Protest Movies

In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had been arrested by Iran’s religious police, accused...

A documentary chronicling the "youth movement" of the late '60s on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district.

In a time when work is done by robots, a traditional Chinese chef is forced to train a Caucasian humanoid to cook Chinese food, but a former...

A young woman in Stalin's Russia faces a life-or-death choice after carrying out a daring act of protest.

A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first...

Joni Mitchell has been called the queen of folk music and one of the biggest pop stars of the 60s and 70s. Even today, her lyrics and unique guitar...

An ex-protester who met a stranger he knew from the protest ground.

Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

We follow the timid Theo, whose mother stands to lose her disability benefits. Help comes from the effortlessly flamboyant trans woman Kleopatra, a...

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and...

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

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out...

A young Irish musician arrives in London in 1982 full of optimism and the desire to realise her dreams as an artist. She will have to come up against...

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...

A young woman finds herself in a strange inescapable room as she seeks refuge when chaos erupts in the streets.

"Levante" won Canal Futura's annual documentary competition in 2014 and was filmed in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Gaza and Hong Kong. It first aired at...

Possibly one of the first gay videos in the history of video making in Quebec, if not all of Canada, this work invites us to a delirium organized...

British artist, academic, musician and activist Bob and Roberta Smith has been waging slightly odd political protests for years, in this documentary...

A documentary capturing photographer and activist Misan Harriman’s journey documenting global protest movements that drive social change....