Movies: Student activism

  • 2024
    Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case

    Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case (2024)

    Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case

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    In '90s Argentina, the murder of a high school student sparks widespread protests. Retold by her loved ones, this documentary shows their fight for justice....

    Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case
  • 1970
    Getting Straight

    Getting Straight (1970)

    Getting Straight

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    Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harr...

    Getting Straight
  • 2024
    You'll Return in May

    You'll Return in May (2024)

    You'll Return in May

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    A distressed college student confronts his lover about the events that led to their separation....

    You'll Return in May
  • 2024
    From London to Gaza

    From London to Gaza (2024)

    From London to Gaza

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    London students and academics protest the genocide in Gaza....

    From London to Gaza
  • 1969
    UNA Historia: lucha por la educación y la cultura

    UNA Historia: lucha por la educación y la cultura (1969)

    UNA Historia: lucha por la educación y la cultura

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    Through archival footage and testimonies from professors, students, staff, and graduates, the documentary traces the history of the National University of Arts, focusing on the Audiovisual Department, while critically addressing the impact of the cur...

    UNA Historia: lucha por la educación y la cultura
  • 1994
    The 1992 Protests at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    The 1992 Protests at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1994)

    The 1992 Protests at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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    This is a documentary produced by Richard Freeman. This part contains the now famous 1992 protest in which the Henry Administration Building was taken over by students. University Police, Champaign Police and Urbana Police are called in to remove stu...

    The 1992 Protests at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 1970
    Occupation

    Occupation (1970)

    Occupation

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    Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film crew lives with the students and follows their action through confusion, argument, dissent, and negotiat...

    Occupation
  • 2017
    Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4, and Student Protest in America

    Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4, and Student Protest in America (2017)

    Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4, and Student Protest in America

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    This is the story of Kent State University students who stood up to question racism, violence against protesters, and the long American involvement in the Vietnam War. On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot thirteen of them, killed four, and all wer...

    Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4, and Student Protest in America