1. Freedom Downtime
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
2. Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin (Pussy Riot, rage against Poutine)
Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews with the group’s members.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Beyond Barricades
Beyond Barricades is a documentary on political punk band Anti-Flag, featuring interviews with Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker & More. The film explores the trials and tribulations of playing politically charged music and devoting your life to activism.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. Ruralista: você não nos alimenta e não nos representa! (Ruralista: você não nos alimenta e não nos representa!)
(Ruralista: você não nos alimenta e não nos representa!)
5. LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
6. Two Pandemics
Seven Asian-Americans discuss their experiences with racism and the spike in Asian-directed hate crimes as a result of COVID-19.
7. Luz in Latin America (Luz en Latinoamérica)
The inspiring account on international bodyboarding star Luz 'Loly' Grande - a young woman on a personal mission to make bodyboarding a means to improve the lives of disadvantaged children in Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru.
8. The Monopoly of Violence (Un pays qui se tient sage)
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In this documentary, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
9. Oproerkraaiers (Oproerkraaiers)
(Oproerkraaiers)
10. La Bataille de l'Eau Noire (La Bataille de l'Eau Noire)
(La Bataille de l'Eau Noire)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Pactes de silenci (Pactes de silenci)
Due to the increasing privatization of basic public services in Spain, companies such as BB Serveis are accused of misappropriating several million euros of public money intended to finance care for the elderly and other dependent persons.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. The Yes Men Are Revolting
Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts designed to draw awareness to the issue of climate change.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
13. Lessons in Dissent
A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to stopping the introduction of National Education. Whilst former classmate Ma Jai fights against political oppression on the streets and in the courts. Catapulting the viewer on to the streets of Hong Kong and into the heart of the action. The viewer is confronted with Hong Kong's oppressive heat, stifling humidity and air thick with dissent. Filmed over 18 months this is a kaleidoscopic, visceral experience of their epic struggle.
14. Nothing Compares
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
It has an average vote of 7.875 on TMDB.
15. The Brave Class (Clase valiente)
Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activist actions, and artistic interventions, they analyze the importance of language in the way we understand the world. The documentary includes analysis from more than 20 international experts and leaders in the fields of political communication and information.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
16. Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter (Bertha Lutz: A Mulher a Carta da ONU)
BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues were addressed at the basis of the United Nations.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Tunnel Vision
The extraordinary story of the Melbourne community campaign that put a stop to the $18billion East Wast toll road link.
19. Gureombi, The Wind is Blowing (구럼비-바람이 분다)
The story of the ancient and sacred Gureombi Rock. The story of the people of Gangjeong Village who rise up against the construction of a US/Korea Naval base on their holy and precious land. The winds of peace, like the winds of Jeju Island, are blowing.
20. Spain: A Country Divided (España, un país dividido)
Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish civil war and Franco's dictatorship caused in their day no longer serves to explain the impassable abyss of incomprehension and hatred that the abject policies and radical positions adopted by both the right and the left in recent decades have opened up before the citizens of a country that is barely known beyond hackneyed cultural clichés.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.