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Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Explores the continuing drama of nuclear weapons, and details the workings of the Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference held at the UN in 2022 against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, offering a rare and unique insight into the diplomatic underpinnings of de-nuclearization. The thoughts and ideas presented in this documentary are meant to stir audiences so as to understand the immense challenges humanity faces in the 21st century in the...
2) Uncivil War
Publisher
Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Americans are losing faith in democracy. In the lead-up to the 2020 election, our documentary UNCIVIL WAR explores three factors eroding democracy in the United States: gerrymandering, voter suppression, and disinformation. The film unravels a web of threats to American elections, separates truth from fiction, and exposes a hidden war against democracy itself.
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
We all use money, and yet the questions of what is money, and where does money come from remain elusive.FINDING THE MONEY follows Stephanie Kelton on a journey through the controversial Modern Money Theory or “MMT.” Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that ticks ominously upwards in New York City is not actually a debt for us taxpayers at all, nor a burden for our grandchildren to pay back. Instead, Kelton describes the national...
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Series
Language
English
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Become Ungovernable is a provocative new work of political thought setting out to reclaim "freedom", "justice", and "democracy", revolutionary ideas that are all too often warped in the interests of capital and the state. Revealing the mirage of mainstream democratic thought and the false promises of liberal political ideologies, H.L.T. Quan offers an alternative approach: an abolition feminism drawing on a kaleidoscope of refusal praxes, and on a...
Publisher
Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of West Virginia, this documentary tracks Richard Ojeda's quest to flip a red seat blue. It’s 2018, and the U.S. lurches towards a critical election. State Senator Richard Ojeda, a former Major in the Army, runs for Congress as a Democrat in a deeply Republican district. Can he flip a red seat blue? Can laid-off coal miners find employment in the digital economy? And can a group of young woman band together after addiction to restart...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
A cinematic homage to the African American singer, actor, civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898–1976). At the peak of his singing career in the late 1940s, Robeson began to work primarily as a political activist and subsequently had to endure years of discrimination and isolation in his own country during the hysteria of 1950s McCarthyism. The documentary tells Robeson’s story in non-chronological order, using a compilation of materials: rarely...
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An exclusive and intimate interview with the first female Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, revealing some of the women who helped shape her life, and showcasing some extraordinary women who are helping to shape the future.
8) High Wire
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Examines the reasons that Canada declined to take part in the 2003 US-led military mission in Iraq, shining a spotlight on the diplomatic tug of war that took place behind the scenes with our neighbours to the south, who have often adopted an interventionist foreign policy to serve their own economic and geopolitical interests. Canada’s historic refusal could have had disastrous consequences, but a number of key players and other analysts remind...
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Language
Español
Description
"Darién: Memorias de un Inmigrante" es un relato que narra la travesía de un inmigrante a través de la implacable selva del Darién. A través de una entrevista íntima, el lector es transportado a los desafíos, peligros y esperanzas que enfrenta el protagonista en su búsqueda de una vida mejor. Las imágenes ilustrativas complementan esta experiencia, capturando la crudeza y la belleza de su viaje. Una obra que trasciende fronteras y nos invita...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, the East German DEFA Studios responded to the military coup in Chile in 1973. They produced films about Chile and Chilean exiles that were not simply reactions to the political upheavals or demonstrations of solidarity with the Chilean people. In many cases, Chilean artists were directly involved in the creation of these films or were central to the film’s story. This program of six short documentaries features Chilean music (Aparcoa,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, the steel industry collapsed, leaving families without any healthcare coverage for their children. As displaced steelworkers banded with church leaders in the hardest hit sections of Pittsburgh, a grassroots program expanded into one of the most important federal children's healthcare programs ever enacted – the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
12) The Jump
Publisher
Topic Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1970, Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka defected by jumping off a Soviet vessel aboard a US Coast Guard Cutter and asking for asylum. His leap for freedom led to one of the biggest political muddles of the Cold War, before a stunning twist of fate.
13) The Sixth
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A visceral portrayal of a city and nation under attack as well as a testament to the importance of truth. Told by Oscar-winning Washingtonian filmmakers, Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine, whose team was on the ground to capture footage of that day, THE SIXTH presents an unseen geography and timeline of January 6th through the eyes of six people whose daily lives are rooted and connected in the fabric of the city.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
How Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell helped transform the Supreme Court and U.S. politics. Amid scrutiny of the high court, and a power struggle in the GOP, McConnell’s rise and role pushing the judiciary to the right, and America’s polarized democracy.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Made over the course of 5 years, TOMORROW'S FREEDOM gains intimate access to the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouthi. Combining unfolding events on the ground, in-depth interviews, and powerful archive spanning over 30 years, we see Marwan's evolution from activist to learned politician, uniting people and bringing hope to a flatlined peace process. If given a chance, could Barghouthi pave the way for an inclusive,...
17) Slava Ukraini
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
One year after the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy takes us to the heart of the combat through this war diary made during the second half of 2022. From Kharkiv and Bakhmut to Kherson, in the aftermath of the city’s liberation, SLAVA UKRAINI bears witness to the ravages of war through the testimonies of soldiers, chronicles of the front and portraits of civilians, and shares with us the struggle...
Publisher
Tribeca Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Through exclusive interviews with our nation's former leaders, discover how the Vice Presidency went from being a ceremonial office to one of the most powerful positions in politics. Originally presented by CNN Films, this unique documentary features interviews with Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, Carter and Vice Presidents Pence, Biden, Cheney, Gore, Quayle, and Mondale.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to recently declassified documents, A HISTORY OF AN ASSIGNMENT uncovers an unknown episode of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The threat of nuclear conflict was not eliminated by the Khrushchev-Kennedy negotiations. Indeed, Fidel Castro, who was not invited to take part in the talks, learned about them from the press and was greatly hurt to see Cuba become a bargaining chip between the USSR and the USA and his own role reduced to that of an extra....
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