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The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half and food imports cut by 80 percent, people were desperate. This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased dependence on imported energy  (2006, 53 mins.)

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

With undercover footage and on-the-ground reporting, FRONTLINE reveals a side of Saudi Arabia that's rarely seen, and traces the efforts of men and women who are working to bring about change. (2016, 54 mins,)

The Putin Interviews

Showtime & Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone were granted unprecedented access to Russian president Vladimir Putin during more than a dozen interviews over two years, with no topic off-limits. This remarkable four-part documentary series provides intimate insight into Putin's personal and professional lives, and his relations with four U.S. presidents (PART 1, 2017, 57 mins,)

Ukraine on Fire

Oliver Stone interviews Ukraine's ousted President, Vladimir Putin & others, exposing the role the US played in the coup in 2014. (2016, 94 mins,)

Blood Coltan

The West’s demand for Coltan, used in mobile phones and computers, is funding the killings in Congo. Under the close watch of rebel militias, children as young as ten work the mines hunting for this black gold. (2007, 52 mins.)

Our Brand is Crisis

Award winning documentary. James Carville and a team of American political consultants launch a media savvy campaign for a Bolivian presidential candidate in 2002.  (2005, 87 mins,)

Life for women in Syria; Who is Asma Assad?

Video compilation:

Life for women in Syria (2016, 18 mins.);  Who is Asma al-Assad? (2016, 27 mins.); Watch Bashar al-Assad talk about the recent alleged chemical attacks (2017, 53 mins.)

The US and the new Middle East: The Gulf

Al Jazeera travels to Bahrain and asks why the US backs democracy in one Arab country, but not another.  (2011, 24 mins.)

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark

Award-winning documentary. As the Arab Spring protests for justice and democracy spread through the middle east in early 2011, people long repressed by the Bahrain monarchy spontaneously gathered at the central Pearl Square to join in the call for their rights. Al Jazeera were the only journalists there to cover the story.  (2011, 51 mins.)

Chavez, Inside the Coup

(a.k.a. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised)

In 2002, a television crew from Ireland happened to be recording a documentary about Venezuela's Hugo Chávez when a US-supported coup attempt broke out. (2003, 74 mins.)

A Place Called Chiapas

In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the country's jungle canyons to film the elusive and fragile life of this uprising.  (1998, 92 mins,)

Zapatista

With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, this Big Noise Film is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.  (1999, 59 mins,)

Bulletproof Salesman

From a high-tech workshop in Germany to battle-torn regions of Iraq and Afghanistan, this documentary follows the adventures of Fidelis Cloer, a man who sells armored vehicles to political leaders and well-connected businessmen.  (2008, 58 mins,)

Karama Has No Walls

Academy Award nominated documentary. A gripping, eye-witness account of the tragic day that changed the course of the revolution in Yemen; when pro-government snipers opened fired on a peaceful gathering of protesters, sparking national outrage and ultimately leading to the end of 33 years of autocratic rule. (2014, 26 mins)

The Ambassador

This darkly comic, genre-bending piece of gonzo journalism from international provocateur Mads Brügger (filmmaker of Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Red Chapel) rips the corroded lid off the global scheme of political corruption and exploitation happening in one of the most dangerous places on the planet: the Central African Republic. (2012, 93 mins.)

South of the Border

Oliver Stone sits down with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nestor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba) to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America. (2010, 77 mins,)

Romero

Archbishop Óscar Romero (Raul Julia) is reluctant to get involved in a war that rages on between the military elite and guerrilla Marxists in his country of El Salvador. As conditions worsen and more churches are desecrated, however, he finds he cannot remain an observer. (1989, 113 mins,)

Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country

This film offers a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in Burma (Myanmar) involving the rebellion of Buddhist monks against Burma's military junta. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs) recorded these historic and dramatic events on handycams and smuggled the footage out of the country, broadcasting it worldwide via satellite. (2008, 89 mins.)

Inside Burma: Land Of Fear

John Pilger and David Munro go undercover in one of the world's most isolated, and extraordinary countries, Burma, where they discover slave labor working for tourism and foreign investment. (1996, 50 mins,)

The War of 33 - Letters from Lebanon

Big Noise Film's telling of the story of Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon through a series of letters written by a Lebanese mother living through the war in Beirut which carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflict. (2007, 34 mins.)

The Fourth World War

Filmed in the streets of Mexico, Korea, Argentina, Palestine, Quebec City, and other locations all over the world, this is an emotional and very politicized look at glaring injustice and the emerging movements that seek to combat it. (2005, 78 mins,)

Crude: The Real Price of Oil

Tells the epic story of the infamous $27 billion 'Amazon Chernobyl' lawsuit pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against the U.S. oil giant Chevron. (2009, 104 mins.)

Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez’s strongly-worded criticisms of the US government have made him powerful enemies, both at home and abroad.  Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Chavez’s controversial presidency, this documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela’s revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward. (2009, 64 mins.)

Without the King

Award-winning documentary that tells an astonishing story of Africa's last absolute monarchy, the Kingdom of Swaziland. King Mswati III, a distant figure out of touch with his home and country, rules by decree and lives a life of luxury. (2008, 84 mins.)

Yemen: A Tale of Two Protests

As demonstrations advance across Yemen, Al Jazeera follows activist Tawakkol Karman who would later win the Nobel Peace Prize.  (2011, 25 mins,)

The Square

This Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated street-level view of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution captures the astonishing uprising that led to the collapse of two governments.  (2013, 104 mins,)

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the War on Drugs

A look into the US government’s costly and ineffective battle against the Colombian narcotics trade, financed by the US taxpayer. (2002, 58 mins,)

Mission Against Terror: The Cuban Five

Follows the case of the Cuban Five — men from Cuba who in 1998 were imprisoned in the U.S. for attempting to prevent terrorism against the Cuban people. (2006, 43 mins,)

The Bang Bang Club

The true story of four young combat photographers who risk their lives and use their cameras to tell the world of the violence associated with the first free elections in post-Apartheid South Africa. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch. (2010, 106 mins,)

Aftermath: The Remnants of War

The twentieth century was the most violent century in the history of mankind. In the countless wars waged, a total of one hundred million people were killed. And in many cases, war does not end by signing a peace treaty. Based on Donovan Webster’s book of the same name, this documentary follows a number of people who are involved daily in past wars. (2001, 56 mins)

The Listening Project

Four Americans embark on a journey across fourteen different countries. They want to find out what people think of their country. These emotional rendezvous are truly heart -warming and re- introduces us to human relations.. (2008, 73 mins)

Where to Invade Next

To show what the USA can learn from rest of the world, director Michael Moore playfully visits various nations in Europe and Africa as a one-man "invader" to take their ideas and practices for America. (2015, 120 mins.)

Control Room

Award-winning documentary that provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. (2004, 86 mins.)

Fidel: The Untold Story

Rarely are Americans given a chance to see inside the world of this socialist leader. This documentary offers a unique opportunity to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with rare footage from the Cuban State archives.  (2001 100 mins.)

The Potentiality Of Storming Heaven

Short movie-presentation of the 2008 insurrection in Greece, sparked by the police murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos, through the words and actions of people that took part in it. (2009, 28 mins.)

The Agronomist

A profile of radio journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique includes footage of Haiti’s vivid, tumultuous past and exclusive interviews. (2003, 90 mins.)

Screamers

The critically acclaimed film -- featuring the band System of a Down - traces the history of genocide and genocide denial through the atrocities in Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. (2006, 95 mins,)