FILMS FOR ACTION
Sign In
×
Sign In
First time here?
Create Account
Send Magic Link
OR
Sign In With Google
Sign In with Patreon
Sign In With Facebook
View All Results
Trending Now
44 Reasons Why Capitalism Cannot Be Redeemed
Capitalism hasn't malfunctioned, been corrupted or gone astray. Its core mechanisms are working exactly as intended. What we call corporate or crony capitalism is just late-stage...
Miki Kashtan
This Speech by Fred Hampton Shows Why The Establishment Found The Black Panther Party So Threatening
Fred Hampton participated in a mock people’s trial, where he articulates why the Black Panther Party, and he as a leader within the party, was being viciously targeted by the US government.
Hampton Institute
3 min
Feels Good Man (trailer)
When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness. A Frankenstein-meets-Alice in Wonderland journey of...
89 min
Chasing Coral (2017)
Chasing Coral taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first...
Jeff Orlowski
80 min
Grass: A Marijuana History (1999) ($5)
Grass, narrated by actor/activist Woody Harrelson, takes a highly spirited and innovative look into one of America's most deeply rooted cultural myths: the evils of "pot", "cannabis"...
47 min
TYT is Dead! Long Live TYT! The Folly, Failure, and Fall of Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian
In this in-depth analysis, Pastor Ben breaks down the crisis facing progressive media through the lens of The Young Turks (TYT). Once a beacon of independent journalism, TYT has drifted...
The Benjamin Dixon Show
62 min
Transgender Neurobiology with Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky is a neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is a professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. Sapolsky has...
The SCEA
4 min
Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul
"The world is missing what I am ready to give: My Wisdom, My Sweetness, My Love and My hunger for Peace.""Where are you? Where are you, little girl with broken wings but full of hope?...
54 min
Our Planet - Episode 2: Frozen Worlds (2019)
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. In this episode: On the unforgiving...
89 min
Miki Kashtan: Exiting the Either/Or Trap - Decision Making Beyond Consensus and Command / Control
Are long, drawn-out consensus processes the only alternative to a rigid, hierarchical decision making model that reinforces unhealthy power dynamics? Trainer, facilitator and writer Miki...
East Point Peace Academy
84 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...
Joshua B. Pribanic
44 min
Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)
A whirlwind week in Singapore exploring the amazing story of how Singapore came to be one of the most 'biophilic' cities of the world, on the cutting edge of ecocity design and...
23 min
British Journalist UNCOVERS SHOCKING Iran War COVER-UP
The British media is trying to convince you that a foreign war on behalf of Israel is in your best interests, but journalist Peter Oborne is here to break through the propaganda. This is...
Double Down News
32 min
Into the Soil | Regenerative Farming & Food Fermentation (2022)
”A refreshing perspective on what it means to be wealthy” – Don Smith, Kiss the Ground
6 min
Accidental Courtesy Follow-Up: Daryl Davis and Kwame Rose Agree that Black Lives Matter
Daryl Davis and BLM activist Kwame Rose discuss their pivotal confrontation moment from Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America.
Sound & Vision
62 min
Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)
Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.
Debunking Gad Saad's "Suicidal Empathy" Theory
Gad Saad’s “suicidal empathy” thesis is the kind of shallow culture-war framing that sounds clever in a tweet but falls apart when you look at it seriously.
Tim Hjersted
Yes, Things Are Falling Apart. Here's What That Actually Makes Possible.
History offers a grim account of how structural change occurs. But concealed within that bleakness is a window of possibility that opens just when things fall apart.
Jeremy Lent
Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future.
Films For Action
174 min
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Adam Curtis directs this 3-part series about how humans have been colonised by the machines we have built.
80 min
For the Lives of Others (2025)
An observational documentary following total liberation activism in Denmark, one of the world’s best democracies, where a group of activists is met with an unfiltered police response.
Yama Rauff
16 min
Professor Jiang Predicts: US WILL LOSE Iran War
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Professor Jiang to discuss the US war on Iran.
Breaking Points
What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic
In the end, call-out culture mirrors what the prison industrial complex teaches us about crime and punishment: to banish and dispose of individuals rather than to engage with them as...
