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The Life Ahead of Us: Another Face of Immigration In the 60s and 70s, France's booming economy led to a labor shortage, ending the coal mines' golden era. Officer Félix Mora recruited 80,000 Moroccan men for low-wage, dangerous work. Many settled in France, becoming citizens. This film offers a nuanced view of immigration.
A Guide to Love and Fighting Capitalism Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot, French sociologists renowned for studying the uber-rich, have been in love for over fifty years, enjoying retirement in Paris suburbs. Yet, they can't rest when there's capitalism to challenge.
She Rises Up Gladys Yupanqui in Peru, Magatte Wade in Senegal, and Selyna Peiris in Sri Lanka are 3 women transforming their communities through business. Their stories reveal the power of local entrepreneurs and the barriers women face in accessing economic opportunities
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)
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
$avvy $avvy explores why it’s critical for women to understand and take control of their personal finances.
Bad Axe A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump's rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive
High Country HIGH COUNTRY tells a timeless American story of how a community of forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to protect it for years to come.
Taiwan vs. China: A Fragile Democracy To China, it’s a breakaway province that must return to the fold. To its 24 million inhabitants, it’s a sovereign state. Now that Hong Kong has been brought into line, Taiwan remains determined to stand up as a vibrant, young democracy. But it won’t be easy…
Clean Hands What happens when your wildest dreams come true? From living on a garbage dump, a philanthropist builds them a house and farm. Shot over the course of seven years, ‘Clean Hands’ is an award-winning account of family, extreme poverty and the hope and innocence of children.
On the Line Every year, over 100,000 Mexicans living in the USA are deported. Many have grown up in America. Some can’t even speak Spanish. In a matter of days they are torn away from their loved ones and escorted across the border. Unable to return home or appeal their deportation.
The Big Scary “S” Word THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today
Crazy Money Small sum, big consequences
No Man Is an Island No Man Is an Island travels across Europe, from the farmers working together in the Galline Felici cooperative in Sicily to the architects, craftspersons and elected representatives who collaborate in the Swiss Alps and in Austria
Auroville – On The Path Of Utopia For fifty years, Auroville, an experimental city in India, has functioned as a real life utopia. dir. Fred Cebron takes us on a journey inside this unique city
Before My Feet Touch the Ground A young Israeli named Daphni looks back on the time she went from a naive demonstrator to the figurehead of a national protest movement
River’s End California's Latest Water War
Seeding Change The Power of Conscious Commerce
Varvilla An illustration of a small mountain cooperative community at 1000 meters elevation
Kick Out Your Boss A look at alternatives to Late Stage Capitalism
Misconception Forget everything you thought you knew about population.
99% Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film An engrossing behind the scenes look into the history of the Occupy Wall Street Movement: its key participants, struggles and impact on our present life and future.
Good Garbage The Hebron Hills garbage dump serves the Israeli settlements in the area and is a source of an eked-out livelihood for 200 Palestinian families.
The Price of Free Opening our eyes to the injustice of child labour, this film tell the true stories of child labourers rescued by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi.
Wadi, Ten Years Later Ten years after his first Wadi, Amos Gitai takes up again the tale of the inhabitants of Wadi Rushmia.
Do You Trust This Computer From the director of WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
State of Mind People from the war-torn DRC will not be able to be productive until they overcome their trauma.
Happening A colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US.
What Lies Upstream The truth has been spilled, in this classic detective story where investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months.
Burning Out Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system.
Shipwrecked America A portrait of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, revealing how displacement and destruction were used as an opportunity for neoliberal initiatives, drastically intensifying the city’s economic, social and racial inequalities.
An Inconvenient Sequel A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes Al Gore's riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Time to Choose Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and is also our greatest opportunity. TIME TO CHOOSE leaves audiences understanding what can be done to fix this global threat.
Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
10 Billion – What’s On Your Plate? By 2050, the world population will grow to ten billion people. In the middle of the heated debate about food security, comes this broad and analytic look into global food production and distribution
Cartel Land The riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous drug cartels.
Food Chains Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.
Poverty, Inc. Poverty has become a multi-billion dollar industry: the business of doing good has never been better. Who profits the most?
Inequality For All A powerful exposé of how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy
Escape Fire The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. Tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system?
We’re Not Broke When will corporations be made to pay their fair share?
A Place At The Table One nation. Underfed. Examining the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity.
A Collection of Short Films by Joshua Oppenheimer An exclusive look at the early short films made in the career of Joshua Oppenheimer, the Oscar nominated director of THE ACT OF KILLING and THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Falciani’s Tax Bomb An insightful documentary on the HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and international tax regulations.
Dreamland How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable energy? Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing picture of corporate power taking over nature and small communities. It’s the dark side of green energy.
Health Factory Governments apply models taken from business corporations in order to improve our health care systems. Do choice, competition and capitalist models improve health care?
Darwin. No services ahead With a population of 35, Darwin exists without a government, church or children it has a makeshift look and feel. A droll and dusty portrait of a place where privacy is prized and boundaries respected.
Powerless Shariq, a 22-year-old electrician living in Kanpur, is renowned for his prowess in stealing electricity. In the face of day-long power-cuts, he runs illegal connections so that homes, factories and businesses are not left in the dark.
Char… the No Man’s Island Rubel is a fourteen year old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh, crossing the river Ganga which acts as an international border between the two countries.
A River Changes Course Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.
Big Tobacco, Young Targets Tobacco will continue to kill 8 million people each year and yet the dangers of smoking are well known. The very survival of the industry is at stake and they will do what it takes to remain profitable.
All that Glitters Examining the unfamiliarity of capitalism and democracy when introduced to a former Soviet country, where people who were never given autonomy are suddenly expected to make their own financial and political decisions.
DHARAVI Slum for sale Dharavi, India's biggest slum is to be demolish and its profitable real estate turned into billions of Dollars. The film follows the struggle of the underprivileged to defend their homes and livelihoods against mounting globalization.
My Beautiful Dacia An humorous odyssey from Communism to Capitalism, seen from the perspective of one of Romania’s most charismatic symbols, the Dacia. The film follows several Romanians whose lives are interconnected by this humble car.
Recessionize! For Fun and Profit A black comedy that explores the way some have managed to turn the recent economic crisis into an opportunity.

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