Protest Movies

A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event...

“Looks at the impact key movements throughout U.S. history have had in shaping our society, laws and culture. From the labor movement of the...

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

At the forefront of most of Hong Kong's demonstrations, 'frontliners' (aka 'the valiant', yung mo in Cantonese) are the black-clad, masked, often...

The documentary follows Oleg, Andrey, and other long-distance truck drivers from all over Russia, who turned their outrage against the 2015 bill that...

On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with...

Disturbing the Peace follows a group of former enemy combatants - Israeli soldiers from the most elite units, and Palestinian fighters, many of whom...

Filmed in New York in the summer of 2006: a march across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese populations. Habibi means...

The true story of the students of Brigham Young University's queer underground, as they lit the school's iconic "Y" in rainbow colors. But, A Long...

Black Snake Killaz is a feature-length documentary film about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. This film explores actions taken by water...

This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence...

In May 1968, workers, students and young people rise up against the morality and power of the establishment. Faculties and factories are under...

Through intertwined images and testimonials from union activists, protest performers and ethologist John B. Calhoun's experiments observing the...

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

Yugoslavian filmmaker Goran Markovic directs the psychological drama The Cordon. Set in Belgrade over Easter weekend in 1997, the film involves a...

The true history of the anti-government extremist terrorist group's century of violence. Focusing on the group which has caused nationwide rioting...

Hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women – indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers – demand their right to existence by making a...

Mass student protests took place in Chile between 2011 and 2013 demanding a free and state-funded education system and radical change in society....

A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college...

On 19 March 1966, a photo exhibition about the police intervention during the wedding of Beatrix and Claus opened in Amsterdam. After the opening,...