February 2011: 20 000 people demonstrate in southern France against the shale gas licenses that have been issued in backroom deals, Meanwhile the European Parliament begins its first inquiry on the subject, From the outset, there is a split between the conservative representatives, swayed by the economic arguments in favor of fracking, and opponents invoking the precautionary principle. In areas affected by the permits, people are getting organized, building their knowledge, and taking action. Local mayors step up, issue local bylaws and relay information about the situation up to the national government. This grassroots movement makes it all the way to European-level institutions.

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out ...

A secretive hedge fund is plundering America's newspapers, and the journalists are fighting back. Ba...

Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the fir...

Following a national crisis, the citizens of Iceland rallied together to collectively write the firs...

Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who ta...

THE MAZE dissects the terror-attacks since Paris Bataclan in November 2015 and looks for common patt...

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...

Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice acti...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational mod...

Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and p...
Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to c...

“What kind of person do you think former President Park Geunhye is?” Sohn Seokhee, a journalist, giv...

POLICE STATE 4 chronicles the sickening depths to which our republic has fallen. Veteran documentary...
'Project Censored: The Movie' explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories...

As local newsrooms vanish, "News Without a Newsroom" explores journalism's uncertain future in the d...

A documentary of Turkish political history about multi-party period, Democrat Party government and t...

To promote SIAN (Stop the Islamization of Norway) racist-ivist Lars Thorsen publicly burns the Qu’ra...

A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mains...

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us ...