Watch Free Films About Peace & Justice
Between 2007 and 2019 we showed more than 600 socially conscious documentaries and movies at our weekly film series. Below are about 150 of those films that can be viewed online for free.
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"We" is a fast-paced documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. It visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically her famous Come September speech, where she spoke on such things as the war on terror, corporate globalization, justice and the growing civil unrest. (2006, 62 mins.)
The story of Hawaiian Queen Lili'uokalani and the intrigues and events that led to her loss of sovereignty. Along with her native people she struggled against colonial forces to save the island nation only to be forced from her throne by powerful plantation owners and business leaders backed by U.S. Marines. Produced for PBS's THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series. (2006, 56 mins.)
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.)
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.)
Thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the US war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame's undercover identity-leaving her contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles, and her life in danger. (2010, 107 mins.)
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.)
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.)
Consuming Kids - The Commercialization of Childhood
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,)
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,)
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,)
In a hard-hitting special report, award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger investigates the effects of sanctions on the people of Iraq and finds that ten years of extraordinary isolation, imposed by the UN and enforced by the US and Britain, have killed more people than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan. (2000, 74 mins,)
In 1975, Indonesia secretly - and with the complicity of the US, the UK, and Australia - invaded the small nation of East Timor. In 1993, with the Indonesian army still occupying the country, John Pilger and his crew slipped into East Timor and made this film using clandestine footage. In the intervening 18 years, an estimated 200,000 East Timorese - 1/3 of the population - had been slaughtered by the Indonesian military. (1994, 76 mins,)
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.)
