This is What Democracy Looks Like
Interesting, engaging start to finish
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Rick Rowley
Films
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Zapatista
January 1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico, several thousand Mayan soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against the global corporate power they say rules Mexico. They call themselves the Zapatista...Start your free trial to watch
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Black and Gold
In 1994, the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York, became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords. With over 3,000 members in New York, some saw the Latin King and Queen...Start your free trial to watch
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle's streets during the WTO protests inf November 1999. The film cuts through the confusion and tear gas to paint an intimate, passionate portrait of a week that changed...Start your free trial to watch
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The Fourth World War
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine and Korea, THE FOURTH WORLD WAR is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war. While our airwaves are crowded with talk of war, narrated by generals and filmed from the noses of bombs,...Start your free trial to watch
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Deserter
DESERTER is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson, a deserting soldier and his young wife, as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border. As they move from safe house to safe house, we get to know Ryan and Jen, two shy, small-town kids from the Central Valley who joined the military because...Start your free trial to watch
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The War of 33
THE WAR OF 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the 2006 war in Lebanon. A series of letters written by Hanady Salman, a mother living through the war in Beirut, carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflict. What emerges is a universal story: a complex picture of love,...Start your free trial to watch
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The Jena 6
Jena, LA: in a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of their school, the DA puts six black students...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Documentary / Crime
- Independent / Documentary
- Short / Documentary
- Independent / Documentary
- Independent / Documentary
- Independent / Documentary
- Independent / Documentary
- Independent / Documentary
- Short / Documentary
- Documentary / History
- Documentary / History
- International / Middle Eastern / Lebanese
- International / Americas / North American / Mexican
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / War
- War
- Documentary / War
- War
- Documentary / War
- War
Recent Reviews
This is What Democracy Looks Like
A primer for anyone interested in Occupy or other groups who desire to change the world.
The Fourth World War
IT IS WORTH WATCHING! THERE IS SO MUCH DEVESTATION IN THIS WORLD....PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE THIS OVER GREED-POWER.