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Kanopy
86
7.5
/626/
76
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75
/6/
4.0
/3215/
100
/43/
86
/6/
75
/13/

Mayor (2020)
David Osit’s thought-provoking documentary is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office.
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Netflix
86
8.0
/5919/
81
/439/
77
/125/
3.9
/6774/
100
/33/
89
/50/
86
/13/
cc age 9+

Chasing Coral (2017)
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching”—a sign of mass coral death—has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.
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Netflix
86
8.1
/12670/
79
/458/
79
/229/
4.0
/7937/
100
/22/
93
/132/
95
/5/
cc age 16+

Virunga (2014)
Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.
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Fandor
86
8.3
/14786/
79
/572/
78
/302/
4.3
/25744/
96
/140/
89
/87/
92
/29/
cc age 14+

The Look of Silence (2014)
An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.
poster
85
8.2
/5211/
81
/197/
73
/64/
4.0
/2502/
96
/46/
94
/77/
79
/15/
cc age 15+

The Crash Reel (2013)
The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.
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The Roku Channel
85
8.0
/59783/
79
/4132/
77
/1375/
4.0
/49688/
96
/143/
87
/511/
88
/38/
cc age 16+

Citizenfour (2014)
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
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Netflix
83
7.3
/5961/
73
/350/
72
/136/
4.0
/40627/
99
/73/
80
/38/
88
/20/
cc age 14+

Shirkers (2018)
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.
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Kanopy
82
7.5
/3667/
74
/132/
68
/52/
3.9
/2581/
99
/92/
82
/150/
86
/24/

The Interrupters (2011)
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
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MUBI
82
7.6
/4515/
78
/196/
68
/78/
4.0
/7309/
98
/80/
83
/160/
86
/23/
cc age 16+

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
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Kanopy
82
8.0
/9558/
78
/324/
76
/159/
3.9
/6878/
100
/70/
89
/140/
84
/21/
cc age 16+

The Square (2013)
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
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fuboTV
81
7.0
/3866/
69
/213/
69
/54/
3.7
/20300/
100
/68/
80
/70/
90
/17/

Sugarcane (2024)
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
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JustWatch TV
81
7.4
/432/
75
/35/
90
/6/
3.7
/804/
97
/36/
71
/12/
80
/10/
cc age 11+

Liyana (2017)
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.9
/3353/
75
/158/
68
/49/
4.0
/6454/
100
/74/
75
/10/
86
/17/

Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
poster
81
7.3
/795/
77
/44/
71
/18/
3.5
/544/
96
/50/
83
/14/
80
/19/

Trophy (2017)
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
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Netflix
80
7.5
/2630/
74
/173/
76
/46/
3.7
/31720/
91
/43/
87
/13/
82
/16/
cc age 14+

Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip Christian evangelical leaders hold over politics in Brazil. She gains extraordinary access to the country’s top political leaders, including President Lula and former president Bolsonaro, as well as to Brazil’s most famous televangelist: a magnetic pastor who aspires to play puppet master to the far-right leader.
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Kanopy
80
7.3
/602/
72
/25/
72
/13/
3.7
/797/
97
/31/
74
/4/
78
/13/

Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers’ rights, continues to champion girls’ and women’s rights and arms herself with the power and reach of social media.
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MUBI
79
6.9
/2591/
68
/194/
66
/51/
3.5
/42457/
94
/80/
77
/21/
82
/25/
cc age 15+

Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
poster
79
8.5
/2721/
76
/46/
78
/8/
3.8
/2629/
91
/23/
98
/4/
68
/6/

While We Watched (2023)
A turbulent newsroom drama that intimately chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiraling world of truth and disinformation.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/507/
69
/16/
84
/7/
4.0
/3284/
100
/20/
55
/2/
82
/6/

Queendom (2023)
In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.3
/1831/
73
/63/
74
/32/
3.7
/4992/
100
/52/
80
/10/
84
/13/
cc age 11+

Writing with Fire (2021)
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
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Fandor
79
7.4
/3090/
73
/116/
70
/69/
3.8
/3063/
97
/36/
75
/27/
80
/14/
cc age 16+

Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives. Incorporating moments of both heart-pounding suspense and improbable beauty, the documentary draws us into the lives of three of its founders — Khaled, Subhi, and Mahmoud — as they grapple with the chaos around them and struggle with an ever-present dilemma: do they flee or stay and fight for their country?
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Netflix
79
7.3
/16471/
77
/795/
76
/373/
3.8
/41104/
97
/34/
68
/174/
81
/13/

The Edge of Democracy (2019)
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
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Kanopy
79
7.3
/2036/
71
/120/
73
/64/
3.7
/1343/
100
/49/
89
/29/
77
/20/
cc age 16+

3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets (2015)
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving November 2012, four boys in a red SUV pull into a gas station after spending time at the mall buying sneakers and talking to girls. With music blaring, one boy exits the car and enters the store, a quick stop for a soda and a pack of gum. A man and a woman pull up next to the boys in the station, making a stop for a bottle of wine. The woman enters the store and an argument breaks out when the driver of the second car asks the boys to turn the music down. 3½ minutes and ten bullets later, one of the boys is dead. 3½ MINUTES dissects the aftermath of this fatal encounter.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.6
/7441/
76
/249/
70
/117/
3.8
/4056/
99
/72/
84
/320/
75
/19/

