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MLK/FBI

Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director: Sam Pollard

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 106 min.

Year of production: 2020

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Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

A rare 360 degree portrait, Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops follows two police officers with the San Antonio Texas Police Department who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment, one emergency call at a time

Director: Jenifer McShane

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 96/25 min.

Year of production: 2019

Activism Health Human Rights Law and Justice Mental Health

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Bending the Arc

In the 1980s, three young people barely out of their teens began a movement that would change global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.

Director: Kief Davidson | Pedro Kos

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 102 min.

Year of production: 2017

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Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul

Isis, Tomorrow traces the months of war through the voices of the children of militiamen trained to become suicide bombers, but also of their victims and those who fought them.

Director: Francesca Mannocchi | Alessio Romenzi

Language: Arabic (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 80 min.

Year of production: 2018

Conflicts Current Affairs Education Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Middle Eastern Studies Military Personal Story Politics Society War

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My Name Is Happy

Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya’s journey from Turkey’s Got Talent star to shooting survivor fighting for justice against femicide. The documentary highlights her resilience as she heals, finds strength in her family, and empowers women through music and activism.

Director: Ayşe Toprak | Nick Read

Language: Turkish (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 82 min.

Year of production: 2022

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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...

Director: Peter Bratt

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 96 min.

Year of production: 2017

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Silas

A portrait of the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.

Director: Anjali Nayar | Hawa Essuman

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 80 min.

Year of production: 2017

African Cinema and Culture Ecology, Environment Personal Story Politics

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Unseen Enemy

Examining the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza and Zika, Unseen Enemy makes it clear that epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, and that their effect goes far beyond the terrible tolls of sickness and death.

Director: Janet Tobias

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 91 min.

Year of production: 2017

Activism Current Affairs Education Globalization Health Investigative Journalism Society Technology

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The Freedom To Marry

The epic and surprising story of same sex marriage in America; the most successful - and perhaps most inspiring - civil rights movement of our time

Director: Eddie Rosenstein

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 86 min.

Year of production: 2016

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Do Not Resist

DO NOT RESIST is an urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States.

Director: Craig Atkinson

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 72 min.

Year of production: 2016

Activism Conflicts Crime Current Affairs Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Military Politics Society Urbanism

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The Defenders

After speaking out on his torture, Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi faces arrest on his honeymoon, igniting a campaign to save him from extradition. The story follows his rescue led by Australian activists, pitting justice against political and royal pressures.

Director: Matthew Bate

Language: Arabic, English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 81 min.

Year of production: 2023

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The Look of Silence

In this highly-anticipated companion to The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer offers another haunting look at the Indonesian genocide, this time from the perspective of the victims.

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Language: Indonesian, Javanese (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 99 min.

Year of production: 2014

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DRAW FOR CHANGE! (Series)

Six female cartoonists from Mexico to Syria defy censorship with powerful satire on social justice, facing threats and violence. Their stories of resilience, filmed by top female directors, showcase art’s role in activism and the unbreakable drive for truth.

Director: Alisar Hasan | Alaa Amer | Nada Riyadh | Anna Moiseenko | Sama Pana

Language: Arabic, English, Russian (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 4 x 54 min.

Year of production: 2023

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Tempestad

The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.

Director: Tatiana Huezo

Language: Spanish (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 105 min.

Year of production: 2016

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Kamay

The story of a Hazara family’s fight for their civil rights and truth regarding their daughter’s death, becomes a race for their lives under the advancing Taliban

Director: Ilyas Yourish

Language: Persian (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 107 min.

Year of production: 2024

Asian Studies Conflicts Education Human Rights Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics War Women Youth

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Half the Sky

Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Director: Maro Chermayeff

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 240 min.

Year of production: 2012

Activism African Cinema and Culture Business Current Affairs Education Gender Human Rights Labor Politics Poverty Women

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Winnie

This is the story of Winnie Madikizela Mandela, one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures

Director: Pascale Lamche

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 84 min.

Year of production: 2017

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Hawar, Our Banished Children

After surviving Daesh captivity and forced to abandon her child, Ana becomes the first Yazidi woman to break the silence. In secret, she journeys across Kurdistan to reunite with Marya, the daughter her community rejects as a “Daesh bastard.”

Director: Pascale Bourgaux

Language: Arabic, English, Kurdish (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 74 min.

Year of production: 2023

Conflicts Gender Human Rights Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Religion and Spirituality War Women

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