Activism Movies

Humanity on Trial follows humanitarian Salam Aldeen as he is accused of human smuggling by the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Activists have been fighting for animal rights for decades. Will they succeed in winning the battle against meat production or will the food industry...

Journalist Alvaro Alvarez travels with former porn-star and men’s rights activist Philipp Tanzer to a Conference on Men’s Issues,...

When temporary solutions become the status quo, who gets left behind? A Stop Gap Measure follows disability activist Luke Anderson in his fight for...

The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life poetically narrates the story of a community of Iranian Americans who have made the San...

Documentary film about the controversial movement of women seeking ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. More and more women are answering a...

An ode to Toronto artist Shari Kasman's "Bloordale Beach": a demolition grounds turned absurd community rallying point at the height of the COVID-19...

Mexico is one of the countries worldwide with the highest rate of femicides, the murder of women because they are women. The mothers of two murdered...

A documentary that explores AIDS activism in Frankfurt, focusing on activists, affected individuals, and organizations fighting the epidemic, raising...

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s....

The invisible epidemic has spread for too long. Colleges and universities from across Virginia, from schools with billions in endowments to community...

Hear the inside story of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers with this documentary that examines their efforts to promote the rights of African...

Four budding activists battle personal and political barriers to find their voice in the movement to end violence against women in Canadian.

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

The film follows a couple of young boys in the Saharian refugee camp „February 27“ located in the bleak desert area of southwestern...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, along with other international organizations, is leading efforts to increase aquaculture by...

Around a fire in the middle of the forest, two former members of the armed anti-capitalist group La Bande à Fasel meet three young activists...

An experimental, activist short-film following Quinn, who falls pregnant, but did not have the freedom to choose. So she takes matters into her own...

Impassioned surfer Taylor Lane builds a functional surfboard with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches. The Cigarette Surfboard...

Tucked at the edge of Metro Manila, a 67-year-old fisherman continues to resist and struggle against ongoing reclamation projects at the heart of...