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King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis 2 videos Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, KING: A FILMED DOCUMENTARY is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to…
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government 108 mins Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra…
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America 74 mins Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics 79 mins This is the story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. Horrifying and hilarious, this is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in…
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media 168 mins Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 93 mins In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000…
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace 111 mins This astonishing documentary chronicles the adventures of an eclectic group of young pioneers - Canadian hippie journalists, photographers, musicians, scientists, and American draft dodgers -…
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace

Important Issues in American Politics

What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government 108 mins Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra…
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 93 mins In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000…
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 112 mins From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, KING IN THE WILDERNESS follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage…
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The War Room 97 mins The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the…
The War Room The War Room
A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program 101 mins A gripping docu-thriller about a groundbreaking surveillance program, the brilliant mastermind behind it and how a perfect alternative to mass surveillance was killed by NSA-management…
A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program
The Times of Harvey Milk 89 mins A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office;…
The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk

Political Figures

Mooch - The Story of Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci 84 mins Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci may have been the shortest tenured White House Communications Director, but he sure left a big impression. Compiled over a four-year…
Mooch - The Story of Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci Mooch - The Story of Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor 96 mins Former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989, a down-and-dirty decade…
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator 188 mins A monumental achievement, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU tracks the rise and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator through his own propaganda footage. Director Andrei…
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator
The Times of Harvey Milk 89 mins A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office;…
The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation 93 mins As vice-president of Hungary's far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denials, and founded the Hungarian Guard, a now-banned militia inspired by…
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation
John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate 104 mins Produced and directed by six-time Emmy® winner Peter Kunhardt, along with Emmy® winners George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt, JOHN MCCAIN: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS is…
John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate
Women's March - Women Protesting for Democracy and Human Rights 31 mins Shot on location in five U.S. cities, WOMEN'S MARCH is a story about democracy, human rights, and what it means to stand up for your…
Women's March - Women Protesting for Democracy and Human Rights Women's March - Women Protesting for Democracy and Human Rights

Voting Rights

Spies of Mississippi 54 mins In the spring of 1964, the civil rights community is gearing up for "Mississippi Freedom Summer," during which hundreds, if not thousands, of mostly white…
Spies of Mississippi Spies of Mississippi
Bridge to Freedom - 1965 58 mins A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal…
Bridge to Freedom - 1965 Bridge to Freedom - 1965
We'll Never Turn Back 31 mins WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK was filmed in Mississippi in 1963 during the dangerous voter registration drives of that era. Amzie Moore, a Mississippi NAACP activist,…
We'll Never Turn Back We'll Never Turn Back
Who Controls the Land - Bears Ears National Monument and the Fight for Native American Equality 52 mins Native American actor Martin Sensmeier travels to San Juan County, Utah, to investigate the controversy over the Bears Ears National Monument. While there, he learns…
Who Controls the Land - Bears Ears National Monument and the Fight for Native American Equality Who Controls the Land - Bears Ears National Monument and the Fight for Native American Equality
No More Corsets: The New Woman 32 mins The lives of American women changed in far-reaching ways during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Trace late-19th-century social trends that led to more public…
No More Corsets: The New Woman No More Corsets: The New Woman
Answering the Call - The American Struggle for the Right to Vote 77 mins The bloody attacks of protestors in Selma in 1965 led to the historic protection of all Americans' right to vote. The film explores a cherished…
Answering the Call - The American Struggle for the Right to Vote Answering the Call - The American Struggle for the Right to Vote
Freedom on my Mind - Mississippi Voter Registration in the 1960's 110 mins In 1961 Mississippi was a virtual South African enclave within the United States. Everything is segregated. There are virtually no black voters. Bob Moses, enters…
Freedom on my Mind - Mississippi Voter Registration in the 1960's Freedom on my Mind - Mississippi Voter Registration in the 1960's

Women in Politics

Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism 108 mins The epic story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history elected to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called…
Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality 88 mins The winner of over ten awards including the American Library Associations Notable Video for Adults." POLITICAL ANIMALS tells the story of the civil rights struggle…
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality
Washington's War on Women - Sexism and Harrassment in the U.S. Capital 55 mins Gretchen Carlson, who won a high profile victory with her opposition to the pervasive sexual harassment at Fox News, takes viewers to the halls of…
Washington's War on Women - Sexism and Harrassment in the U.S. Capital Washington's War on Women - Sexism and Harrassment in the U.S. Capital
Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem 62 mins Produced by Emmy®-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Kunhardt and HBO’s own Sheila Nevins, GLORIA: IN HER OWN WORDS combines recent interviews that showcase Steinem’s sharp sense…
Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
Evita 3 videos Long after Evita was embalmed and secretly buried under a fictitious name in Milan, the former First Lady of Argentina once again was catapulted to…
Evita Evita
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell 96 mins Voiced and executive produced by Tilda Swinton, LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD is a visually rich, beautifully crafted documentary that tells the story of Gertrude Bell, who…
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment 26 mins Of all the battles waged on Nashville's doorstep, the final throes for the passage of the 19th Amendment were among the most heated, controversial and…
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment

