Protest Movies
- 2008
Ashes from the Sun
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Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks...
- 2017
Acorn and the Firestorm
Acorn and the Firestorm52017HD
For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting...
- 2021
The Immeasurable
The Immeasurable5.82021HD
University student Xiang meets police officer Vic on the basketball court. They quickly fall in love. Vic takes Xiang out of school and introduces...
- 2014
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
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The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir...
- 2023
The Revolt
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La Revuelta accounts for the tension experienced by those who, as of October 2019, came out to express their social discontent. The work has as its...
- 1969
The Confrontation
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In post-WWII Hungary, a group of Communist college students arrive at a Catholic seminary hoping to engage in peaceful debate with its students.
- 2019
The Chef
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In a time when work is done by robots, a traditional Chinese chef is forced to train a Caucasian humanoid to cook Chinese food, but a former...
- 2000
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
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This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in November 1999, against the...
- 2012
Uprising
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The leaders of Egypt's 2011 revolution discuss the fire, courage and resiliency behind their movement to remove President Hosni Mubarak from office.
- 2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
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A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first...
- 2023
Inside the Iranian Uprising
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In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused...
- 1933
The Merry Monarch
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Good King Pausole selects a wife for every day in the year, but one protests when he spends her day searching for young Princess Aline who has eloped...
- 1976
From Spikes to Spindles
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This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely...
- 2022
Don't Be Afraid
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Don't Be Afraid is a short film about protests. A father Hank (Ben Cable) and his son Ben (Cristopher Michael Rose) have a heart-to-heart talk about...
- 2023
Boll Mo: Sexism in Kosova
Boll Mo: Sexism in Kosova02023HD
A documentary exploring sexism and patriarchy in Kosova.
- 2023
Dream Palace
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Hyejung has lost her husband in an industrial accident and adds the settlement money to move into the new apartment called Dream Palace. She...
- 2009
Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War
Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War02009HD
In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace...
- 2012
Polluting Paradise
Polluting Paradise5.62012HD
Villagers in Turkey's Black Sea village of Camburnu struggle with the government's decision to turn their community into a garbage dump.
- 2010
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride4.42010HD
Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...
- 2023
The Killing of a Journalist
The Killing of a Journalist6.72023HD
A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in...