Directed by Myriam Fougère • 2012 • Canada • 63'

A parallel, lesbian-feminist revolution was born out of the women’s and civil rights movements of the 60’s and 70’s. Filmmaker Myriam Fougère’s takes us on a road trip through the United States and Canada as she revisits the activists of the time ...

Directed by Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle • 2016 • United States • 72'

Riding at night through streets deemed dangerous in Eastside Los Angeles, the Ovarian Psycos use their bicycles to confront the violence in their lives. At the helm of the crew is founder Xela de la X, a single ...

Maria Luisa Gambale & Gloria Bremer • United States - Senegal • 2011 • 60'

Rapper, singer and activist, Sister Fa is a hero to young women in Senegal and an unstoppable force for social change. A childhood victim of female genital cutting (FGC), she decided to tackle the issue by starting a gras...

Directed by Iara Lee ∙ 2017 ∙ Burkina Faso - United States ∙ 72'

BURKINABÈ RISING: THE ART OF RESISTANCE IN BURKINA FASO showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso. A small, landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists and engaged citize...

Directed by Nishtha Jain ∙ 2012 ∙ Norway - India - Denmark ∙ 96'

Nishtha Jain's fierce documentary follows the true story of activist Sampat Pal and the legendary women's vigilante group known as the Gulabi Gang. Never without a healthy dose of humour, this is a deeply humane film that is truly...

Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston ∙ 2013 ∙ USA - Canada - Honduras ∙ 40'

Could a remote hospital that runs on solar panels, in a community without paved roads or electricity, provide a global model for health care? Since arriving in Honduras in 1797, the Garifuna people have struggled against exclu...

Directed by Avi Lewis ∙ 2004 ∙ Canada ∙ 87'

THE TAKE is a powerful manifesto to the power of ordinary people to come together and achieve extraordinary things. This documentary opens in suburban Buenos Aires, where thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleep...

Directed by Robert Alstead ∙ 2007 ∙ Canada ∙ 80'

Cyclists are changing the face of Vancouver, a city that has become renowned for the party spirit of its Critical Mass bike rides that attract all types of cyclists.

YOU NEVER BIKE ALONE charts the development of Critical Mass rides in Vancouver—...

Directed by Greg Elmer and Andy Opel ∙ 2014 ∙ Canada - France - United States ∙ 41'

The creative commons documentary PREEMPTING DISSENT builds upon the book of the same name written by Greg Elmer and Andy Opel. The film is a culmination of a collaborative process of soliciting, collecting and ed...

Directed by S. Leo Chiang & Johnny Symons ∙ 2015 ∙ United States ∙ 75'

As leader of the world’s only LGBTQ+ political party, Bemz Benedito dreams of being the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. But in a predominantly Catholic nation, rallying for LGBTQ+ representation in the ha...

Directed by Fahim Alam ∙ 2013 ∙ United Kingdom ∙ 60'

RIOTS REFRAMED takes the viewer through a journey that begins in Tottenham, London—where 29-year old Mark Duggan was shot dead by police in 2011—and spirals out to a broader and deeper look into the role of police, power, racism, government, p...

Directed by Igor Bezinovíc ∙ 2012 ∙ Croatia ∙ 93'

THE BLOCKADE portrays the largest, longest and most politically significant student protest in Croatia since 1971, which started in April 2009 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. Offering a unique view fr...

Directed by Set Hernandez Rongkilyo ∙ 2019 ∙ USA ∙ 24'

COVER/AGE examines the lack of healthcare access for undocumented immigrants in California, and how two undocumented individuals are advocating to fight this exclusion. One protagonist is Emma, an elderly Philipina caregiver, who has spent o...

Directed by Amie Williams ∙ 2012 ∙ United States ∙ 105'

WE ARE WISCONSIN is a feature documentary that follows the day-to-day unfolding of public outcry against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial budget-repair bill, focusing on the human story behind a remarkable popular uprising fo...

Directed by Sarah Barton • 2017 • Australia • 85'

DEFIANT LIVES is a triumphant film that traces the origins of the worldwide disability rights movement. It tells the stories of the individuals who bravely put their lives on the line to create a better world where everyone is valued and can part...

Directed by Jim Hubbard ∙ 2012 ∙ United States ∙ 90'

UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage and interviews that put the audience on the ground with the activists of the ACT UP Oral History Project. Filmmaker John Hubba...

Directed by Emily James ∙ 2011 ∙ United Kingdom ∙ 90'

JUST DO IT lifts the lid on climate activism and the daring troublemakers who have crossed the line to become modern-day outlaws. Documented over the course of a year, Emily James’ film follows these activists as they blockade factories, atta...

Directed by Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick ∙ 2014 ∙ United States ∙ 84'

In THE HAND THAT FEEDS, shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez unites a group of undocumented immigrant co-workers to fight the abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain. The epic power struggle that ensues turns a...

Directed by Dean Spade ∙ 2015 ∙ United States ∙ 56'

"Pinkwashing" is a term activists have coined for when countries engaged in terrible human rights violations promote themselves as "gay friendly" to improve their public image. Israel is the country most famous for this strategy, having initia...

Directed by Velcrow Ripper ∙ 2012 ∙ Canada ∙ 95'

From the Arab Spring to the European Summer, from the Occupy Movement to the global climate justice movement, a profound shift is taking place: humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with heal...

Directed by Zahra Moloo ∙ 2014 ∙ Kenya ∙ 15'

Tanzania is one of the largest gold producers in Africa, with multinational mining companies from London, Dubai and Toronto operating all across the country. But as these companies turn greater profits and Tanzania becomes a major investment destinat...

Directed by Megan Rossman • United States • 2018 • 61'

Founded in the 1970s in a New York City apartment, The Lesbian Herstory Archives is now the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. For more than 40 years, the all-volunteer organization has striven to combat lesbian i...

Directed by Karol Orzechowski ∙ 2012 ∙ Canada ∙ 90'

MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE examines an animal-human experiment intended to find the highest dose of a chemical that, when administered to a group of test subjects in a clinical trial, does not result in a fatality due to short-term toxicity.

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