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The Grab
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The Grab
An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest exposé from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish)
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Language: English, Lela (C'lela), Russian, Ukrainian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 104 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Food Globalization Investigative Journalism Politics Social Justice Society Ukraine War
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Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam
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Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam
In the '60s, hippies ignited a sexual revolution. In 2020, Seyran Ateş, a Turkish-German feminist imam, faces fatwas and bullets for sparking a similar change in Islam. Her global journey fights extremism, fostering peace and love within the faith. Join her revolution!
Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Language: Chinese, English, German, Norwegian, Turkish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 55 min.
Year of production: 2021
Activism Asian Studies Conflicts Current Affairs Gender Globalization Human Rights Law and Justice LGBTQIA+ Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics Religion and Spirituality Sexuality Social Justice Society Women
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Food, Inc. 2
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Food, Inc. 2
Come back for seconds to explore the urgent challenges and potential solutions to our increasingly vulnerable food system in 'FOOD, INC. 2', a sequel that digs deeper into food corporate consolidation and its unchecked impacts on our planet and health.
Director: Robert Kenner | Melissa Robledo
Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 94 min.
Year of production: 2024
Activism Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Education Food Globalization Health Investigative Journalism Labor Politics Poverty Science Social Justice Society
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The Chocolate War
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The Chocolate War
Twenty years ago, the world's biggest chocolate giants signed an agreement to work toward abolishing child slavery. However, frequent reports show that the issue remains to this day
Director: Miki Mistrati
Language: English, French (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism African Cinema and Culture American History Children Conflicts Current Affairs Economy Education Food Globalization History Human Rights Investigative Journalism Labor Law and Justice Politics Poverty Social Justice Youth
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Praying for Armageddon
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Praying for Armageddon

Praying for Armageddon, a compelling documentary, unveils the alarming influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals on American politics and foreign policy. The film explores their quest to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy, emphasizing the role of megachurch pastors and politicians. It exposes how their beliefs shape U.S. policy towards Israel and Palestine, fueling conflict in the Middle East. This striking exploration reveals the dangerous blend of faith and politics, threatening U.S. democracy and global peace.

A political thriller that that goes inside the U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, revealing their power and influence on U.S. foreign policy, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy and ultimately destroy our civilization
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei | Michael Rowley
Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 104 min.
Year of production: 2023
Conflicts Current Affairs Investigative Journalism Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Politics Religion and Spirituality Society War
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Storm Lake
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Storm Lake
A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
Director: Jerry Risius | Beth Levison
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 85 min.
Year of production: 2021
Activism Arts and Culture Business Current Affairs Investigative Journalism Politics
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Battleground
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Battleground
As the nation faces the end of Roe v. Wade, follow three women leading formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield at the intersection and future of abortion and politics in America.
Director: Cynthia Lowen
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 103 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism Current Affairs Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Social Justice Society
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Chasing Childhood
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Chasing Childhood
All work and no play is no way for kids to grow up.
Director: Margaret Munzer Loeb | Eden Wurmfeld
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 85 min.
Year of production: 2020
Current Affairs Education Family Society Youth
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Deep Rising
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Deep Rising
The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is at stake as a secretive international organization moves to allow corporations to strip mine the seabed for metals crucial to powering a carbon-free future.
Director: Matthieu Rytz
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 86 min.
Year of production: 2023
Activism Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Human Rights Nature and Wildlife Politics Science Technology
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The Revolution Generation
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The Revolution Generation
More than half of the 80 million Millennials in America are politically Independent. Every single one of them will be needed if the planet is to avoid climate catastrophe.
Director: Josh Tickell | Rebecca Tickell
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 80 min.
Year of production: 2021
Activism Climate Change Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Social Justice Society Youth
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Preconceived
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Preconceived
Where does someone turn when facing an unplanned pregnancy? The film is a window into the enigmatic centers that some call “pregnancy resource centers” and others call “fake clinics.”
Director: Sabrine Keane | Kate Dumke
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 Min.
Year of production: 2023
Activism Current Affairs Health Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Social Justice Society Women
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Mary-Jo Will See You at 4
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Mary-Jo Will See You at 4
Mary-Jo receives daily visitors in her living room. As an ethnologist specialized in Darfur, her guests aren’t coming to have tea only. They need crucial help that only this 90-year-old woman can give; a chance at proving where they’re coming from when their land disappeared
Director: Camille Ponsin
Language: French (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 94 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism African Cinema and Culture Biography Conflicts Current Affairs Genocide Human Rights Immigration and Migration Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Social Justice War
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Riotsville, U.S.A.
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Riotsville, U.S.A.
Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in the 1960s, where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder
Director: Sierra Pettengill
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism American History Current Affairs Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Social Justice Society
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A House Made of Splinters
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A House Made of Splinters
In this poignant and deeply intimate documentary 3 kids temporarily removed from their parents find friendship and flickers of hope inside the worn walls of a remarkable orphanage in Eastern Ukraine, as a group of dedicated social-workers create moments of joy and respite
Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Language: Russian, Ukrainian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 87 min.
Year of production: 2022
Addiction Children Family Personal Story Society Ukraine War
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Born Free: Birth in America
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Born Free: Birth in America
If birth and pregnancy are a lens on how society values its women, why has it become a fight that American women are losing?
Director: Paula James Martinez
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism American History Children Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Humor Law and Justice Mental Health Social Justice Society Women Youth
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The Lost Key / La Llave Perdida
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The Lost Key / La Llave Perdida
The Lost Key, an award-winning film featured on Netflix, reveals lost teachings to turn a sexual relationship into a healthy, spiritual experience where two people become One.
Director: Ricardo Adler
Language: English, Hebrew, Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 89 min.
Year of production: 2016
Addiction Author's POV Current Affairs Family Gender Jewish Studies Personal Story Religion and Spirituality Romance Sexuality Society Women
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Beyond Utopia
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Beyond Utopia
A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, BEYOND UTOPIA embeds with a courageous pastor as he works tirelessly to guide various individuals attempting to flee one of the most oppressive places on Earth: North Korea
Director: Madeline Gavin
Language: English, Korean (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 116 min.
Year of production: 2023
Asian Studies Current Affairs Family Human Rights Immigration and Migration Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Social Justice
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No Impact Man
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No Impact Man
No Impact Man follows the Beavan family's year-long project to reduce their net impact by using no electricity, producing no trash, and giving back to the world.
Director: Laura Gabbert | Justin Schein
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 92 min.
Year of production: 2009
Activism Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Family Personal Story
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On Sacred Ground
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On Sacred Ground
It's time to take a stand when the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation turned out to be one of the most heated protests and confrontation with Native American tribes in modern US history
Director: Josh Tickell | Rebecca Tickell
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 90 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism American History Conflicts Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Human Rights Native American Studies Social Justice
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