Protest Movies

  • 2019
    The Chef

    The Chef

    The Chef

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    In a time when work is done by robots, a traditional Chinese chef is forced to train a Caucasian humanoid to cook Chinese food, but a former...

    The Chef
  • 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
  • 2000
    This Is What Democracy Looks Like

    This Is What Democracy Looks Like

    This Is What Democracy Looks Like

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    This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in November 1999, against the...

    This Is What Democracy Looks Like
  • 2009
    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

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    In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace...

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War
  • 2017
    The Lost

    The Lost

    The Lost

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    A nighttime protest downtown has escalated to require police backup for crowd control. As cop partners and a hobbyist photographer arrive late to the...

    The Lost
  • 2021
    When a City Rises

    When a City Rises

    When a City Rises

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    Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the...

    When a City Rises
  • 2024
    Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta

    Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta

    Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta

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    Why does the Mexican government consider the feminist movement a bigger threat than most drug cartels? The short documentary 'SANGRE VIOLENTA /...

    Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta
  • 2021
    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

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    “Looks at the impact key movements throughout U.S. history have had in shaping our society, laws and culture. From the labor movement of the...

    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
  • 2017
    the words i do not have yet

    the words i do not have yet

    the words i do not have yet

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    A salute to women in history who have used their bodies in protest when they haven’t been permitted to use their voices, this film reflects...

    the words i do not have yet
  • 2015
    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

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    From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who...

    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
  • 1984
    Mikel's Death

    Mikel's Death

    Mikel's Death

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    Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque...

    Mikel's Death
  • 2018
    Simón

    Simón

    Simón

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    A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.

    Simón
  • 1979
    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

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    A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

    For Twenty Cents A Day
  • 2003
    Stander

    Stander

    Stander

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    The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

    Stander
  • 2020
    Not Done: Women Remaking America

    Not Done: Women Remaking America

    Not Done: Women Remaking America

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    "Not Done: Women Remaking America" chronicles the seismic eruption of women's organizing from the 2016 election through today, and the intersectional...

    Not Done: Women Remaking America
  • 2023
    Twenty

    Twenty

    Twenty

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    Set in a speakeasy in Atlanta, “Twenty” is a feature documentary about fifteen young people making it through 2020. The film is an...

    Twenty
  • 2021
    Absent Now the Dead

    Absent Now the Dead

    Absent Now the Dead

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    The ghost of a soldier from the Trojan War travels through the ruins of the ancient world to confront a council of tyrants who make war on reason. A...

    Absent Now the Dead
  • 1995
    A Single Spark

    A Single Spark

    A Single Spark

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    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...

    A Single Spark
  • 2008
    Ashes from the Sun

    Ashes from the Sun

    Ashes from the Sun

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    Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks...

    Ashes from the Sun
  • 2019
    Like a Mighty Wave

    Like a Mighty Wave

    Like a Mighty Wave

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    On Wednesday, July 17th 2019, a heavily armed police force arrested 36 Native Hawaiian kūpuna peacefully protecting Maunakea from desecration....

    Like a Mighty Wave