Political Activism Movies

A month after the Wall Street occupation, a number of protesters follow their example and set up their tents in front of the Ljubljana stock market....

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country...

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...

In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting...

Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish civil war (1936-39) and Franco's dictatorship (1939-75) caused in their day no...

The documentary tells the story of Camille Cabral, Northeastern woman, transsexual, first Brazilian elected in France.

Over three pivotal years in party politics, activists in the safest Labour seat in the country campaign for change under the banner of Jeremy...

Seven Asian-Americans discuss their experiences with racism and the spike in Asian-directed hate crimes as a result of COVID-19.

A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace...

In an insurrectionary climate, four twenty-year-old friends talk about politics. As a big protest looms, one of them, Clara, has to write a college...

The firebrand reporter, feminist and philanthropist Dorothy Day co-founds The Catholic Worker with Peter Maurin, an eccentric philosopher.

At a time when the far right is ascending to power around the world, the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections saw a surprising and unprecedented record...

A serious crisis has shaken Spain since the referendum on self-determination and the proclamation of the independence of Catalonia by the government...

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

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where...

Following fateful scientific reports, protestors pose the argument for a better future against the vested interest of industry. Small to large,...

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film...

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie...

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the...

In the original concept of the film as a computer game, the author presents a personal reportage from Budapest, where she spent a year as a student....