War and the Military

Jim: The James Foley Story - An American Journalist Killed by ISIS 113 mins On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim" Foley was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before the infamous video of his…
Jim: The James Foley Story - An American Journalist Killed by ISIS Jim: The James Foley Story - An American Journalist Killed by ISIS
Last Days in Vietnam 98 mins April, 1975. During the chaotic final days of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, South…
Last Days in Vietnam Last Days in Vietnam
Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine 98 mins This documentary looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which…
Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine
Custer's Last Stand 114 mins Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On…
Custer's Last Stand Custer's Last Stand
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell 96 mins Voiced and executive produced by Tilda Swinton, LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD is a visually rich, beautifully crafted documentary that tells the story of Gertrude Bell, who…
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell
Blood and Oil 114 mins Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have been largely overlooked in documentary programs. Given…
Blood and Oil Blood and Oil
John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate 104 mins Produced and directed by six-time Emmy® winner Peter Kunhardt, along with Emmy® winners George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt, JOHN MCCAIN: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS is…
John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain: For Whom The Bell Tolls - A Portrait of the Republican Senator and Presidential Candidate

North American Politics

King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis 2 videos Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, KING: A FILMED DOCUMENTARY is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to…
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America 74 mins Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Out of the Shadows 56 mins The series begins at a turning point in American history: the Selma marches and Watts riots that marked a new phase in the black struggle.…
Out of the Shadows Out of the Shadows
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 93 mins In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000…
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream 23 mins This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. - August 28, 1963 Brown…
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream
Not Just a Game - Power, Politics & American Sports 62 mins We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix, that games are just games and athletes should just "shut up and play",…
Not Just a Game - Power, Politics & American Sports Not Just a Game - Power, Politics & American Sports
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King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis
Kino Lorber Edu
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, KING: A FILMED DOCUMENTARY is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement.…
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What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government
What Is Democracy? - A Philosophical Journey Exploring Government
Kino Lorber*
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra Taylor's idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents: from ancient Athens' groundbreaking experiment in self-government…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Media Education Foundation
Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety and grievance straight to the White House. Rejecting the notion that Trump's racial appeals to…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched as a poised, beautiful African-American woman sat before a Senate committee of 14 white men…
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics
Giant Interactive
This is the story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. Horrifying and hilarious, this is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election revealing a fake news empire and its information warfare tactics. Winner of…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Orchard
In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow ( The Hurt Locker , Zero Dark Thirty ) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy-- the…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Zeitgeist Films
Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic collage of new and original footage, biography, archival gems, imaginative graphics and outrageous illustrations, the…
Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Part of the Series: Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
PBS
The series begins at a turning point in American history: the Selma marches and Watts riots that marked a new phase in the black struggle. Gates explores the rising call for Black Power, redefining American culture, politics, and society.
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
New Day Films
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world.…
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace
How To Change The World - The Story of Greenpeace
Kino Lorber Edu
This astonishing documentary chronicles the adventures of an eclectic group of young pioneers - Canadian hippie journalists, photographers, musicians, scientists, and American draft dodgers - who set out to stop Richard Nixon's atomic bomb tests in Amchitka, Alaska, and end…
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream
SoundWorks
This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. - August 28, 1963 Brown Chapel, Selma, Alabama - March 8, 1965 Final Speech, day before Dr. King`s Assassination -…
Normal is Over - Innovative Solutions to Global Decline
Normal is Over - Innovative Solutions to Global Decline
Renée Scheltema
An award-winning documentary about humanity's wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality, and the connection between these issues. A look at the financial and economical paradigm underlying our planetary problems, while offering various solutions to reverse…
Climate Refugees - The Global Human Impact of Climate Change
Climate Refugees - The Global Human Impact of Climate Change
The Video Project
Climate Refugees is the first feature film to explore in-depth the global human impact of climate change and its serious destabilizing effect on international politics. The film turns the distant concept of global warming into a concrete human problem with…
5 Broken Cameras - Non-Violent Resistance in the Middle East
5 Broken Cameras - Non-Violent Resistance in the Middle East
Kino Lorber Edu
Winner at the Sundance Film Festival , 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought…
Not Just a Game - Power, Politics & American Sports
Not Just a Game - Power, Politics & American Sports
Media Education Foundation
We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix, that games are just games and athletes should just "shut up and play", but according to Nation magazine sports editor, Dave Zirin, this notion is just flat-out wrong.…
Jim: The James Foley Story - An American Journalist Killed by ISIS
Jim: The James Foley Story - An American Journalist Killed by ISIS
Gravitas Ventures
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim" Foley was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before the infamous video of his public execution sent shockwaves and introduced much of the world to ISIS. Jim: The James…
Concerning Violence - Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialistic Self-Defense
Concerning Violence - Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialistic Self-Defense
Kino Lorber Edu
From the director of The Black Power Mixtape comes a bold and fresh visual narrative on Africa, based on newly discovered archive material covering the struggle for liberation from colonial rule in the late '60s and '70s, accompanied by text…
Dark Money - The Influence of Corporate Money in our Elections
Dark Money - The Influence of Corporate Money in our Elections
PBS
This acclaimed documentary examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana -a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections…
Last Train Home - Migration in China
Last Train Home - Migration in China
Zeitgeist Films
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration--an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught…
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
HBO Documentary Films®
From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, KING IN THE WILDERNESS follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on…