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Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit takes you inside the shadowy world of FBI informants and counterterrorism sting operations. (2014, 47 mins.)
Acclaimed film that documents university professor and pro-Palestinian civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian and his family's desperate attempt to fight terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. Government. (2007, 97 mins)
How did two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas wind up arrested on terrorism charges at the 2008 Republican National Convention? Better This World follows the journey of David McKay (22) and Bradley Crowder (23) from political neophytes to accused domestic terrorists with a particular focus on the relationship they develop with a radical activist mentor (Brandon Darby) in the six months leading up to their arrests. (2011, 90 mins.)
The true story of Brandon Darby, who went from working as a Hurricane Katrina relief organizer to becoming an FBI informant and right-wing activist. (2013, 81 mins.)
A real life thriller giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA. (2014, 113 mins.)
A Robert Greenwald film. Evoking the Espionage Act of 1917, the Obama administration pressed criminal charges against no fewer than six government whistleblowers, more than all previous presidential administrations combined. (2013, 66 mins,)
Wikileaks use leaks as a weapon and, this is the first-ever documentary about Wikileaks birth and rise. A Swedish TV team was given a unique opportunity to follow the work behind-the-scenes and the emergence of the secretive organization. (2010, 50 mins,)
Big Noise Films documentary weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle’s streets at the 1999 WTO protests. The film cuts through the confusion and tear gas to paint an intimate, passionate portrait of a week that changed the world. (2000, 106 mins,)
This powerful Academy Award-nominated documentary traces the rise and fall of a notorious 1970's radical group who declared war on the government. (2002, 88 mins,)
A video report by subMedia TV and PepperSpray Productions on the protests that occurred in connection with the 2008 Democrat and Republican National Conventions. (2008, 30 mins.)
A BAFTA Scotland Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. (2011, 85 mins.)
Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression , information warfare, and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action, and international solidarity—a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. (2004, 91 mins,)
A profile of radio journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique includes footage of Haiti’s vivid, tumultuous past and exclusive interviews. (2004, 78 mins.)
Documentary about the recent Pittsburgh G20 Protests, and the Police Occupation of the University of Pittsburgh. This film is a collaboration between Pittsburgh Indymedia, Chicago Indymedia, Twin Cities Indymedia, and the Glass Bead Collective. (2009, 29 mins.)
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