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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.
poster
MUBI
81
7.5
/46871/
75
/1228/
77
/1560/
3.9
/122471/
94
/31/
85
/882/
89
/7/

Deep Red (1975)
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
poster
76
7.2
/2956/
66
/46/
69
/83/
3.6
/2680/
97
/32/
81
/36/
80
/25/

Human Resources (1999)
"Good son" Franck returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
poster
76
7.0
/25060/
70
/723/
68
/436/
3.7
/66295/
98
/47/
79
/4091/
77
/14/
cc age 14+

Hairspray (1988)
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
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Kanopy
82
76
7.9
/7099/
76
/163/
74
/97/
4.2
/10213/
96
/49/
88
/154/
78
/15/

5 Broken Cameras (2011)
Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.1
/16313/
71
/874/
69
/446/
3.6
/29237/
92
/112/
87
/31/
65
/23/

The Good Boss (2021)
Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
poster
73
7.5
/16296/
73
/347/
72
/241/
3.9
/14889/
80
/70/
86
/156/
64
/28/

Mondays in the Sun (2002)
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
poster
Peacock Premium
72
7.2
/123190/
75
/4495/
73
/2979/
3.4
/55558/
72
/199/
78
/3088/
65
/47/
cc age 13+

The Butler (2013)
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.6
/28839/
73
/451/
78
/665/
3.9
/19385/
52
/23/
84
/386/
70
/14/

1900 (1976)
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
poster
67
62
6.7
/8026/
70
/148/
63
/128/
3.7
/10686/
67
/12/
73
/322/
60
/6/

Strike! (1998)
In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
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Hoopla
60
6.7
/16029/
65
/277/
63
/173/
3.1
/4850/
43
/155/
64
/906/
46
/35/
cc age 15+

Beyond the Sea (2004)
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.
poster
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.
poster
fuboTV
54
6.3
/7730/
64
/112/
60
/108/
3.1
/2076/
31
/55/
64
/185/
45
/27/

Crazy in Alabama (1999)
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
poster
53
6.2
/3615/
58
/55/
53
/47/
3.1
/988/
45
/31/
47
/37/

Everybody's All-American (1988)
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
poster
79
46
7.5
/596/
71
/19/
72
/13/
3.6
/457/
100
/34/
86
/40/
78
/15/

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.
poster
Criterion Channel
45
6.0
/4530/
51
/95/
56
/75/
3.4
/4596/
12
/1/

I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
poster
72
42
7.3
/324/
75
/12/
59
/10/
89
/35/
74
/606/
65
/17/

Tying the Knot (2004)
A look at the debate over same sex marriage in the USA. The reasons behind it are illustrated with real life couples that have run afoul of current laws despite varying levels of planning. Also, the reasons against it are debunked by proponents.
poster
71
37
7.3
/1915/
63
/30/
65
/36/
3.8
/2756/
80
/2/

Camouflage (1977)
A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.
poster
65
36
6.6
/1927/
62
/28/
59
/40/
3.3
/872/
74
/25/

The Strawberry Statement (1970)
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.
poster
Fandor
76
35
7.6
/313/
60
/8/
72
/6/
3.6
/283/
100
/5/
79
/471/

The War at Home (1979)
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
46
15
5.3
/697/
51
/16/
50
/25/
3.0
/695/
20
/3/

Thunder (1983)
A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and left for dead. Now he wants his revenge...
poster
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.
poster
51
9
5.3
/739/
45
/4/
58
/10/
3.2
/320/
38
/2/

R.P.M. (1970)
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, and Quinn's character, who has always been a champion of student activism, is appointed president. As the students continue to push the envelope of revolution, Quinn's character is faced with the challenge of restoring order or abetting the descent into anarchy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
?
7.8
/121/
80
/2/
40
/1/

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
poster
?
6.6
/21/
66
/6/
23
/3/

ECW November to Remember 1996 (1996)
The Sandman defends the ECW Championship against Raven. Too Cold Scorpio competes in a series of Loser Leaves Town Matches.
poster
The Roku Channel
44
?
4.5
/313/
52
/13/
37
/4/
3.0
/249/
29
/4/

Private Duty Nurses (1971)
A trio of beautiful private-duty nurses that practice more than the medical arts must confront underground drug traffickers, racism and murder in their local hospital.
poster
?
5.2
/64/
65
/2/
26
/3/

Angry Rice Wives (2021)
In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
poster
?
6.4
/79/
95
/2/
62
/4/

Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006)
The modern world has never known a more revered or influential spiritual leader than Billy Graham. He's been called the World's Preacher because, for the past 60 years, he has preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—over 210 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. For the first time, the organization he founded, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has opened its storied archives to allow a film crew to document his extraordinary life. Gaither Film Productions is honored to present Billy Graham: God's Ambassador, the life story of this remarkable man and his ministry.
poster
?
6.1
/39/
45
/2/
42
/5/

Pink (2012)
Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
poster
?
8.2
/34/
60
/1/

Lives Worth Living (2011)
The documentary intersperses archival footage with first-person interviews with disability rights activists who fought discrimination such as Fred Fay, I. King Jordan, Judi Chamberlin and Judith Heumann, and with legislators who helped draft and secure the passage of the ADA, including Tony Coelho and Tom Harkin. From the beginnings of the disability rights movement, when veterans with disabilities returning home from World War II began to demand an end to discrimination and for better access to employment and other social opportunities, Lives Worth Living traces the history of the movement in the United States in roughly chronological order. The film documents how, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, activists with disabilities began to adopt the some of the tactics and strategies used by civil rights activists a decade earlier, including marches, protests, and civil disobedience.


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