Asam Ahmad
84 min
Israelism (2023)
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young...
780 min
Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)
Astronomer Carl Sagan's landmark 13-part science series takes you on an awe-inspiring cosmic journey to the edge of the Universe and back aboard the spaceship of the imagination.
David Oyster
14 min
Billionaires’ Shocking Plan to Silence Working-Class Voters
50% of voters say being forced to show a passport would be a barrier to voting, according to a new poll we conducted.
More Perfect Union
72 min
Starsuckers (2009) ($5)
Starsuckers is a documentary about our celebrity-obsessed media. It uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid off the corporations and individuals who...
The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World
A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!
Tim Hjersted
10 Crucial Things You Can Do to Take on Trump in 2026
Trump, his sycophants, and the billionaires behind him know that with the coming midterm elections, 2026 could be their last unconstrained chance to suppress democracy and siphon off...
Robert Reich
101 min
Israel & Palestine: The Complete Unbiased History
A one hour and 40 minute overview.
LJ
161 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...
Adam Curtis
43 min
Why Andrew Tate & The Red Pill Seem Irresistible to So Many Men (2023)
Male loneliness has been on the rise for the last several decades. With changing gender roles and men lost on how to live up to classical ideas of masculinities, Andrew Tate and The Red...
Four Kinds of Dystopia
The twentieth century saw four basic visions of hell on earth, or dystopia. These were:
Darren Allen
Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)
Well I’m in the working world again. I’ve found myself a well-paying gig in the engineering industry, and life finally feels like it’s returning to normal after my nine months of traveling.
David Cain
4 min
How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic...
Sustainable Human
Yes, There Is An Alternative to Capitalism: Mondragon Shows the Way
There is no alternative ("Tina") to capitalism?
Richard Wolff
50 min
Climate Inertia: Why Change Feels Impossible (2022)
We have never been so aware of the risk of collapse due to climate change. And yet, it seems we are unable to make the collective change the situation seems to demand. How can we explain...
Raphaël Hitier
The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living
Wisdom for aspiring leaders and change-makers of every kind
Stephen Mitchell
Our Greatest Opponent Isn't Evil — It's the Belief That Nothing Can Change
The first battle is the battle of the spirit.
Tim Hjersted
66 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.
Carol Black
104 min
Israel’s War Machine
A thorough breakdown of the US-Israel alliance — how it works, who benefits, and why it persists despite being so clearly at odds with international law and basic human rights.
LJ
23 min
Why Trump's China Trip Was a Total FAILURE
Donald Trump said his visit to China was a success, but he failed to pressure Beijing to make any significant concessions. Ben Norton fact-checks the claims of the White House, showing...
Geopolitical Economy Report
101 min
The Panama Papers (2020)
Leaked by an anonymous source to journalists in 2015, The Panama Papers were a collection of documents, exposing the use of secretive offshore companies to enable widespread tax evasion...
Alex Winter
29 min
The True Danger of Elon Musk
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I unpack the true dangers of Elon Musk. Over the last decade and increasingly in the last five years, Elon Musk has descended...
Our Changing Climate
Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex
Have you ever encountered a baby whose gender is unknown to you?
Steve Bearman
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
Negative consequences, timeouts, and punishment just make bad behavior worse. But a new approach really works.
Katherine Reynolds Lewis
America’s Suicide Pact
America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire.
Chris Hedges
The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter'
Why “Black” Makes Us Uncomfortable
John Halstead
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
I am told by Native American friends active at Standing Rock that the elders are counseling the Water Protectors to undertake each action prayerfully and to stay off the warpath.
Charles Eisenstein
96 min
Purpose: A Wellbeing Economies Film (2026)
Purpose asks the central question of our time: What is the purpose of our economies — and how can we change them? Director Martin Oetting follows two visionaries, Katherine Trebeck...
Martin Oetting
The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict
No issue may be more contentious or more misunderstood than the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Hatred, fear, religion, politics, propaganda, media misinformation, and decades of...