The Invisible War (2012)
An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal and social consequences.
poster
79
7.7
/9004/
80
/468/
75
/164/
3.8
/4035/
96
/70/
85
/277/
75
/15/
cc age 13+

Chasing Ice (2012)
When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
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Netflix
79
7.5
/8479/
73
/541/
73
/202/
3.7
/8977/
100
/6/
83
/611/
cc age 13+

The White Helmets (2016)
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
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Kanopy
78
7.6
/655/
75
/16/
59
/12/
4.0
/1396/
98
/47/
82
/6/
79
/19/

Midnight Traveler (2019)
In 2015, the Taliban put a price on the head of Hassan, a filmmaker, who was forced to flee Afghanistan with his wife and two young daughters. Using their camera phones, the fugitives show first-hand the many dangers refugees face when seeking asylum in a safe place.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/2304/
79
/144/
76
/46/
3.9
/7111/
90
/58/
82
/9/
70
/19/

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018)
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.2
/1040/
75
/60/
68
/19/
3.6
/751/
96
/51/
81
/78/
77
/19/
cc age 8+

Brooklyn Castle (2012)
Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.
poster
77
7.7
/444/
72
/17/
68
/6/
3.9
/2620/
83
/9/

The Librarians (2025)
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.
poster
77
6.9
/157/
70
/4/
80
/2/
3.5
/1189/
93
/27/
82
/7/

Nocturnes (2024)
In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe.
poster
77
7.0
/710/
71
/36/
83
/7/
3.7
/2904/
92
/38/
74
/13/

Hollywoodgate (2024)
Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul.
poster
77
7.3
/442/
70
/23/
78
/9/
3.6
/3442/
100
/21/
74
/6/

Scala!!! (2024)
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
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fuboTV
77
7.6
/3451/
75
/187/
76
/50/
3.8
/7502/
87
76
/20/
cc age 15+

Nothing Compares (2022)
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 predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
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Kanopy
77
7.1
/792/
71
/49/
67
/16/
3.5
/2901/
98
/56/
89
82
/9/

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
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Fandor
77
7.5
/1155/
81
/47/
65
/17/
3.7
/1045/
92
/61/
85
/33/
74
/20/

After Tiller (2013)
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, only four doctors in the United States continue to perform third-trimester abortions. These physicians, all colleagues of Dr. Tiller, sacrifice their safety and personal lives in the name of their fierce, unwavering conviction to help women.
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Kanopy
76
7.1
/2717/
68
/100/
64
/62/
3.6
/11679/
96
/103/
71
/14/
80
/29/
cc age 13+

Cow (2022)
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of a pair of cows: told by way of some narrative-free, intimate POV photography, with plenty of close shot images, we follow the daily routine of these animals as they live what can only be described as mundane, boring lives - all with an ultimate purpose within the human food chain.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/2960/
73
/125/
68
/44/
3.6
/3686/
83
/69/
75
/15/
76
/23/

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.1
/2784/
71
/144/
69
/62/
3.5
/3293/
100
/34/
76
/12/
83
/9/
cc age 15+

Roll Red Roll (2019)
At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team. The aftermath exposed an entire culture of complicity—and Roll Red Roll maps out the roles that peer pressure, denial, sports machismo, and social media each played in the tragedy.
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Hulu
75
7.3
/715/
78
/77/
79
/10/
3.7
/1237/
82
/28/
93
/2/

The Grab (2024)
An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world’s most powerful countries.
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Disney Plus
75
7.5
/1510/
72
/71/
68
/24/
3.9
/4970/
97
/74/
82
/9/
83
/19/
cc age 10+

The Territory (2022)
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazilians. Though promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, they have faced illegal incursions from environmentally destructive logging and mining, and, most recently, land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians like President Jair Bolsonaro. With deforestation escalating as a result, the stakes have become global.
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Fandor
75
6.7
/751/
69
/46/
69
/17/
3.6
/1945/
93
/61/
59
/9/
87
/22/

Bisbee '17 (2018)
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
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Hoopla
75
6.4
/2390/
72
/100/
63
/43/
3.4
/763/
100
/31/
69
/114/
81
/17/

Hell and Back Again (2011)
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
poster
75
6.9
/1758/
73
/106/
67
/46/
3.6
/1836/
94
/36/
68
/380/

Newtown (2016)
A look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.
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Kanopy
74
6.8
/738/
65
/22/
61
/8/
3.6
/1458/
97
/32/
87
/2/
74
/9/

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary queer poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.0
/1444/
67
/54/
58
/20/
3.8
/1767/
98
/86/
72
/10/
79
/26/
cc age 16+

Whose Streets? (2017)
A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight back—and sparked a global movement.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/9514/
75
/502/
70
/151/
3.5
/3465/
84
/70/
74
/186/
76
/18/

Dirty Wars (2013)
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
poster
73
6.6
/826/
66
/47/
61
/42/
3.5
/791/
91
/34/
74
/7/
73
/12/

(T)ERROR (2015)
This real-life look at FBI counterterrorism operations features access to both sides of a sting: the government informant and the radicalized target.


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