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99% Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film An engrossing behind the scenes look into the history of the Occupy Wall Street Movement: its key participants, struggles and impact on our present life and future.
The Life Ahead of Us: Another Face of Immigration In the 60s and 70s, France's booming economy led to a labor shortage, ending the coal mines' golden era. Officer Félix Mora recruited 80,000 Moroccan men for low-wage, dangerous work. Many settled in France, becoming citizens. This film offers a nuanced view of immigration.
Food, Inc. 2 Come back for seconds to explore the urgent challenges and potential solutions to our increasingly vulnerable food system in 'FOOD, INC. 2', a sequel that digs deeper into food corporate consolidation and its unchecked impacts on our planet and health.
The Chocolate War Twenty years ago, the world's biggest chocolate giants signed an agreement to work toward abolishing child slavery. However, frequent reports show that the issue remains to this day
$avvy $avvy explores why it’s critical for women to understand and take control of their personal finances.
Exile To The Wild West Exile to the Far West is a story of solitude and hope set in a frozen land.
Apples and Oranges The wild story of the Kibbutz Volunteer Movement in the State of Israel: an euphoric ideological romance which ended in a bitter divorce.
Kinderland The tale of a century-old rivalry between two progressive Jewish summer camps and their attempt at a newfound alliance, inspiring unity within today’s divided world.
On the Line Every year, over 100,000 Mexicans living in the USA are deported. Many have grown up in America. Some can’t even speak Spanish. In a matter of days they are torn away from their loved ones and escorted across the border. Unable to return home or appeal their deportation.
The Big Scary “S” Word THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today
Our Defeats Nowadays in France, a group of teenagers reenact iconic films from the 1968’s era. While barely able to define neither political commitment nor the idea of revolution at first, they gradually realize that the perspectives from the past still echo in our present politics
Into Our Hands When their lingerie factory goes bankrupt, the employees—mostly women—attempt to take it over by forming a cooperative. Their little enterprise becomes a theater where, in an impish tone, fundamental economic and social issues are played out amidst the bras and panties
The Boy Factory The Boy Factory follows several classes of teens at technical colleges in remote regions of France as they train to become foundry workers and mechanics in the hopes of securing a better future for themselves and their families
Thanks Boss! Since their factory that had made suits for Kenzo (LVMH) was relocated abroad, the Klurs family is unemployed and in debt. That’s when François Ruffin knocks on their door, to pull one over on Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH and France’s richest man
Coal Money On the coal road linking the Shanxi mines with the large port of Tianjin, in northern China, the drivers of 100-ton trucks shuttle endlessly to and fro, day and night. On the roadside: prostitutes, cops, petty racketeers, garage owners, mechanics
Backwards The refugee crisis encapsulated in a single night: a crowd of people wait in front of the immigration office for the tiny chance that they'll be granted a refugee status
One More Dead Fish Six Canadian fishermen, who practice sustainable handline fishing, go from 'rednecks' to radicals when they seize a government building to fight corporate globalization and environmental destruction
The Rescue List In a hidden safehouse in Ghana, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help
Varvilla An illustration of a small mountain cooperative community at 1000 meters elevation
China Reverse The economy of diaspora. China Reverse is the story of the Chinese community in Vienna and their relationship with their homelands
Kick Out Your Boss A look at alternatives to Late Stage Capitalism
DOLORES Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...
Burning Out Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system.
Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
Last Harvest After years of preparation, the Xus leave their home in the darkness one morning, taken by bus to a townhouse complex hundreds of kilometers away. But will their new life be a better life?
Food Chains Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.
We’re Not Broke When will corporations be made to pay their fair share?
Long Distance Love What are the personal consequences of migrant work? 3500km stand between Alisher and his wife: can their love bridge the gap?
Iron Crows Chittagong is a small port city of southern Bangladesh. Everyday some 20,000 people there risk their lives for an average wage of $2 a day.
Char… the No Man’s Island Rubel is a fourteen year old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh, crossing the river Ganga which acts as an international border between the two countries.
A River Changes Course Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.
All that Glitters Examining the unfamiliarity of capitalism and democracy when introduced to a former Soviet country, where people who were never given autonomy are suddenly expected to make their own financial and political decisions.
The Tale of Nicolai and the Law of Return With humor, irony and the unconventional fusion of different genre styles, the film tells the story of a Romanian worker who realizes his Jewish roots can change his life.