June Turmoil

Leftist Extremism: Activism or Terror?

Leftist extremist groups operating in Europe have chosen violence as a political tactic: they attack the right-wing parties offices, attack the police

2019

It Started with Trees – Revolt in the Gezi Park

Protesters diary from Gezi Park - Taksim Square, Istanbul. Occupy Gezi movement started when the government decided to build shopping mall in place of

2013

Road Not Taken

After the failed Umbrella Revolution in 2014, lives go back to normal, but the scenes of the great protest are like yesterday for Billy and Popsy, stu

2016

Leipzig in Autumn

Voigt, Kroske and Richter were among the first filmmakers who documented the events of the historic 9th of October 1989. Their “material” reflects the

1989

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands

2017

City of Photographers

A film about the fearless photographers and photojournalists who documented strikes, demonstrations, protests etc during the Chilean military regime o

2006

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped th

2006

Selkirk Common Riding 1899

Selkirk does its Border traditions proud with a cavalcade of riders and a herculean feat of banner waving.

1909

A Film Like Any Other

An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968, made in the immediate wake of the workers’ and students’ protests. The picture consists of two parts,

1968

The Luddites

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those

1988

Warriors of the Net

For the first time in history people and machinery are working together, realizing a dream. A uniting force that knows no geographical boundaries. Wit

1999

I Am FEMEN

Oxana is a woman, a fighter, an artist. As a teenager, her passion for iconography almost inspires her to join a convent, but in the end she decides t

2014

Black Power Salute

A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event i

2008

The White Match

Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of interviews,

1968

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. D

2018

The Brave Class

Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activis

2017

Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda

A documentary about the end of the student movement in 1972 and the lynching of Daizaburo Kawaguchi, a student at Waseda University. The documentary i

2024

Oproerkraaiers

2020

Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source of

2018

La astucia y la fuerza

2017