Social Activism Movies
- 2022
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed7.42022HD
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography,...
- 2022
Then Barbara Met Alan
Then Barbara Met Alan6.82022HD
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 forc...
- 2014
Noble
Noble6.5272014HD
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
- 2012
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry72012HD
An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011,...
- 2001
Boycott
Boycott6.62001HD
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2022
Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares7.7632022HD
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in p...
- 2020
The Monopoly of Violence
The Monopoly of Violence7.32020HD
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In t...
- 2011
Aarakshan
Aarakshan6.12011HD
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
- 2012
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home6.42012HD
Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable and...
- 2014
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
LaDonna Harris: Indian 10112014HD
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on he...
- 2024
Sugar Island
Sugar Island52024HD
An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by...
- 1976
Emma Mae
Emma Mae61976HD
A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but s...
- 2018
Nimir
Nimir62018HD
An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed...
- 1994
Drop Squad
Drop Squad2.81994HD
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spi...
- 2014
The Yes Men Are Revolting
The Yes Men Are Revolting7.12014HD
Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a se...
- 2001
Freedom Downtime
Freedom Downtime7.1182001HD
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
- 2017
The Brave Class
The Brave Class6.72017HD
Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activis...
- 2023
Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin
Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin92023HD
Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews...
- 2020
Oproerkraaiers
Oproerkraaiers02020HD
- 2021
Paper City
Paper City82021HD
Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continuing until morning, the raid left more than 100,000...