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1 gen 2021 · The Real Activist: Directed by Jody Banks, Dayla Soul. With Peter Coyote, Brent Turner, James Woolsey. A film advocating more secure voting systems
- Jody Banks, Dayla Soul
- Peter Coyote, Brent Turner, James Woolsey
The Real Activist is a documentary tracking the efforts of an election reform activist from Northern California. This historic piece exposes the realities of the Davey vs Goliath battle to secure the United States election systems within a corrupt political environment.
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Virunga
Virunga is a beautiful and powerful documentary which bringstogether several compelling narratives: the terrible violence that has ravagedeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the British oil company seekingto drill in the midst of the beauty of Africa’s oldest national park; theincredible young journalist on the case; and the tear-jerking relationshipbetween a handler and his gorilla "family". After the documentary was shot, non-governmentalorganisations including Global Witness, whi...
Howto Change the World
This documentary is about a group of friends who setout to stop Richard Nixon's nuclear bomb tests in Alaska and end up foundingGreenpeace. This was a real wake-up call on climate change, as well as aninspiring insight into the determination to change the world and the humanfallibilities that get in the way. My friend Al Morrow was the producer on thisso I followed the progress of production and heard some great stories about thecharacters involved. PhilippaBogle, Legal Assistant
Gasland
My favourite environmental films are ones thataren’t just ends in themselves – they inspire action too. I saw Gasland, Josh Fox’s documentary about USfracking in a packed arts centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2011. Afterthe film there was a discussion about upcoming plans to frack in NorthernIreland, and this led to a province-wide anti-fracking movement which ended in thepractice being banned across all of Ireland a few short years later. I like Do theMathfor the same reason. Shown in...
A Cambodian Spring
A Cambodian Springis BAFTA-nominated –one of five contenders for the ‘outstanding directorial debut’ award. FilmmakerChris Kelly spent several years with a community in Cambodia’s capital PhnomPenh, who were being forced out of their homes to make way for a luxury shoppingcomplex. The film captures so powerfully the patterns of nepotism and humanrights abuses that Global Witness has been documenting in Cambodia for decades– in this case the government hands a plot of land to a politically-con...
Baraka
The film has no conventional narrative but is a montage offast-moving images from across the globe to capture what director Fricke calls ‘aguided mediation on humanity’. From aBalinese temple to a landfill in Calcutta, Angkor Wat to an industrial poultryfarm, the film is a masterclass in juxtapositions, depicting the strength andfragility of our world; the significance yet ‘smallness’ of us as humans – it’sas if the pages of National Geographichave come alive on screen. Not aword is spoken in...
Spotlight
Alove letter to journalism, Spotlighttells the true story of the Boston Globereporters who revealed the systemic cover-up of child abuse by the Catholic churchin Boston. This inspiring film highlights the importance of investigativejournalism and realistically dramatises the professionalism, patience anddiligence such work requires, as well as sensitively depicting the devastatingemotional fallout from abuse. Inan era of stifling accusations of fake news and moves to curtail press freedom,it...
Inside Job
InsideJob is a criticallyacclaimed, Oscar-winning masterpiece of investigative documentaryfilmmaking. More than that, it is also the ultimate heist movie thatexplains how the vested interests that control our finance and politics causedthe greatest recession in recent history and got away with it. Ten years later,this may seem like a distant memory, but the newly-elected US House of Representativesis finally poised to truly drain the swamp through an ambitious, sweepingpackage of anti-corrupt...
GetMe Roger Stone
This film tells the story of the modern Republicanparty, how Trump came to power and his circle of cronies. Not only is it anincredible film but it provides a look into a side we aren’t always familiarwith—it is historical in the sense that it attempts to explain ‘how we got here’starting with the Nixon era and who the critical actors who have been callingthe political shots. Manafort also plays a big role in it. So very pertinentgiven the times. It’s also conveniently on Netflix! AlexandriaR...
Rent The Real Activist on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Corporate greed and political corruption threaten the foundation of American democracy.
- Documentary
- Brent Turner, Peter Coyote, R. James Woosley
- Jody Banks, Soul Soul
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
2 set 2020 · From the Standing Rock protests to the battle for Oak Flat in Arizona, this docuseries from Viceland expertly investigates the environmental rights struggle of Native American and Indigenous citizens and the inspiring legacy of their 500-plus-year resilience. Watch Now.
