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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.)

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.)

Iran is Not the Problem

A feature length documentary film responding to the failure of the American mass media to provide the public with relevant and accurate information about the standoff between the US and Iran (2008, 79 mins,)

Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space

Today the technology exists to weaponize space, a massive American industry thrives, and nations are maneuvering for advantage. PAX AMERICANA tackles this pivotal moment. Are war machines already orbiting Earth? (2009, 85 mins.)

The Kill Team

This provocative, bold, and deeply moving documentary profiles Adam Winfield, a soldier-turned-whistleblower who returns from the battlefield to expose shocking war crimes that the U.S. Army will do anything to cover up. (2013, 79 mins.)

Consuming Kids - The Commercialization of Childhood

Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products. (2008, 66 mins.)

US Support of Neo-Nazis in Ukraine - video compilation

Shocking and insightful videos detailing the neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic, ultra-nationalist movement in Ukraine. The videos examine the ongoing US support of these groups, including the Svoboda party and Right Sector. (2014, 62 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.)

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,)

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,)

Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme trails former President Jimmy Carter on the promotional tour for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." While critics condemn his comparison of the situation in Palestine to the apartheid of South Africa, Carter responds to their barbs with beguiling equanimity and customary thoughtfulness.  (2007, 125 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,)

Death in Gaza

In the Spring of 2003, filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning duo, traveled to the Gaza Strip to look inside the lives of children growing up in a war-torn world. Tragically, while making this HBO film, Miller was gunned down by Israeli tanks. (2014, 62 mins.)

To Shoot an Elephant

Filmmakers embedded with the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances during the 21 days of Operation Cast Lead launched by Israel against the besieged Palestinian people of Gaza in 2008. (2010, 113 mins,)

Hamas: Behind the Mask

A journey inside one of the world's most secretive and controversial political organizations. Shot in 2004 and 2005 by Emmy Award-winning director Shelly Saywell, it documents the transition period during which Hamas is entering the political arena. Interviews with leaders in hiding, militants and activists are juxtaposed with Israeli experts and victims. (2005, 50 mins,)

Attack of the Drones: Is War Becoming a Video Game?

Al Jazeera looks into the growing role that drones play in peacekeeping and military endeavours. (2012, 23 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.)

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.)

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Documentary follows all-female American band the Dixie Chicks in the aftermath of their political criticism of the Iraq War and then President Bush during their 2003 London concert. (2006, 93 mins.)

Ground Noise & Static

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.)

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 Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War

Powerful film giving soldiers' perspectives of the Iraq War, and how they are being treated upon returning home. It goes beyond the war stories to look underneath our American tradition of going to war and then abandoning the warrior. (2004, 28 mins,)

Our Own Private Bin Laden

Documentary that examines the connection between privatization, deregulation, the free market and the globalization of terrorism. (2005, 63 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,)

Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). The SLA wreaked havoc on the West Coast and our national psyche, leaving behind a rich trove of paranoid recordings and scores of violent acts, including the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst who would subsequently join the SLA under the alias "Tania.". (2004, 93 mins.)

Sir! No Sir!

Award-winning documentary by Displaced Films about the antiwar movement within the ranks of the US Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. (2005, 83 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.)

Capitalism: A Love Story

Documentary by Michael Moore that focuses on the late-2000s financial crisis, examining the social costs of prioritizing corporate interests and profits at the expense of the public good. (2009, 127 mins.)

Gaza Strip

American director James Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister and violence erupted around him. Filmed in verité style and without narration. (2002, 72 mins.)

End:Civ

Examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen. (2007, 76 mins.)

How to Start a Revolution

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.)

Radio Bikini

This Oscar-nominated doc chronicles the jingoistic rush to test atom bombs on the Pacific island of Bikini Atoll following World War Two and the devastating effects on natives and US soldiers. (1988, 56 mins.)

Budrus

Award-winning feature documentary film about Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites Palestinian political factions and invites Israeli supporters to join an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. (2009, 63 mins.)

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself. (2004, 78 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.)

No End in Sight

A rigorous, devastating critique of the U.S. war in Iraq, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. (2007, 101 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.)

Behind the Mask: The Story of the People Who Risk Everything to Save Animals

Documentary about the Animal Liberation Front, comprised of clandestine animal rights activists, once labeled the number one domestic terrorist threat by the FBI. (2006, 71 mins.)

Democracy 101: G20 Protests in PIttsburgh

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.)

Shattered Glass

The true story of the scandal that ripped through “The New Republic” magazine when one of its most popular writers admitted to fabricating stories. (2003, 93 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.)