Movies: Social change

Documentary and reflection about the effects of technology....

A look at food security in the Hawaiian islands...

The incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power, with a profound influence on our cultural, political and social lives....

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Ricardo, Natalia's father, suffers from Parkinson's disease; in that condition he stopped producing Dopamine. Surviving a very strong family crisis, Natalia told them her sexual orientation. She does not understand why after being left-wing militants...

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It's the story of a child prodigy with a passion for the almighty power of code and a mission to connect people around the world. It's a dream that fits in with the great tales of the Silicon Valley pioneers. But behind this optimistic and idealistic...

Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported, under-recorded and under people's radar....

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Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new social class of financially insecure citizens who, although they are employed, find it very difficult to...

Terry Wilson is a 70-year-old lifelong resident of Meadowvale Village, Ontario's first heritage district. As development looms and begins to destroy Terry's favourite place in the world, he recreates pieces of history in his backyard, crafting an oas...

This documentary film asks whether a citizens' experiment, the CSA (Community-supported Agriculture), developing new partnership models between consumers and farmers, has the power to change society....

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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 from the Mormont ZAD, XR Rébellion and anti-racist groups active in Switzerland. During a night as blank as a...

"The role of the arts is to tear down what is evil and build up what is good." - Chinaka Hodge...

Ester Hernandez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for fostering community and raising social consciousness through her groundbreaking art, for her work with Creativity Explored, a...