Tag: activism
The Singing Revolution
Estonia’s coveted position between Europe and Russia has lured wave after wave of occupiers. The nation’s darkest chapter, though, dawned in 1939 with the arrival of the Soviets. It seemed this time that the Estonian [...]
The First Amendment Project
At a time when freedom of speech has never been more important, Sundance Channel and Court TV present films from THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROJECT, a highly innovative and wildly entertaining anthology of original films that [...]
Southern Comfort
With a masterful eye for emotional detail, award-winning filmmaker Kate Davis takes us to the back hills of Georgia and into the world of Robert Eads, a 52-year-old wise-cracking cowboy, warm and gregarious, who was born female and later transitioned into living as a man after bearing two sons. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Uplifting and courageous, this dramatic seven-time award-winning film by Zach Niles and Banker White tracks the journey of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars — a group of six musicians who formed a band after being displaced from their home during the brutal decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone — as they rise from the ashes of war and inspire a nation to believe in the healing power of music.
Sir! No Sir!
Easily the most timely and resonant film about the soldiers on the front lines of antiwar resistance, the award-winning breakout theatrical hit SIR! NO SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men [...]
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping
Americans, according to Reverend Billy, lead fake lives: we gobble up the mono-culture peddled by transnational conglomerates; we buy whatever stores sell us; and, consequently, we live consumerist fictions.
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
This explosive film reopens the case on America’s most “celebrated” death row inmate, fearlessly exposing a broken justice system that has confined Mumia Abu-Jamal to prison for over 25 years. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL: A CASE FOR [...]
Michael Moore - Awful Truth, The: Seasons One & Two
From acclaimed filmmaker and author Michael Moore comes THE AWFUL TRUTH, the most daring documentary show to hit the American public since Moore’s own TV Nation. Now, for the first time, this Emmy nominated series [...]
Michael Moore - The Awful Truth: The Complete First Season
From the acclaimed filmmaker who brought you Roger & Me comes the most daring documentary show to hit the American Public since Moore’s TV Nation: THE AWFUL TRUTH Michael Moore, hailed by the New York [...]