Political Activist Movies

  • 2000
    One Hundred Steps

    One Hundred Steps

    One Hundred Steps

    7.82000HD

    Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps...

    One Hundred Steps
  • 2022
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    7.1782022HD

    The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography,...

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  • 2012
    11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

    11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

    11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

    5.22012HD

    On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of...

    11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
  • 2023
    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    6.72023HD

    Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for...

    Bobi Wine: The People's President
  • 1973
    Coup d'Etat

    Coup d'Etat

    Coup d'Etat

    6.41973HD

    A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

    Coup d'Etat
  • 1975
    Mahogany

    Mahogany

    Mahogany

    5.81975HD

    An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her...

    Mahogany
  • 2005
    Trudell

    Trudell

    Trudell

    5.42005HD

    A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.

    Trudell
  • 2022
    Simone: Woman of the Century

    Simone: Woman of the Century

    Simone: Woman of the Century

    7.92022HD

    Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic...

    Simone: Woman of the Century
  • 2013
    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    102013HD

    The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • 1982
    The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

    91982HD

    An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims...

    The Ambush Murders
  • 2017
    Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

    Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

    Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

    7.52017HD

    In 2017, twenty years after the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, young people, more politicized than any previous generation and proud...

    Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation
  • 2008
    In Prison My Whole Life

    In Prison My Whole Life

    In Prison My Whole Life

    02008HD

    William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart...

    In Prison My Whole Life
  • 2011
    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    7.62011HD

    Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
  • 2010
    Princess Kaiulani

    Princess Kaiulani

    Princess Kaiulani

    5.72010HD

    Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American...

    Princess Kaiulani
  • 1976
    Gloria Mundi

    Gloria Mundi

    Gloria Mundi

    4.21976HD

    An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband,...

    Gloria Mundi
  • 2012
    Days After n Coming

    Days After n Coming

    Days After n Coming

    62012HD

    Hong Kong's high-speed rail link, the demolition of Choi Yuen Village, the impending budget and the influence of the global Occupy movement are at...

    Days After n Coming
  • 2018
    Seeing Allred

    Seeing Allred

    Seeing Allred

    6.72018HD

    Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist...

    Seeing Allred
  • 2018
    Last Exit to Kai Tak

    Last Exit to Kai Tak

    Last Exit to Kai Tak

    02018HD

    In the aftermath of 2014's Umbrella Revolution, five Hong Kong activists are confronted with the question of what it means to be Hong Kongers.

    Last Exit to Kai Tak
  • 2023
    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    6.52023HD

    Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now...

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
  • 2014
    Lessons in Dissent

    Lessons in Dissent

    Lessons in Dissent

    02014HD

    A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to...

    Lessons in Dissent