Protest Movies

  • 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
  • 2017
    The Lost

    The Lost

    The Lost

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    A nighttime protest downtown has escalated to require police backup for crowd control. As cop partners and a hobbyist photographer arrive late to the...

    The Lost
  • 2015
    Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory

    Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory

    Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory

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    In the Fusion documentary Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory, we turn to the residents of St. Louis County to tell us what it’s like to...

    Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory
  • 1931
    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

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    In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

    Tokyo Chorus
  • 2025
    Under the Grey Sky

    Under the Grey Sky

    Under the Grey Sky

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    Based on true events, a Belarusian journalist is arrested after covertly livestreaming brutal government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators...

    Under the Grey Sky
  • 2016
    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack

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    BBC Three examines an upsurge in Islamophobia in America, meeting both Texan anti-Islam groups and American Muslims. Award-winning director and...

    United States of Hate: Muslims Under Attack
  • 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
  • 2015
    Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot

    Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot

    Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot

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    Twenty-five years after the biggest riot in British penal history, this film brings together the ringleaders of the trouble with the prison guards...

    Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot
  • 1970
    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

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    A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

    Primavera Lacrimógena
  • 2008
    Ashes from the Sun

    Ashes from the Sun

    Ashes from the Sun

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    Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks...

    Ashes from the Sun
  • 2011
    Black Block

    Black Block

    Black Block

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    Genoa 2001: As the G8 Summit drew to a close and the press and politicians departed, 300 riot police stormed the Diaz School looking for members of...

    Black Block
  • 2012
    Two Doors

    Two Doors

    Two Doors

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    The documentary Two Doors traces the Yongsan Tragedy of 2009, which took the lives of five evictees and one police SWAT unit member. Left with no...

    Two Doors
  • 2022
    Don't Be Afraid

    Don't Be Afraid

    Don't Be Afraid

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    Don't Be Afraid is a short film about protests. A father Hank (Ben Cable) and his son Ben (Cristopher Michael Rose) have a heart-to-heart talk about...

    Don't Be Afraid
  • 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
  • 1959
    Yu Gwan-Sun

    Yu Gwan-Sun

    Yu Gwan-Sun

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    This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence...

    Yu Gwan-Sun
  • 2020
    A Response to Your Message

    A Response to Your Message

    A Response to Your Message

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    A personal reflection on 2020's Black Lives Matter protests.

    A Response to Your Message
  • 1998
    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

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    This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle...

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
  • 2002
    The Cordon

    The Cordon

    The Cordon

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    Yugoslavian filmmaker Goran Markovic directs the psychological drama The Cordon. Set in Belgrade over Easter weekend in 1997, the film involves a...

    The Cordon
  • 2018
    Kinshasa Makambo

    Kinshasa Makambo

    Kinshasa Makambo

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    Christian, Ben and Jean-Marie are fighting for political change of power and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

    Kinshasa Makambo
  • 2010
    Standing Army

    Standing Army

    Standing Army

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    Standing Army, directed by Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi, is an award-winning documentary film about the global network of U.S. military bases, the...

    Standing Army