Tim Hjersted
560 min
Plutocracy: The History of Class War In The USA (2019)
Plutocracy, by filmmaker Scott Noble, is the first documentary series to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class.
4 min
G20 Brisbane Summit: What's the Point of the G20 Anyway?
Why does the G20 - meeting this year in Brisbane, Australia - exist? And what's it supposed to do? The group is a forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major...
Guardian Explainers
12 min
"Socialism Always Fails": A Dishonest Claim (3 Times It Worked)
"Socialism Always Fails" is a claim I hear frequently. More often than not, when someone deploys this quip, it's meant to end any further conversation about socialism so they don't have...
overzealots
32 min
This Is the REAL Reason for Trump's Visit to China
Donald Trump took a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. He was joined by the CEOs of a dozen top US corporations, including billionaires Elon Musk, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Tim...
Geopolitical Economy Report
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’
While many of us work to create a better world, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and...
George Lakey
The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Change The World
Hungry for change? These documentaries light the way by showing examples of people fighting against the status quo, creating alternatives and living a more beautiful world into being.
Tim Hjersted
50 min
Surplus - Terrorized into Being Consumers (2003)
Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth?
73 min
The Superior Human? (2012)
"The Superior Human?" systematically challenges the common human belief that humans are superior to all other life forms, which is often used as an excuse for animal cruelty and the...
Samuel McAnallen
3 min
Elements of Mutual Aid: Experiments Toward Liberation (trailer)
A compilation of footage from the upcoming, independent docuseries "The Elements of Mutual Aid." Spanning North America and including over 60 voices from the frontlines, this project...
76 min
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)
INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans...
Costa Boutsikaris
Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
I’m sipping a scummy pint of cloudy beer in the back of a trendy dive bar turned nightclub in the heart of the city’s heroin district. In front of me stand a gang of hippiesh grunge-punk...
Douglas Haddow
110 min
Alternative to Chaos
This is a synopsis of Peter Joseph's Zeitgeist Addendum & Zeitgeist Moving Forward documentaries, so that the justification and direction of The Venus Project is firmly established. The...
How to Start a Revolution in 2026
Ordinary people can run society — but only if we build the structures to let them.
Roger Hallam
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
One "piece of the oppressor" that I have found in myself during my inner activist journeys is my use of shame as a method of engaging with the world's problems. Having learned that...
Tim Hjersted
25 min
Lost Nation Road
Spiritual activist Stephen Jenkinson and musician Gregory Hoskins craft a love letter to endings on the nights of grief and mystery tour.
TELUS STORYHIVE
The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner
It’s really hard to talk about guns and gun violence, primarily due to the fact that the NRA has spent an insane amount of money brainwashing American citizens with catchy bumper-sticker...
Michael E Sparks
20 min
Why The Political Compass Sucks...And What's Better
We've all taken the political compass test. It's fun, it doesn't take long, and it's a good way to dip your toe into political labels. The only problem is...it kinda sucks. Let's take a...
Second Thought
11 min
What Is AIPAC & Why's It So Controversial?
AIPAC has long been a controversial organization, even in the world of lobbying. They have a history of being vindictive, engaging in personal attacks & what could be seen as...
GenericArtDad
68 min
Muslim in Trump's America (2020)
In this documentary I look at what it’s like to be a Muslim in a country where many people feel you don’t belong.Since 2015, anti-Muslim hate groups, conspiracy theories and hate crimes...
Deeyah Khan
15 min
Zohran Is Not F**king Around
The Majority Report discusses Zohran Mandani's political successes and challenges as the mayor of New York City, particularly in the context of federal pressure on Democratic-led cities.
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
45 min
Passive House: A Building Revolution (2013)
48% of all CO2 generated and energy consumed in the U.S. is from the construction and operation of buildings. Most climate scientists agree that CO2 emissions must be reduced 80% by 2050...
Faith Morgan
108 min
Inside Job (2010)
2010 Oscar Winner for Best Documentary, 'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of...
An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy
In this article, Peter Joseph presents Integral—a cooperative economy designed to replace both markets and top-down state control with an architecture of open design, time-based...
