Social Activism Movies
- 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...
- 2014
Noble
Noble6.5152014HD
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
- 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...
- 2022
Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares7.8972022HD
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while...
- 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...
- 2022
Then Barbara Met Alan
Then Barbara Met Alan6.62022HD
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...
- 2011
Aarakshan
Aarakshan6.0542011HD
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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,...
- 2001
Freedom Downtime
Freedom Downtime7.12001HD
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
- 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....
- 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...
- 2021
Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter
Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter102021HD
BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues...
- 2020
Oproerkraaiers
Oproerkraaiers02020HD
- 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...
- 1968
Windflowers
Windflowers01968HD
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.
- 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...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
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...
- 2020
Beyond Barricades
Beyond Barricades82020HD
Beyond Barricades is a documentary on political punk band Anti-Flag, featuring interviews with Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker &...