Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance / 2023

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, the thriving electronic scene changed forever. Overnight, producers, DJs, club owners, staff, promoters and curators became soldiers, refugees and volunteers. Such efforts swept through its venues, too. The country's dance floors were suddenly repurposed into medical training facilities and ammunition factories, coordination headquarters and volunteer centres. Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance delves into six individual perspectives from across its club scene, uncovering from their stories the true cost of war.

Alice Fraser: The Resistance / 2017

The Resistance is a stand-up comedy show about the tumbledown house Alice grew up in, and the tumbledown people who lived in it. Alice brings you an hour of silly funny jokes, silly funny songs.. and a bit of devastating human truth.

Symbols of Resistance /

Presented by The Freedom Archive, a history of the Chican@ Pride movement during the 1970s. It covers student activism, police repression, and issues of Chican@ identity.

Women in Resistance / 2019

Brazil is one of the countries that most kills women in the world. In Porto Alegre, feminist collectives fight against this reality and support those who need help.

Noise and Resistance / 2011

This documentary pictures a globally interconnected and political music scene, built on autonomy and solidarity, which has declared war on capitalism and the mainstream culture. Whether it s squatters in Barcelona, antifascists in Moscow, inhabitants of self-governed trailer parks or activists of the CRASS collective - they can all be brought down to one common denominator: their protest and music as means and tool to express it.

Colors of Resistance / 2019

Una pittrice, una comica, un poeta, un artista hip-hop e un cantante, trovano il modo di affermare la loro appartenenza alla Palestina, terra natale che rischia di perdere il diritto a esistere. A prescindere da differenze di nascita, genere o professione, tutti questi artisti si servono delle proprie voci per lottare contro l'annientamento della loro identità. Colors of Resistance è un viaggio sul concetto di appartenenza a un paese che lotta per sopravvivere, fuori e dentro i propri confini

Child of Resistance / 1973

A woman dressed in a robe, hands bound, is being transported through a barroom into a jail cell, directly outside of which later appears a jury box filled with jurors. Linearity is rejected as space is treated poetically, following the coordinates of a propulsive social idea - the social imprisonment of black women.

Rituals of Resistance / 2019

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Mimesis as Resistance / 2013

The Australian lyrebird has evolved the ability to perfectly mimic different sounds like no other bird. During the mating season, the lyrebird sings a mixture of its own tunes and those of other birds for hours on end. With the encroachment of humans upon its habitat, the birds have been exposed to new sounds, and they have been known to incorporate into their songs noises such as car alarms, camera shutters and even the sound of a chain saw starting up. It is therefore the only animal that incorporates the sounds of its own environment’s gradual extinction.

Drums of Resistance / 2016

When ex-Yugoslavia began to fall apart, the Serbian regime banned Kosovar Albanians from participating in public life. Albanian employees across public institutions were fired. Albanian media outlets were closed down. Many elementary and high schools were closed to Albanian students and the entire university system was shut down. During the 1990's in Kosovo, teaching resumed in private apartments, houses and basements stores. This documentary shows how a parallel society and reality was organized. It shows how segregation and apartheid became the norm. Besa Luci and Mathieu Jouffre wrote the script for this challenging film together. In it people are in a relaxed atmosphere: eating, drinking, chatting and revisiting vividly one of the most exciting as well as tragic periods in the history of Kosovo.

Rhythms of Resistance / 2013

A look at the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) in Rio de Janeiro through politicized speeches by artists from some locals communities. With music and performances thematizing social exclusion and police violence, these artists discuss the rhetoric of peace and question to what extent the arrival of the UPP does not represent an intensification of the criminalization of poverty.

Resistenza senza armi / 2016

“Resistance without Arms” mostra nuove forme di resistenza alla occupazione israeliana, tra cui l’hackeraggio di siti internet israeliani, performance artistiche, info-grafiche e graffiti.

Roots of Resistance / 2017

Olive trees have been a key element of life for populations in Palestinian land for generations. Since the creation of the state of Israel, historical inhabitants and trees face the uproot of their lives and culture. This documentary shows popular struggles in occupied Cisjordan through the testimonies of Palestinian families and the activists that protect them during olive harvest.

Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance / 2020

Exploration of how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about environmentalism and Native American rights, among other topics.

Spirit of Resistance / 2014

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance / 1993

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.

Le silence de la mer, une édition dans la Résistance / 2021

Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Road to Resistance / 2010

This first story in a six part series covers almost twenty years of history. It is a story of escalating violence and repression, one nation on a collision course with the rest of the world. When the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, South Africa marches in the opposite direction and begins to implement a series of laws segregating its people by race in every aspect of life, prompting the non-white majority led by the ANC to protest. The non-violent movement picks up supporters all over the world, starting first with a network of Gandhites in Britain, Sweden, and the United States. But Apartheid hardens in the face of this resistance. By the fateful year of 1964, Nelson Mandela is jailed for life, and the entire leadership is forced underground, imprisoned or killed. The movement is effectively shut down in South Africa as hundreds escape into exile.

Resistance Is Life / 20177.01 voti

Eight-year-old Evlin characterizes the resilience of Kobane's resistance against ISIS forces through her experience in a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Un village en résistance /