Peter Joseph
145 min
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...
102 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...
Robert Stone
Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement
Good food is key to our survival and well-being. Eating local food is a powerful solution-multiplier — it reduces our carbon footprint, pollution, and waste, while creating dignified...
Local Futures
84 min
Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)
This debut feature film by journalist Abby Martin is a documentary about the historic nonviolent Great March Of Return protests, which occurred every week from March 2018 until December...
Abby Martin
72 min
Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (2012)
When we walk into a supermarket, we assume that we have the widest possible choice of healthy foods. But in fact, over the course of the 20th century, our food system was co-opted by...
Chris Taylor
23 min
Why the Far Right is Always Worse Than the Far Left
In this video, we dive deep into the complexities of extremism on both the left and right, challenging the popular "horseshoe theory" that suggests both ideologies are equally dangerous.
Know way no how
76 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...
Peter Hutchison
61 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...
Ludwig Schramm
John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip
This is easily the best comic strip ever made.
John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley
“I Felt Like a Monster”: Israeli Soldiers Break Silence on Gaza—and the System Behind It
The official narrative isn’t just cracking—it’s being dismantled by the very people who carried it out.
Joshua Scheer
11 min
Woke Fascism: Trump Aims to Crush Anti-War Protest Under Guise of Antisemitism Crackdown
"At the core of their current illiberal power grab is the weaponization of the liberal value of anti-bigotry and specifically anti-Semitism. They are stripping the rights of all freedom...
Breaking Points
What It Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
How to be there for the people who need you most
Heather Plett
35 min
Western Patriarchy vs. Indigenous Male Roles
Join us in this thought-provoking series as we explore the complexities of Western patriarchy and its impact on traditional Indigenous male roles.
Thosh Collins
7 min
Chris Hayes Spoofs White Power Structure, Has No Clue How To Stop Culture Of White On White Violence
Riffing off an article by Gawker columnist Cord Jefferson yesterday, Jefferson and MSNBC host Chris Hayes satirized the right's concern with "black on black violence," rolling footage of...
BestNewsForYou3
86 min
Money & Life (2013)
Money & Life is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity?
40 min
Green Riders: From Thailand to Bali on Bamboo Bikes, a story of Struggles & Successes
Six weeks. Two bamboo bikes. A camera. A continent of environmental stories, struggles and successes. Plus, several thousand kilometers of twisted little roads stringing it all together...
Green Riders
120 min
Status Anxiety (2004)
Why doesn’t 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.
10 min
Nature Is Speaking
Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, and Robert Redford all join forces to give nature a voice.Part 1: Julia Roberts is Mother Nature.Part 2: Harrison Ford is the...
Conservation International (CI)
The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling
Let me speak to you about dumbness because that is what schools teach best. Old-fashioned dumbness used to be simple ignorance: you didn't know something, but there were ways to find out...
John Taylor Gatto
21 min
The Banker Ladies
Created by the Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective, The Banker Ladies tells the stories of Ginelle, Aisha, and Mabinty, three Black women in Toronto creating diverse financial...
Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal
For the majority of the past century, a battle has been waged between two dominant ideologies – capitalism and communism. Both competing economic systems focus on how best to allocate...
Chris Agnos
The White Man in That Photo
Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer...
Riccardo Gazzaniga
3 min
This is the National Health Service (NHS)
The story of one of the most complex organisations in the world, told through the voices of those on the frontline.
Guardian Explainers
95 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...
Chomsky, Epstein, and Us: Far More Is at Stake Than One Man's Legacy
A comprehensive look at the evidence tell us criticism of Chomsky is absolutely warranted. This piece attempts to model what a fair and proportionate accountability process looks like.
Tim Hjersted
Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy
"My dad was an abusive alcoholic, or whatever. He'd go to the bar, come home drunk, find out I'd f-cked up at school, and he'd choke me out."
Panic Volkushka
×
Log In
Sign In
Share
Save
Saved
Share this:
Copy
×
Video Info
Date Added
×
Share
Share
Copy
Info
Added By
Date Added
Views
Topics
Ratings
Home
Library
My List
Discover
Sign In