Activism Movies

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

Mixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most influential painters and Chicano art activists from the 1970s.

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

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

A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.

Dina works as a journalist for the national television station. The stories she is asked to report on are becoming increasingly absurd and full of...

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface...

A group of highly motivated activists work for years with the goal of exposing the true face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of...

When the killer of an adolescent labor activist is acquitted, journalist Shahbaz Bhatti sees glaring loopholes in the verdict, and begins a quest for...

For the last quarter century, Houston native Arden Eversmeyer journeyed across the country to record hundreds of oral "herstories" with a mostly...

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...

Why does the Mexican government consider the feminist movement a bigger threat than most drug cartels? The short documentary 'SANGRE VIOLENTA /...

How to Fix the World? is a comprehensive and informative documentary about direct action in the 1990s and 2000s, directed by Jouko Aaltonen. In the...

Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.

Based on the Chilean "Riot Dog" Negro Matapacos. A stray dog meets young protester María. Together they radicalize until María has to...

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa'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...

A feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread - they're all vegan. The movie...

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...

Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets...