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Kanopy
81
7.5
/9067/
72
/381/
71
/153/
4.2
/60774/
95
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64
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/34/

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
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fuboTV
80
7.6
/3433/
75
/184/
76
/49/
3.8
/7402/
99
/88/
87
/11/
76
/20/
cc age 15+

Nothing Compares (2022)
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
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Netflix
77
7.3
/1723/
75
/99/
72
/54/
3.6
/1711/
93
/14/
84
/13/
72
/9/
cc age 14+

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China’s most notorious dissidents.
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Kanopy
80
74
7.5
/4585/
77
/162/
70
/81/
3.7
/4381/
98
/81/
87
/119/
81
/28/

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.
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Kanopy
68
6.7
/808/
65
/42/
71
/30/
3.4
/335/
81
/32/
56
/7/
61
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The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts designed to draw awareness to the issue of climate change.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/1952/
56
/122/
64
/42/
3.3
/464/
82
/33/
72
/33/
63
/8/
cc age 13+

Noble (2014)
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
poster
75
49
7.5
/1765/
75
/78/
74
/32/
3.8
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Do Not Split (2020)
The story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protestors that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
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Hoopla
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48
6.2
/6185/
61
/89/
62
/40/
3.1
/1403/
57
/7/
50
/78/

Aarakshan (2011)
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
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85
43
8.5
/1519/
84
/44/
83
/31/
4.1
/2095/
94
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Revolution of Our Times (2021)
Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition bill was introduced that would allow Hongkongers to be tried in mainland China. This decision spurred massive protests, riots, and resistance against heavy-handed Chinese rule over the City-State. Award-winning director Kiwi Chow documents the events to tell the story of the movement, with both a macro view of its historical context and footage and interviews from protestors on the front lines.
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Kanopy
80
39
7.3
/837/
80
/61/
73
/55/
3.8
/4363/
100
/5/

The Monopoly of Violence (2020)
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In this documentary, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.
poster
38
5.0
/694/
53
/20/
28
/10/
3.2
/207/
17
/6/
45
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Drop Squad (1994)
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
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Kanopy
79
36
7.4
/671/
79
/51/
64
/10/
3.6
/353/
100
/7/
85
/22/

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home (2012)
Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable and enormously moving stories of Olympic athletes, Harvard attorneys, accomplished musicians, scholars. We found poverty, drugs and mental illness, of course - but more importantly we found life, hope and incredibly powerful human journeys.
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66
30
6.3
/544/
76
/19/
57
/11/
3.7
/1347/
65
/2066/

Emma Mae (1976)
A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social injustices of the big city.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
28
7.1
/1205/
70
/39/
66
/16/
3.3
/401/
78
/27/
cc age 13+

Boycott (2001)
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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71
27
7.3
/955/
64
/30/
70
/20/
78
/17/

Freedom Downtime (2001)
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
poster
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7.2
/55/
56
/3/
10
/1/
3.4
/637/

Sugar Island (2025)
An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields.
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Netflix
70
11
6.8
/284/
73
/11/
68
/6/
3.6
/523/

Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.
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61
11
6.2
/502/
60
/20/
63
/6/
3.1
/524/

Nimir (2018)
An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed with revenge.
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50
/1/

Afterwards, (2025)
Two independent stories - one from 2014 and the other from 2019 - are placed together, allowing us to look back at the Umbrella Movement and the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement, which are considered to be pivotal moments in Hong Kong's pro-democracy activism.
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?
60
/1/

Be Water (2020)
The documentary “Be Water” records the clash in West Kowloon on 20th October, 2019. Police issued objection notice to the march protest organised by Civil Human Rights Front. The march eventually turns into a clash. Protestors flowed like water, disperse and re-assemble while contending the police.
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50
/1/

The Time of the Individual (2019)
Documentary "The Time of the Individual" records records the 7.7 demonstration at Tsim Sha Tsui. To say NO to the Extradition Bill (which is a mechanism for transferring fugitive to Mainland China), Hong Kong protester flooded the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui on July 7 2019. Youngsters use their “own ways” to delivery to mainland travelers the demand of democracy. This shows another peaceful side of the protest as not shown on traditional medias.
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?
60
/1/

Pactes de silenci (2018)
Due to the increasing privatization of basic public services in Spain, companies such as BB Serveis are accused of misappropriating several million euros of public money intended to finance care for the elderly and other dependent persons.
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?
60
/1/

21 years after (2010)
This is the first referendum held in Hong Kong and probably the last. Some people want to grasp the chance to directly participate in the democratic process. They try in various ways to push for greater democracy in society so that the people can become emancipated.
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?
80
/1/

Placebo: Alt.Russia (2016)
As the band Placebo approach their 20th Anniversary they were given a unique opportunity to play ten cities throughout Russia. In a time when Russia was at the forefront of the world’s current affairs, little was actually reported outside Russia about the internal culture of the country. Fronted by Placebo’s Stefan Olsdal, the film explores the alternative cultures that are present within Russia’s major cities. As the tour travelled through the country the band went out and met various artists, architects, animators and musicians, finding out about the alternative creative culture and celebrating all they have to offer. From Krasnoyarsk in Siberia to St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, Placebo: Alt.Russia takes you on the band’s journey through Russia, meeting great characters on the way, investigating the alternative culture in Russia, and taking in the raw emotions of Placebo’s powerful concerts.
poster
?
82
/4/

Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin (2023)
Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews with the group’s members.
poster
?
8.2
/74/
10
/1/

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 (2014)
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.
poster
?
7.9
/12/

Devang (2016)
A first of its kind crime based thriller in Gujarati
poster
68
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7.6
/127/
66
/3/
62
/4/

In the Shadow of the Sun (2012)
It is not easy to be an albino in Tanzania. White skin is distinguishable and it burns quickly under the African sun. However, the constant fear is by far the worst part. According to local superstition, albino body parts bring wealth and luck; hence witch doctors pay generously for a leg or an arm.
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?
60
/1/

Not One Less (2020)
The documentary “Not One Less” records the clash in Hong Kong Island on 31st August, 2019, and the assembly on Mid-Autumn festival night supporting protestors in custody. The protests initiated by the "Extradition Bill" has continued for more than 100 days. In this period, over 1000 citizens were arrested, a number of people committed suicide, and there are rumors that some protestors are missing. In the clash scene, protestors strive to protect their comrades from being isolated. After the clash, they still care about their comrades in custody. On the mid-autumn festival night, they sang loudly outside the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, to let their comrades know that they were not abandoned.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
?
7.0
/191/
72
/8/
60
/4/
3.4
/470/

Punk Rock Vegan Movie (2023)
The ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights and how the music became a breeding ground for vegan activism.
poster
?
6.4
/12/
80
/1/

La Bataille de l'Eau Noire (2015)
N/A
poster
fuboTV
?
70
/1/

The March on Washington - Keepers of the Dream (2021)
On the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, activists joined at the Lincoln Memorial for the 2020 March on Washington event.
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?
100
/1/

Ghumya
After his father's sudden death, 'Balu', a reticent, tries to survive in his day to day life..
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?
6.7
/15/
70
/2/
30
/3/

Spain: A Country Divided (2022)
Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish civil war (1936-39) and Franco's dictatorship (1939-75) caused in their day no longer serves to explain the impassable abyss of incomprehension and hatred that the abject policies and radical positions adopted by both the right and the left in recent decades have opened up before the citizens of a country that is barely known beyond hackneyed cultural clichés.
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?
60
/1/

Days After n Coming (2012)
Hong Kong's high-speed rail link, the demolition of Choi Yuen Village, the impending budget and the influence of the global Occupy movement are at the centre of independent filmmaker Lo's timely measure of the city's pulse. Ostensibly the third entry in a trilogy that began with 21 years after. (2010) and to be continued (2010), which also captured public reaction to watershed moments in Hong Kong's political life since 2009. The documentary was built upon the material used in its previous installment (to be continued, 46 minutes). It disproves the notion of a passive Hong Kong in a chronicle of a generation poised for massive social change.
poster
?
10
/1/

