Activism Movies

On April 14, 2014, the sleepy agrarian town of Chibok, in the North East zone of Nigeria, was thrust into the global spotlight when the terrorist...

The workers of Safai Karmachari Andolan, led by Roman Magsaysay Award winner activist Bezwada Wilson, are on a mission to eradicate manual...

Young activist discusses the ever-changing world he lives in with the people he cares about, in order to save his neighborhood.

When the killer of an adolescent labor activist is acquitted, journalist Shahbaz Bhatti sees glaring loopholes in the verdict, and begins a quest for...

After the military occupation of Western Sahara in 1976, Moroccan government attacked the civil population with hard repression, forcing hundreds of...

Activists have been fighting for animal rights for decades. Will they succeed in winning the battle against meat production or will the food industry...

The story of the struggle of a small African community against a factory that poisoned their lives with lead, a killer industry operating across...

Feeling disgruntled, a group of punks start a litter picking group to counter the amount of litter their community faces.

The film follows a couple of young boys in the Saharian refugee camp „February 27“ located in the bleak desert area of southwestern...

An experimental, activist short-film following Quinn, who falls pregnant, but did not have the freedom to choose. So she takes matters into her own...

Gowanus Current is a documentary feature film about a neighborhood asking what is truly valuable in their community, and who gets to decide.

In the 1970's, filmmakers Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan and Chuck Lapp began documenting the history and current struggles of inshore fishermen in...

The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life poetically narrates the story of a community of Iranian Americans who have made the San...

A Litany for Survival' explores the shades between love, rage, and rebellion as a black person surviving in America. Two months before the shocking...

The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

Founder Joanie Benson reveals the heartbreaking mistreatment of horses and the powerful rehabilitation work of the Horse Protection Society of North...

A Q&A session with the founder of 'Heaux History Project' Erica aka Rebelle.

This documentary speaks to local activist groups in the music industry and culture scene to find out why people are driven to fight back and speak...

Chinese for Affirmative Action is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Award for being "a champion against discrimination and for...