Protest Movies

  • 2008
    Habibi

    Habibi

    Habibi

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    Filmed in New York in the summer of 2006: a march across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese populations. Habibi means...

    Habibi
  • 1967
    Napalm

    Napalm

    Napalm

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    A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.

    Napalm
  • 2019
    Khamsin

    Khamsin

    Khamsin

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    Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

    Khamsin
  • 2022
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    This should not be presumptuous, but we are deeply touched by the dramatic and catastrophic situation in Ukraine. The analogy between swarms of birds...

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  • 2011
    Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

    Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

    Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

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    In 2010, the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was forced to close by unfair laws....

    Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
  • 1998
    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

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    This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle...

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
  • 2018
    Swimming to Ferguson

    Swimming to Ferguson

    Swimming to Ferguson

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    Beneath the fury of Ferguson unrest, an affable professor dedicates his life to actionable, peaceful change while attempting the grueling triple...

    Swimming to Ferguson
  • 2005
    Grilled Cheese Sandwich

    Grilled Cheese Sandwich

    Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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    Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat...

    Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  • 2022
    Don't Be Afraid

    Don't Be Afraid

    Don't Be Afraid

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    Don't Be Afraid is a short film about protests. A father Hank (Ben Cable) and his son Ben (Cristopher Michael Rose) have a heart-to-heart talk about...

    Don't Be Afraid
  • 1970
    Fight with Care

    Fight with Care

    Fight with Care

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    Expanding industrial infrastructure on Chennai's coast threatens the fragile ecology of Ennore-Pulicat wetlands. These wetlands protect our city from...

    Fight with Care
  • 2015
    Uprising!

    Uprising!

    Uprising!

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    "Levante" won Canal Futura's annual documentary competition in 2014 and was filmed in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Gaza and Hong Kong. It first aired at...

    Uprising!
  • 2016
    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

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    BBC Three examines an upsurge in Islamophobia in America, meeting both Texan anti-Islam groups and American Muslims. Award-winning director and...

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack
  • 1975
    The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak

    The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak

    The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak

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    Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

    The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak
  • 1984
    Rothenthurm

    Rothenthurm

    Rothenthurm

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    A documentary about a proposed military training area in Rothenthurm, Central Switzerland, and the village's resistance to those plans.

    Rothenthurm
  • 2016
    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

    Concerned Student 1950

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    A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college...

    Concerned Student 1950
  • 2020
    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

    The Rebellion of Memory

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    It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and...

    The Rebellion of Memory
  • 2019
    Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

    Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

    Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

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    A huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the most high-profile activist...

    Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?
  • 2014
    Millions Can Walk

    Millions Can Walk

    Millions Can Walk

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    Hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women – indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers – demand their right to existence by making a...

    Millions Can Walk
  • 1970
    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

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    A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

    Primavera Lacrimógena
  • 2014
    Não é Sobre Sapatos

    Não é Sobre Sapatos

    Não é Sobre Sapatos

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    The film shows the images made by the police during demonstrations of 2013 (Brazil). In times of anonymous faces, what to do with the feet?

    Não é Sobre Sapatos