Movies: Political activism

Spanish jurist and republican thinker Antonio García-Trevijano (1927-2018) expounds his political thought and reflects on the recent political history of Spain....

Seven people march down New York’s Fifth Avenue carrying placards showing six photos of American comic Bob Hope and one of Mao Tse Tung....

Considered one of the most cerebral punk rock bands around, Bad Religion puts on a unique live show that has them blasting through song after song in record time. This documentary, compiling footage from 14 different concerts, captures the raw power ...

A bootleg of Bill's SECOND-to-last live performance at Igby's Comedy Club in LA on January 5, 1994....

The Occupy Central movement called for civil disobedience in the middle of Hong Kong’s financial district, in pursuit of democratic elections. The movement attracted many sympathetic students and citizens, and became known around the world as the “Um...

A recruitment video created by Earth First! in 1990 to promote their Redwood Summer initiative....

The well-known activist couple Max and Lou made an extreme statement and had themselves sterilized under full media coverage: they do not want to bring children into this dying world. Following their sterilization they are now invited to their first ...

A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images....

In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, innovative, experimental groups. To a deep love for music research the group has always associated a strong political commitment. Some of its members...

On June 14, 2001, during the ongoing EU summit, the police surrounds Gothenburg political center. This is the prelude to the most violent confrontations between police and protesters in Sweden for decades. The threat to democracy is a film about the ...

The Disobbedienti emerged from the Tute Bianche during the demonstrations against the G8 summit in Genoa in July 2001. The “Tute Bianche” were the white-clad Italian activists who used their bodies – protected by foam rubber, tires, helmets, gas mask...

Habiba Djahnine went to meet activists who continue to take action. To meet them, to capture them in the spaces where they live, work or fight. They inscribe a few words of our tormented history. Memory, memory gaps, background noise, demonstrations....

A documentary on climate activism on 6 continents...

River of Tears and Rage is a film culled from Kodao Productions' Facebook Live coverage of Baby River's wake and burial. Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, a dead three month-old infant became a symbol of political repression by a regime denounced w...

Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights....

Amateur's Riot (Shirōto no ran) is a Japanese association of activists, committed to the living conditions of the poor people (binbōnin) in Tōkyō. The association was founded in 2005 by Matsumoto Hajime, Yamashita Hikaru, Futatsugi Shin, Mochitsuki R...

“Umbrellas Move” is a long feature documentary capturing scenes from Hong Kong’s city-wide protest, the occupy movement in 2014. This documentary witnessed a critical page of Hong Kong after transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to Chin...

During French colonization, a young Algerian boy is expelled from the French high school where he is able to study thanks to his father's position in the village. For his father, whose dream is to see his son climb the social ladder, this is a disast...

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A documentary by Giulia Vallicelli about the lady fest that took place in Rome in 2009. This documentary showcases the reality of queer and intersectional feminism in Italy through punk and feminist music....