Windflowers (1968)
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.
poster
?
8.6
/9/
90
/1/
80
/1/

Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella (2018)
The film charts the origins of the Umbrella Movement through the eyes of the activists and ordinary people who made it happen. From the June 4th Candlelit Vigil until September 28th, this documentary puts us at the heart of the action, allowing us to experiencing the highs and lows of that remarkable summer, when Hong Kong witnessed a "blossoming of democracy."
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Kanopy
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6.6
/36/
67
/3/

The Brave Class (2017)
Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activist actions, and artistic interventions, they analyze the importance of language in the way we understand the world. The documentary includes analysis from more than 20 international experts and leaders in the fields of political communication and information.
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Kanopy
?
8.3
/41/
80
/1/

Paper City (2021)
Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continuing until morning, the raid left more than 100,000 people dead and a quarter of the city eradicated. Unlike their loved ones, Hiroshi Hoshino, Michiko Kiyooka and Minoru Tsukiyama managed to emerge from the bombings. Now in their twilight years, they wish for nothing more than recognition and reparations for those who, like them, had been indelibly harmed by the war – but the Japanese government and even their fellow citizens seem disinclined to acknowledge the past.
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?
60
/1/

Trial and Error (2020)
This Anti-ELAB (Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill) Movement documentary short takes us back to the airport occupation on 12 August 2019. Although this new form of protest soon turned into a crisis, it became an important lesson for the protesters. Compared to the tension inside the airport terminal, the long walk home at sunset on the Lantau highway, which connects the Hong Kong International Airport to the residential areas, felt like a reminiscence of a school field trip.
poster
?
80
/1/

Les Champs de la colère (2017)
N/A
poster
?
9.1
/17/
100
/1/

Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter (2021)
BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues were addressed at the basis of the United Nations.
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?
6.9
/9/

Raise The Umbrellas (2016)
Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified. Repeatedly the target of censorship*, Raise the Umbrellas traces the lineage of the massive Hong Kong protest to the global Occupy movement, 1989 Tiananmen, and its democratic struggles since British colonial days. Highlights range from the Umbrella Movement’s eco-awareness and its burgeoning aspiration for independence, to its empowerment of women -- “umbrella mothers” -- and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ iconic artists. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Umbrellas includes anti-Occupy views that lay bare the sheer political risk for post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal-suffragist striving to define its autonomy within China.
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Kanopy
74
?
7.8
/165/
63
/14/
65
/2/
93
/4/

A Good Day to Die (2010)
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.
poster
?
6.6
/6/
70
/1/

We Have Boots (2020)
The Umbrella Movement of 2014, also known as the Occupy Movement, paved the way for Hong Kong’s current upheavals, but unfolded in significantly different ways. This creative documentary focuses on the intellectual, political, and discursive underpinnings of the social and political actions of 2014, before fast-forwarding to 2019. A range of thoughtful and engaged intellectuals, students, scholars, activists, and artists including Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man, Ray Wong, and Agnes Chow (many of whom are facing imprisonment for their democratic activism) articulate a range of philosophies, viewpoints and emotions, set against Hong Kong’s spectacular urban background of skyscrapers, night lights, and street-occupying mass movements.
poster
?
7.0
/5/
40
/1/
60
/1/

Comrades (2020)
Young people are protesting on the streets of Hong Kong in order to bring about change. Air soaked with tear gas, the dark uniforms and loud commands of the police officers in the colourful umbrella sea of the protesters. In the midst of the action, the film documents a brand new protest movement.
poster
?
8.9
/12/
80
/1/

If We Burn (2023)
Hundreds of thousands − perhaps even millions − of protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since early June. Sparked initially by the government's plans for a controversial extradition bill, the movement has now transformed into a broader push for greater freedoms and democracy, with anger over police brutality fuelling a cycle of violence. The protests are Hong Kong's biggest challenge to Beijing since its return to China in 1997. If We Burn looks at the movement through the eyes of Hong Kongers whose fates, like their city's future, now hang in the balance.
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10
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Nyaya Tharasu (1989)
A remarkable tale of a remarkable woman, who puts her commitment to social activism above everything else, including her own love for an adoring man.


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