They Died for Freedom: A French Resistance Story /

A documentary on a World War II bomber crew that enabled the French Resistance to gain a decisive upper hand over the Nazis.

LN3: SEVEN TEACHINGS OF THE ANISHINAABE IN RESISTANCE /

Predatory industry has hijacked our regulatory system, placing ancient food systems and a fifth of the world’s freshwater at risk. LN3 features Tara Houska, poet-hip hop artist ThomasX, and living-legend Winona LaDuke as they lead an alliance to take on Big Oil and their enablers at the institutional level, and on the frontlines, to stop the flow of Canadian tar sands from destroying the Mississippi Watershed; while simultaneously providing space for renewable energy. Join us in this battle for Earth.

Tūhoe – A History of Resistance / 2005

Tūhoe – A History of Resistance is a documentary of the Ngāi Tūhoe tribe and its attempts to reclaim land resources and justice from the New Zealand Government. This documentary explores the tenuous and volatile relationship between the Crown and the Tūhoe who continue to resist.

PISI (String of Debt & Resistance) / 2023

Despite a seven-year-old arbitration victory for the Philippines in the South China Sea, China's harassment of Filipino fisherfolk and vessels persists. In Masinloc, Zambales, approximately 1,500 fisherfolk continue to be threatened by China's illegal acts in Scarborough Shoal.

Unbroken: A Story of Resistance / 2023

Civilian victims of Russia’s terror, Oleksandra Ikonnikova and her 6-year-old daughter Nadiia, spend three weeks at a Ukrainian field hospital for the wounded of heart. Oleksandra, who struggled to keep Nadiia alive, is suffering acute post-traumatic stress. Nadiia has stopped eating. Psychologists help them recover and build resilience for more pain still to come. The survivors learn to become warriors, not victims. Their determination to thrive is their way to fight back against Russian aggression. Oleksandra and Nadiia grow stronger in the supportive community but leave with no home to return to as the war rages on.

The Brave Fighters: Resistance Stories Near Hitler's Ukrainian Headquarters / 2014

During World War II, Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighters saved thousands of Jews, Ukrainians and Russians near Hitler's "Wehrwolf" Ukrainian Headquarters. These are their true stories.

Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WWII / 2022

Although the Nazis seized and killed millions of Jews during World War II, they failed to capture an estimated 25,000 who escaped into the forests of Eastern Europe. Instead of simply hiding, these young men and women - many of them teenagers -- banded together to fight back, carrying out deadly acts of sabotage, staging ambushes, and waging clandestine warfare against the Nazis and their collaborators. The Jewish Partisans tells the inspiring story of how these innocent young adults transformed into guerrilla soldiers, surviving - and ultimately triumphing - against extraordinary odds. —Anonymous

Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara / 2015

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation and voices the aspirations of a desert people for whom the era of colonialist never ended.

Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso / 2018

BURKINABÈ RISING: the art of resistnace in Burkina Faso showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso. A small, landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists and engaged citizens, who provide an example of the type of political change that can be achieved when people come together. It is an inspiration, not only to the rest of Africa but also to the rest of the world. Through music, film, ecology, visual art, and architecture, the people featured in this film are carrying on the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara. After assuming the presidency in 1983, Sankara was killed in a 1987 coup d'état led by his friend and close advisor Blaise Compaoré, who subsequently ruled the country as an autocrat for twenty-seven years. In October 2014, a massive popular insurrection led to his removal. Today, the spirit of resistance is mightier than ever in Burkina Faso.

Occupation Has No Future: Militarism + Resistance in Israel/Palestine / 2010

Through conversations with Israeli conscientious objectors, former soldiers, and Palestinians living under occupation, Occupation Has No Future creates a survey of the current atmosphere in Israel and the West Bank.

Wild West 10 - Golborne Stories of Struggle and Resistance / 2014

Golborne, West London, bordered by Ladbroke Grove, The Westway and the Grand Union Canal. An area that from the 1950s saw a unique struggle against poverty, greedy landlords, racism and political neglect to a musical backdrop of reggae, punk and carnival.

The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 / 1991

Directed by Hava Kohav Beller, this stirring documentary chronicles the anti-Nazi resistance movement within Hitler's Germany and the countless unsuccessful attempts to remove the führer from power.

IQ - Live Like This (A Show Of Resistance Ever Live) / 2020

Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property / 2007

In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" - a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. Based on McLeod's award-winning book of the same title, Freedom of Expression charts the many successful attempts to push back this assault by overzealous copyright holders. Freedom of Expression is an essential tool for educators, activists, filmmakers, students, artists, librarians, and more.

Race Against Resistance: The Life And Death Struggle To Save Antibiotics /

From Tori, a college gymnast, who faced a once curable infection that escalated into a life-threatening crisis, to Kerry, battling relentless superbugs with numerous antibiotics after what seemed like a simple ear infection. Their experiences are not isolated incidents, as resistance to ordinary antibiotics is rising. Antimicrobial resistance is rapidly becoming one of the most severe global health crises, causing great concern throughout the scientific and medical communities. This documentary-style film sheds light on the alarming reality of this ticking time bomb and the efforts of doctors, scientists, and experts who are relentlessly working to safeguard the health and well-being of generations to come through ground-breaking research and innovative solutions.

A First Attempt at Aesthetic Resistance / 2023

If a comet is a cosmic snowball made up of ice, dust, and rock with a tail millions of miles long, which it is, then consider A First Attempt at Aesthetic Resistance a kind of lit-media-art cosmic snowball made up of socio-cultural criticism, personal essay a la David Sedaris but less digressive, and a Saturday Night Live-like cinematic reflection – ON PLASTIC-INJECTION MOLDED CHAIRS. Writer, director, producer, Patrick Bazin, hits a sweet spot between humor and terror, delivering a hyper-stylized blow to the tyranny of blandness, mass-produced plastics, conformity, and uniformity. A First Attempt at Aesthetic Resistance leaves a righteous desire-for-beauty afterglow millions of miles long.

Between Resistance and Community: The Long Island Do It Yourself Punk Scene / 2002

A strong time capsule about Long Island as a cornerstone and building block of DIY punk.

The War We Were Not Taught About ― Invasion, 'Development', Resistance in Philippines / 1995

The narratives of Filipinos and Japanese soldiers who lived through the Japanese Occupation trace the destructive effects of the war that lasted decades after.

Occupy the Imagination: Tales of Seduction and Resistance / 2013

Filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman goes in search of his revolutionary roots in Chile and in the process finds it in the euphoria of the Occupy Movement.

Armed Resistance / 2009

On the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August 1945, a nuclear bomb with a uranium charge was dropped - the United States was the only state that possessed nuclear weapons. In the USSR, extraordinary measures were being taken to speed up work on the atomic project, but to no avail. The reason was simple: there was no uranium in the country. Despite the post-war devastation, already in early 1946, geological exploration parties were organized, the entire territory of the USSR was covered by uranium prospecting works. The hero of the film is a geologist on one of these expeditions. But when his friend dies, his life begins to change.