activist movies page 2

A Single Spark (1995)
7.2 / 10

Drama

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist...

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
6.8 / 10

Documentary, History

A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a...

Shahid (2013)
7.2 / 10

Drama, Crime

A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist...

Whina (2022)
8.667 / 10

Drama, History

Biopic about the life of Whina Cooper, an activist who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of fellow Māori women.

Cops and Robbers (2020)
6.7 / 10

Animation

Animation and activism unite in this multimedia spoken-word response to police brutality and racial injustice.

Arise (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

A film that captures the portraits and stories of extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal the injustices against the...

Taking Alcatraz (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

Ka Bodyscapes (2016)
4.5 / 10

Drama

Three young people—Haris, a gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms...

Burma Soldier (2010)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

Mrs Mandela (2010)
4 / 10

TV Movie, Drama

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a...

The Story Won't Die (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

THE STORY WON’T DIE, from Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson, is an inspiring, timely look at a young generation of Syrian artists who use...

Bikes vs Cars (2015)
6.8 / 10

Documentary

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface...

The Undamaged (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" –...

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018)
7.1 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Sandra Bland was a bright, energetic activist whose life was cut short when a traffic stop resulted in a mysterious jail cell death just three days...

John Denver: Country Boy (2013)
8.2 / 10

Documentary

This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary,...

Inside Fur (2014)
10 / 10

Documentary

A group of highly motivated activists work for years with the goal of exposing the true face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of...

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
6.25 / 10

Documentary

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to...

Being Heumann (1969)
0 / 10

The movie explores Judy Heumann’s efforts to plan the 504 Sit In in San Francisco, an important protest that led to standardizing rights for the...

Unfractured (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

Chanda Chevannes follows scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber as she makes speeches against fracking and gets arrested protesting “the...