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Kanopy
81
7.5
/9133/
72
/388/
71
/157/
4.2
/61641/
95
/145/
64
/18/
91
/34/

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
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Netflix
77
7.3
/1726/
75
/99/
72
/54/
3.6
/1716/
93
/14/
84
/13/
72
/9/
cc age 14+

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China’s most notorious dissidents.
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Disney Plus
76
7.1
/1965/
71
/123/
66
/31/
3.5
/8810/
100
/42/
83
/8/
72
/13/

Bobi Wine: The People's President (2023)
Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for revolution, and Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi are stirring the pot. When the charismatic Bobi, a musician and member of parliament, announces his campaign for president, Uganda’s youth are ecstatic, filling parks and streets for every speech, and singing Bobi’s anthems of peace and freedom. But then comes the crackdown, orchestrated by Yoweri Museveni, a brutal dictator who has ruled Uganda for 36 years. Bobi and his crew survive arrests, beatings, torture, riots and raids.
poster
75
7.8
/1791/
74
/33/
78
/19/
3.6
/512/
92
/63/
87
/284/
75
/24/
cc age 13+

An Unreasonable Man (2007)
An Unreasonable Man is a 2006 documentary film that traces the life and career of political activist Ralph Nader, the founder of modern consumer protection. The film examines Nader's advocacy for auto safety features, such as federally mandated seat belts and air bags, as well as his rise to national prominence following an invasion of privacy lawsuit against General Motors.
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Hulu
74
7.0
/1104/
70
/39/
65
/16/
3.4
/4168/
94
/51/
81
/30/
75
/8/

Joan Baez: I Am a Noise (2023)
Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-old, the personal has always been political, and her friendship with Martin Luther King and her pacifism have shaped her commitment. In this biography that opens with her farewell tour, Baez takes stock in an unsparing fashion and confronts sometimes painful memories.
poster
73
7.5
/5245/
73
/169/
70
/100/
3.6
/1409/
75
/56/
78
/178/
71
/19/

The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
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 their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
poster
79
73
7.5
/7063/
76
/214/
77
/723/
3.9
/13341/
90
/50/

One Hundred Steps (2000)
Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of local boss Tano Badalamenti, Peppino decides to expose the Mafia by using a pirate radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5100/
82
/114/
75
/92/
3.9
/2708/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
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AMC+
80
68
7.6
/2589/
78
/99/
75
/42/
4.0
/7715/
92
/53/
86
/71/
73
/15/
cc age 16+

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that period and includes the appearances of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement.
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MGM Plus
59
6.1
/2512/
75
/75/
58
/27/
3.2
/2480/
29
/21/
75
/120/

Mahogany (1975)
An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.
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Netflix
76
59
7.3
/1530/
76
/93/
67
/36/
3.6
/1476/
100
/15/
82
/40/
68
/6/
cc age 13+

Seeing Allred (2018)
Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.
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Kanopy
52
6.2
/1987/
67
/60/
57
/40/
3.0
/557/
21
/39/
46
/72/
41
/17/

Princess Kaiulani (2010)
Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American businessmen. After being sent to England as a child by her Scottish father, Ka'iulani returns to Hawaii and becomes a political activist who fights to retain her throne, even though she must leave her English paramour.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
51
6.8
/1809/
72
/206/
78
/374/
3.8
/29944/
71
/14/
74
/1/

Simone: Woman of the Century (2022)
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.
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65
38
4.7
/3508/
76
/18/
64
/16/
3.8
/2523/

Marighella (2012)
This communist and parliamentarian leader was arrested and tortured, and became famous for having written the "Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla". Greatest name of the left-wing militancy in Brazil in the 1960s, Carlos Marighella acted in the main political events of Brazil between the 1930s and 1969 and was considered enemy number one of the Brazilian military dictatorship. His life was a great act of resistance and courage.
poster
59
25
7.4
/526/
75
/15/
54
/14/
31
/29/
77
/15/
48
/14/

Trudell (2005)
A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.
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DocAlliance Films
65
25
6.7
/137/
50
/1/
50
/1/
3.5
/782/
92
/12/

Her Socialist Smile (2020)
The memory of a particular moment in early 20th century history when, in 1913, Helen Keller (1880-1968), a deaf-blind writer, lecturer and political activist, spoke, for the first time and in public, about socialism and progressive causes.
poster
66
25
6.8
/573/
60
/15/
63
/21/
3.7
/1204/

