Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Lumumba
The Sun Behind the Clouds
F.T.A.
Martin Luther
Bhutto
After Stonewall
Endgame
This is What Democracy Looks Like
Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon
Un uomo da bruciare
Sing Your Song
Spotlight on Activism and Resistance
Being the change. Fighting for freedom. Making some noise. Speaking truth to power. Acting up. Here are ones that weren't content to stand to the side of history. They put it on the line for a greater cause, civil rights, a fair wage, or just because they'd had enough. Some achieved success in their day, while others would never enjoy the fruits of their labor. Either way, with these images—zeitgeist-capturing documentaries, historic reconstructions, and fables of defiance—the legacy of their struggle endures.
Selected Films
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Berkeley in the Sixties
Civil rights marches, anti-Vietnam War protests, the women's movement and the birth of the Black Panthers, all captured in their immediacy and passion in this gripping documentary. Featuring music from the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, the Band and many others. Nominated for...Watch Movie
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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...Watch Movie
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After Stonewall
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. AFTER STONEWALL, the sequel to BEFORE STONEWALL, chronicles...Watch Movie
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Bhutto
The epic story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history elected to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called the “Kennedys of Pakistan,” Benazir was elected Prime Minister after her father was overthrown and executed by his own military. Her time in power saw acts...Watch Movie
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Lumumba
Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as MALCOLM X and JFK, Raoul Peck’s award-winning epic dramatizes the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old Lumumba became the first Prime...Watch Movie
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Endgame
Set in South Africa, 1985, ENDGAME is a gripping and sophisticated political thriller full of intriguing and unexpected heroes. While the country is under siege, Mandela's imprisonment is an international cause célèbre and the ANC guerrilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Every day the country...Watch Movie
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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,...Watch Movie
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Sing Your Song
Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary SING YOUR SONG surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country...Watch Movie
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The Sun Behind the Clouds
A provocative and potent look at the Dalai Lama’s ceaseless struggle for justice and recognition for the Tibetan people, THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS focuses on the pivotal and particularly tumultuous events of 2008. From the four-month march of exiled Tibetans to the Indo-Tibet...Watch Movie
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Martin Luther
Based on the life of the 16th century monk who defied excommunication and the stake in his demand for religious reform, MARTIN LUTHER provides the first motion picture portrayal of the incendiary beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. This dramatic motion picture, which was nominated for two...Watch Movie
