Activism Movies

In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of...

Planting Earth Week follows a radical climate activist who tells the story of a splitting decentralized movement that made headlines in 2019.

Tenants and activists are organizing and fighting for better living situations in both Dublin and Amsterdam. Public housing is poorly maintained,...

A Litany for Survival' explores the shades between love, rage, and rebellion as a black person surviving in America. Two months before the shocking...

A documentary exploring sexism and patriarchy in Kosova.

Chinese for Affirmative Action is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Award for being "a champion against discrimination and for...

Mexico is one of the countries worldwide with the highest rate of femicides, the murder of women because they are women. The mothers of two murdered...

Founder Joanie Benson reveals the heartbreaking mistreatment of horses and the powerful rehabilitation work of the Horse Protection Society of North...

This is a documentary produced by Richard Freeman. This part contains the now famous 1992 protest in which the Henry Administration Building was...

Michael Franti, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award) - artist, activist, founder...

The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life poetically narrates the story of a community of Iranian Americans who have made the San...

A devoted group of entrepreneurs and activists believe they see the writing on the wall, and they're determined to add a new chapter.

This documentary addresses the legacy of the military dictatorship in Chile by sharing the story of young fighters killed by the Pinochet regime as a...

Documentary about the 1993 "Whore Culture: A Festival of Sex Work" event in Toronto.

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents John Santos, musician and cultural activist, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award...

The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized,...

Plantation Tragedy presents a surreal dreamscape where trees, labourers, scientists and artificial intelligence confront one another in a shared...