A crowd of people holding protest signs during a Toronto demonstration featured in A Letter to My Tribe, a film exploring solidarity and resistance.
 

b.h. Yael offers an intimate essay film that reflects on the colonization of Palestine and her family’s story, combining archival images with diary narration.

Still from Khartoum showing a tree in the Sudanese landscape, symbolizing resilience amid displacement and civil unrest.
 

Five Sudanese citizens recount their lives using experimental green screen techniques to capture a period of crisis and resilience.

Scene from Urban Disobedience Toolkit showing a performer covered in clay raising their hand during a public demonstration.
 

Artists and activists reclaim a gentrified Prague with creative interventions and anarchist monkey-wrenching to show how a more egalitarian city is possible.

 

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John Peterson standing in a green field on his Illinois farm under a clear sky.
Farmer John Peterson on his Illinois organic farm. © The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
Taggart Siegel  ·    ·  1h23m
Taggart Siegel  ·    ·  1h23m

A subversive romp about a Midwestern American farmer who seeks, with appropriate zeal and flair, to combine the growing of food with political art.

A Palestinian women confronting armed Israeli soldiers in a crowd during a tense outdoor standoff.
Still from Occupation 101.
Abdallah Omeish & Sufyan Omeish  ·  2006  ·  1h30m
Abdallah Omeish & Sufyan Omeish  ·  2006  ·  1h30m

An invaluable capsule of Palestine solidarity movements that emerged after the Second Intifada, featuring spokespeople like Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe.

Still from the film The Sense of Violence by Kim Mooyoung, showing the exterior of a modern building with steps and pillars.
A still from The Sense of Violence (2025), directed by Kim Mooyoung — exploring the tension between authority, space, and aggression
Kim Mooyoung  ·  2024  ·  1h54m
Kim Mooyoung  ·  2024  ·  1h54m

The film traces the trajectory of cinema by uncovering the specific intersections shared within the historical context of "anti-communist art" during the Park Chung-hee regime.

Still from Sabren — a powerful depiction of Sudanese protest movements following the October 2021 coup, capturing resilience and defiance amid unrest.
Film still from Sabren, a fierce frontline portrayal of protest movements that erupted across Sudan after the October 2021 coup, documenting courage, loss, and collective resistance.
Eythar Gubara  ·  2025  ·  15m
Eythar Gubara  ·  2025  ·  15m

A fierce frontline depiction of protest movements in the aftermath of Sudan’s October 2021 coup.

Still from Khartoum showing a tree in the Sudanese landscape, symbolizing resilience amid displacement and civil unrest.
Still from Khartoum, a contemplative film following five citizens of Sudan as they share their stories of civil unrest, the military coup, and their search for safety in neighboring countries.
Brahim Snoopy, Rawia Alhag , Anas Saeed, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed & Philip Cox  ·  2025  ·  1h20m
Brahim Snoopy, Rawia Alhag , Anas Saeed, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed & Philip Cox  ·  2025  ·  1h20m

Five Sudanese citizens recount their lives using experimental green screen techniques to capture a period of crisis and resilience.

Scene from Urban Disobedience Toolkit showing a performer covered in clay raising their hand during a public demonstration.
Still from Urban Disobedience Toolkit, a performance-based film exploring acts of resistance and collective action in urban spaces.
Vladimír Turner  ·  2025  ·  1h28m
Vladimír Turner  ·  2025  ·  1h28m

Artists and activists reclaim a gentrified Prague with creative interventions and anarchist monkey-wrenching to show how a more egalitarian city is possible.

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