This movie captures the motivations of an animal rights activist. Through his eyes, we explore the paradoxes in our society --- of being an animal lover and yet consuming some of them --- stemming from social conditioning and cognitive dissonance. The protagonist describes his journey and his motives and beliefs. Through this film, he tells us the real story behind the happy facade of our food choices and the difficulty and incessant obstruction faced by activists to stand against the unjust and powerful system.

A group of highly motivated activists work for years with the goal of exposing the true face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of fur farms. When their images are publicized it causes media feasts and public outrage, year after year. However, the industry always strikes back. Nothing changes. A new approach is needed. So, psychologist Frank Nervik tells the fur industry that he plans to become a fur farmer. He asks for training. Nervik is accepted as one of them, and starts learning the trade secrets. Without anybody knowing, he films his training with a hidden camera.

Biopic about the life of Whina Cooper, an activist who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of fellow Māori women.

This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53.

The cove è stata ribattezzata una laguna sulle coste di Taiji, un parco nazionale che si trova in Giappone, un luogo paradisiaco dove però accade qualcosa di agghiacciante. Qui, per sei mesi all'anno, da aprile a settembre, si danno appuntamento i cacciatori di cetacei riuscendo ad accaparrarsi ben 23 mila delfini. Pesca illegale? In realtà si, anche se a consentirla è l'assurda legislazione della International Whaling Commission. Qui arrivano, qui li catturano per portarli in Occidente, molto spesso in vasche o megapiscine per farli esibire. Il problema è che, da quel momento in poi, il bel cetaceo sarà costretto a vivere in una gabbia, in carcere per l'appunto. Una prassi che fa fruttare 2 miliardi di dollari l'anno e che è fortemente sponsorizzata dalla Yazuka, la mafia giapponese.

In un'Inghilterra scampata alla guerra nucleare e oppressa da una dittatura poliziesca, una giovane donna, Evey viene salvata da un uomo dal volto coperto da una maschera. Il suo nome è V, vuole vendicarsi di coloro che l'hanno internato in un campo di concentramento e l'hanno sottoposto a crudeli esperimenti medici; inizia così la sua rivolta contro il potere, cercando di sollevare i suoi concittadini contro la tirannia. Scoperta la verità sul passato di V, Evey trova in sè stessa una nuova forza e diventa un'alleata nel piano dell'uomo per ristabilire la libertà.

Il regista Louie Psihoyos assembla una squadra di attivisti per mostrare al mondo immagini mai viste prima, in grado di cambiare il modo in cui si guarda alle questioni inerenti agli animali in via di estinzione e alle estinzioni di massa, infiltrandosi nei famigerati mercati neri con tattiche in stile guerriglia o lavorando con gli artisti per creare belle immagini con inaspettati soggetti animali.

Quella che doveva essere una protesta pacifica si trasforma in un violento scontro con la polizia, dando luogo a uno dei più celebri processi della storia.

This biopic explores Muslim scholar Buya Hamka's life and hardships alongside his loving wife, Siti Raham, after Indonesia gained independence.

David Gale è un uomo di saldi principi, che per un atroce scherzo del destino, da padre devoto, amato professore, e stimato oppositore della pena capitale, finisce nel Braccio della Morte per lo stupro e l'assassinio di un'attivista sua collega...

Documentario dedicato alla leggendaria oceanografa, biologa marina, ambientalista ed National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle, impegnata nella campagna per creare un global network per protggere i santuari marini.

A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.

Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts designed to draw awareness to the issue of climate change.

Sandra Bland was a bright, energetic activist whose life was cut short when a traffic stop resulted in a mysterious jail cell death just three days later.

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.

Discovering that sharks are being hunted to extinction, and with them the destruction of our life support system - activist and filmmaker Rob Stewart embarks on a dangerous quest to stop the slaughter. Following the sharks - and the money - into the elusive pirate fishing industry, Stewart uncovers a multi-billion dollar scandal that makes us all accomplices in the greatest wildlife massacre ever known.

Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.

Candidato agli Oscar 2013 e realizzato interamente con filmati originali dell'epoca, molti dei quali inediti, è il vivido racconto di una lotta fondamentale per il diritto alla vita, all'assistenza sanitaria e per i diritti civili, in cui le storie individuali dei protagonisti appassionano per il coraggio, la capacita' di resistenza e la profonda umanità

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic.