Protest Movies

  • 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
  • 1970
    A Long Way From Heaven: The Rainbow Y Story

    A Long Way From Heaven: The Rainbow Y Story

    A Long Way From Heaven: The Rainbow Y Story

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    The true story of the students of Brigham Young University's queer underground, as they lit the school's iconic "Y" in rainbow colors. But, A Long...

    A Long Way From Heaven: The Rainbow Y Story
  • 2005
    Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

    Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

    Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

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    This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family...

    Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
  • 2007
    Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

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    Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although...

    Battle in Seattle
  • 1969
    The Confrontation

    The Confrontation

    The Confrontation

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    In post-WWII Hungary, a group of Communist college students arrive at a Catholic seminary hoping to engage in peaceful debate with its students.

    The Confrontation
  • 2012
    Polluting Paradise

    Polluting Paradise

    Polluting Paradise

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    Villagers in Turkey's Black Sea village of Camburnu struggle with the government's decision to turn their community into a garbage dump.

    Polluting Paradise
  • 1976
    From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

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    This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely...

    From Spikes to Spindles
  • 2024
    The New Year That Never Came

    The New Year That Never Came

    The New Year That Never Came

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    On the brink of counter-revolution in 1989 Romania, six lives intersect amidst protests and personal struggles, leading to the explosive fall of...

    The New Year That Never Came
  • 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
  • 2020
    Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

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    On a winter evening in 1979, the arrest of anti-government protesters is underway. The city is under curfew, but a teenage student, out of curiosity,...

    Undercurrent
  • 2022
    Tear It Down

    Tear It Down

    Tear It Down

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    In an insurrectionary climate, four twenty-year-old friends talk about politics. As a big protest looms, one of them, Clara, has to write a college...

    Tear It Down
  • 2006
    Wedding Wars

    Wedding Wars

    Wedding Wars

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    In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is...

    Wedding Wars
  • 2009
    South of the Border

    South of the Border

    South of the Border

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    A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America...

    South of the Border
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

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    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2011
    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

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    An in-depth look at the early 2011 crisis for public sector unions in Wisconsin, and why it matters in Alberta.

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta
  • 2017
    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

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    Black Snake Killaz is a feature-length documentary film about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. This film explores actions taken by water...

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY
  • 2008
    Black Power Salute

    Black Power Salute

    Black Power Salute

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    A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event...

    Black Power Salute