Activist Movies

The Road to Home (2015), tells the story of Benny Wenda, the Nobel Peace Prize nominated West Papuan independence leader, in his ongoing struggle to...

This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned...

Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability...

Animation and activism unite in this multimedia spoken-word response to police brutality and racial injustice.

Dolphin experts confront the US Navy when its sonar program is suspected of causing the animals' deaths.

An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union...

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface...

An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...

A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence...

A film that captures the portraits and stories of extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal the injustices against the...

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since...

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to...

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow....

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no...

Power of the People is a touching film that gives voice to poet Laura Eklund Nhaga, who is searching for the right way for her to have an impact. The...

Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision on whether or not to introduce legislation against caste...