Activism Movies

The community of Woodberry Down in Hackney rallies to save a beloved local plane tree from development.

Documentary about the 1993 "Whore Culture: A Festival of Sex Work" event in Toronto.

Activist James Richards is an icon of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. For 80 years, he has fought steadfastly to provide his community with...

A devoted group of entrepreneurs and activists believe they see the writing on the wall, and they're determined to add a new chapter.

"Some people are political just because of who you are." - Linda Tillery.

Part personal film, part call to action, Trespass! looks into the land workers and activists fighting for the universal right to access land. Through...

She Draws a Circle reflects on the work of generations of women to interrupt cycles of violence and oppression, looking to the ways in which our...

Michael Franti, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award) - artist, activist, founder...

Advertising shits in your head. London artists are taking to the streets to reclaim public spaces and challenge passerby's to think differently about...

Plantation Tragedy presents a surreal dreamscape where trees, labourers, scientists and artificial intelligence confront one another in a shared...

Documentary about Aminatou Haidar and her fight for the Sahrawi rights

"The role of the arts is to tear down what is evil and build up what is good." - Chinaka Hodge

This documentary addresses the legacy of the military dictatorship in Chile by sharing the story of young fighters killed by the Pinochet regime as a...

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Gonzalo Rucobo, co-founder and executive director of Bay Area Peacekeepers, with...

Linda and Kenya narrate their testimony about being women and living with HIV in a time where stigma, negligence and androcentricity force them to...

Many Saharawis are claiming to return to war in order to break the impasse of wainting during 40 years. However, the Sahrawi nonviolent activists...

National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its...

A collection of stories from the Sex Worker Freedom Festival that took place in Kolkata 2012.