.

33 min

Inequality For All (2013)

A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, INEQUALITY FOR ALL features Robert Reich—professor, best-selling author, and former Clinton cabinet member—as he demonstrates how the...

90 min

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

A Simpler Way follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises. Throughout the year the group built tiny...

79 min

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview is a documentary exploring the depths of the current human condition and the emergence of a worldview that is recreating our world from the...

65 min

Childhood 2.0: The Living Experiment (2020)

For the first time in history, mental illness and suicide have become one of the greatest threats to school-aged children. Many parents still view dangers as primarily physical and...

89 min

GIFT: The Imagination Creates the Future (2018)

Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World”, GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. An...

91 min

Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)

From Executive Producer Mark Ruffalo comes the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement, a “Paradigm Shifting” story where the 'Rights of Nature' has...

84 min

Orwell Rolls In His Grave (2003)

Orwell Rolls Over In His Grave expresses ideas that will never be heard in mainstream media. It is the consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American...

180 min

The Forbidden Education (2012)

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...

145 min

Water is Love (2024)

What if, in the midst of global uncertainty and ecological distress, we chose to focus our attention on the ways people come together—across cultures and continents—to care for life’s...

61 min

The Sanctuary (2022)

Recounting his love of the water, Ray Lewis, OAM, snorkels among the vibrant sea life of the marine sanctuary he has worked to protect. Written, Produced and Directed by Tim Brown and...

6 min

The Art of Life (2022)

A documentary about the art of living outside of conventions, in deep integrity with one's essence.

39 min

Dirty Energy (2012) ($2)

On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven BP workers and spewing 200 million barrels of oil into the ocean.

94 min

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