Coup d'Etat (1973)
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
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Netflix
71
13
7.8
/254/
72
/11/
50
/8/
3.5
/379/
87
/12/

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
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Criterion Channel
58
10
5.9
/311/
60
/6/
42
/15/
3.5
/422/

Gloria Mundi (1976)
An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.
poster
?
5.8
/9/
70
/1/

Françoise in Spring (2012)
N/A
poster
68
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6.3
/118/
66
/6/
80
/2/
3.2
/282/

White Man Walking (2025)
In July 2020, Rob Bliss, a young, white filmmaker, posted a video of what happened when he held up a ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign in Harrison, Arkansas, 'the most racist town in America'. It went viral, attracting 12 million views. What Bliss did next was remarkable. Over 1500 miles, two months and 25 miles a day, he set out to walk through the American South, wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, and a sign that invited people to ‘come walk with me’. His goal was simple: to take the conversation Floyd’s murder had sparked about racism in American society into the places where it was most needed, yet most silent.
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Hoopla
75
?
7.7
/57/
78
/3/
3.6
/229/

Petra Kelly - Act Now! (2024)
The German documentary is dedicated to an influential figure of the 20th century: Petra Kelly spent her life campaigning for feminism, environmental activism, human rights and peace. She was a political co-founder of the Green Party in the 1970s and 80s and protested against nuclear missiles in West Germany at the height of the Cold War. Above all, however, she believed that one person could very well change the world and thus rose to become an icon of the peace movement.
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?
100
/2/

Ady Steg, un parcours juif, une histoire française (2024)
N/A
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Kanopy
?
100
/1/

Heather Booth: Changing the World (2017)
Heather Booth is the most influential person you have heard of. The newest film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Lilly Rivlin, HEATHER BOOTH: CHANGING THE WORLD is an urgent response to the recent election of Trump and all that has ensued. At a time when many are wondering how to make their voices heard, when civil and women’s rights are under attack, this empowering documentary is an inspiring look at how social change happens. Heather Booth, a renowned organizer and activist, began her remarkable career at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Through her life and work this inspiring film explores many of the most pivotal moments in progressive movements that altered our history over the last fifty years: from her involvement with Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, to her founding of the JANE Underground in 1964, to her collaborations with respected leaders such as Julian Bond and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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?
90
/1/

Simone Veil - Les combats d'une effrontée (2023)
N/A
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Kanopy
63
?
6.9
/120/
60
/2/
60
/2/

Little Gandhi (2016)
The story of iconic Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar whose brutal torture and death at the age of 26 outraged the international community and erupted into one of the most violent uprisings in modern history.
poster
?
40
/1/

El día que me callé (2022)
Victor was victim of a violent attack during the government of León Febres Cordero in 1987. More than 30 years later, he decides to free himself from the weight of the secrets and ghosts that has carried for many years and speak out.
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?
60
/1/

Days After n Coming (2012)
Hong Kong's high-speed rail link, the demolition of Choi Yuen Village, the impending budget and the influence of the global Occupy movement are at the centre of independent filmmaker Lo's timely measure of the city's pulse. Ostensibly the third entry in a trilogy that began with 21 years after. (2010) and to be continued (2010), which also captured public reaction to watershed moments in Hong Kong's political life since 2009. The documentary was built upon the material used in its previous installment (to be continued, 46 minutes). It disproves the notion of a passive Hong Kong in a chronicle of a generation poised for massive social change.
poster
?
6.9
/16/

A Swedish Defence (2021)
In this satirical drama, an international arms deal is interrupted by teenage protesters. A Swedish engineer tries to prevent his activist daughter from embarrassing him at work and ruining Sweden's relations with Turkey.
poster
?
3.2
/16/

Tsunami Tour - Un comico vi seppellirà (2013)
Tsunami tour by Beppe Grillo
poster
?
50
/3/

Share the Safety? (2018)
The Yes Men impersonate the National Rifle Association and launche their "buy a gun, give a gun program" at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Antics ensue.
poster
?
100
/1/

Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London (2014)
An exclusive film of Billy in concert in June 2013 performing his critically acclaimed "Tooth & Nail" album and other classic songs, at the stunning Union Chapel in London.
poster
?
5.6
/65/
52
/4/
53
/6/

Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business (1996)
A woman whose passport was denied under the previous Communist regime by a vindictive party secretary is given a chance to confront the woman and take revenge.
poster
?
10
/1/

Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984 (1984)
Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti performs at the 1984 Glastonbury Festival. Originally produced for Arena.
poster
?
8.2
/14/
60
/1/

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018)
Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne - an emigrant Irishman with the outsider's ability to observe, needle and puncture.
poster
?
4.6
/29/
10
/1/

Tenth of a Second (1987)
"Tenth of a Second" is the account of one man's desperate attempt to fight the oppressive apartheid regime of South Africa. This political thriller centres around Michael Wilder (James Whyle), a schoolteacher and political activist, with a failing marriage. Wilder is a member of the "Organisation" which is involved in subversive activities against the state. One day, Raymond (Nicky Rebelo), a fellow member, visits Wilder and leaves him with a suitcase containing a bomb. Wilder is expected to place in a busy shopping centre. But things do not go according to plan and the consequences of his actions result in devastating effects for Wilder and his grip on reality.
poster
?
6.9
/59/
80
/1/
50
/1/

¿Quién mató a Mariano Ferreyra? (2013)
The journalist Andrés Oviedo must write about the murder of a young political activist Mariano Ferreyra for the magazine where he works. Oviedo performs a series of interviews and dialogues with familiars and friends of Ferreyra. The search for the truth and the motifs of the crime lead him to confront his publishers, who removed him from the case. In front of the arising complications, Andrés doubts to proceed with the investigation, but the support of his daughter, of the same generation as Mariano, helps him to continue. (FILMAFFINITY)
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?
6.6
/29/
55
/2/
10
/2/

Herrmann (2013)
Herrmann is a leftist Thirty Something, who is still politically active, despite beginning to live the usual life of having a girlfriend and a child. On the way to his weekly political meeting he is kidnapped.
poster
?
8.7
/33/

The Kingdom of Survival (2011)
The Kingdom of Survival explores modern skepticism in America, challenges the status quo and uncovers provocative links between survivalist philosophy, ecumenical spirituality, radical political theory, and outlaw culture. The audience is invited into a thoughtful conversation with the likes of Prof. Noam Chomsky, Dr. Mark Mirabello, Ramsey Kanaan, and the riveting final interview with beloved author, Joe Bageant. These unique thought leaders cast a rare shadow of doubt over our most blindly accepted American traditions.
poster
?
7.8
/34/
45
/2/
80
/2/

MC5: Kick Out the Jams (1999)
Kick Out the Jams features many never before seen films of the MC5 as created by Leni Sinclair & conceptual artist Cary Loren during the peak of their career. Featuring: Looking At You, Ramblin' Rose, Kick Out The Jams, Black To Comm, I Want You Right Now, Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), The Pledge Song, Come Together, Starship, Motor City Is Burning, Shakin' Street, John Sinclair Interview 2003
poster
58
?
6.7
/200/
70
/2/
43
/7/
55
/5/

In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart of the American judicial system; the tangled world of renowned Death Row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
poster
67
?
6.2
/120/
50
/2/
90
/1/

The Ambush Murders (1982)
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
poster
74
?
7.3
/199/
72
/13/
78
/6/

John Denver: Country Boy (2013)
This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53.
poster
?
7.2
/69/
10
/1/
70
/7/

The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung (1967)
20 years later, the recreation of the trial of a simple man that confesses himself as a war criminal, Carl Emmanuel Jung.
poster
?
6.9
/14/
20
/1/

Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968)
In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals.
poster
?
70
/1/

Undvik räta vinklar (2011)
"Avoid Straight Angles" - Once upon a time Stefan Sundström was Farsta's Mick Jagger. Then he was influenced by the punk. Now he is one of Sweden's most productive, self-centered and socially critical artists - diligent in terms of both songwriting and touring.
poster
?
70
/2/

Quand la gauche collaborait, 1939-1945 (2017)
N/A
poster
?
70
/1/
75
/2/

Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation (2017)
In 2017, twenty years after the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, young people, more politicized than any previous generation and proud of their land, do not feel Chinese and actively fight against the oligarchs who want to subdue them to China's authoritarian power.


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