Activism Movies

Drag Race star Peppermint takes center stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag....

The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving...

The political upheaval in North Africa is responsibility of the Western powers —especially of the United States and France— due to the...

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.

A group of anarchists use their public-access TV show to satirize the government until a right-wing preacher attempts to shut them down.

Born in Ukraine in 2008 in the wake of the "Orange Revolution," the feminist movement Femen fights for democracy, freedom of the press, women's...

Living in an ancient redwood tree for more than two years to prevent the tree from being clear-cut, Julia Butterfly Hill captured our hearts and...

With a blend of poignant flashbacks and present-day reflections, the film follows Pete on his 50th and final season fishing for salmon in Southeast...

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. ...

A dinner party with a group of diverse childhood friends turns into a moment for all attendees to look at their own histories, and determine whether...

At Elbit System's office in Göteborg Emma is worried about a new sickness causing deaths in the weapon industry, but soon her workplace is faced...

The activist group Empty Cages (Tomma Burar) practices civil disobedience. They carry out well-planed actions against industrial animal husbandry and...

A villager of Desa Jepitu named Rubiyanto conducted a water extraction project from Gua Pulejajar with a group of volunteers. Echa, a student of...

Is that what mass graves are like, one body on top of the other and nothing else? Through the rain, Oliver sends signals to his mother to help her...

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's...

Mère-Bi is a 2008 documentary film about Annette Mbaye d'Erneville by her son, director Ousmane William Mbaye. The first Senegalese female...

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...

The ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights and how the music became a breeding ground for vegan activism.