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.

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

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

Filmmaker Steve York explores the controversial 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, during which c...

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

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

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...

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

The 2022 midterms are crucial for the second half of Joe Biden's presidency. The documentary shows t...

Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and p...

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out ...
Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to c...

In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary Fr...

When artist Janet Biehl fell in love with radical American philosopher Murray Bookchin in the 1980s ...

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

Hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women – indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers – demand...

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A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably b...

POLICE STATE 4 chronicles the sickening depths to which our republic has fallen. Veteran documentary...