Democracy Movies

The film is a controversy on democracy. Is our society really democratic? Can everyone be part of it? Or is the act of being part in democracy...

Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro fighting for democracy in the country where they chose to live. History...

Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the...

The faces of ten women, actual mothers of [pH2]: estado de teatro’s members, expand the face of Helena Failure and enact the misfortunes that...

In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary France. A thousand or so miners took to the streets...

Local elections are taking place in Georgia in 2025. The frontrunner is the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party, accused of rigging the previous...

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

After 10 years of life on the run and five years in prison, activist Yun Gi-jin is finally released, only to find he faces another trial. Questioning...

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

When artist Janet Biehl fell in love with radical American philosopher Murray Bookchin in the 1980s whilst editing his ground-breaking opus...

When Israel is hijacked from within by extremist political forces, a group of citizens transform overnight into protest leaders. They embark on an...

In the weeks and months surrounding the overthrowing of Bulgaria's socialist dictatorship, the public's taste for democratic discussion begs to be...

A woman asks "what's the meaning of democracy?" as she looks back over the politics of Kenya from the 1960s to the 2007 election.

In September 1847, the people gathered at the “Salmen” inn in Offenburg and put forward 13 demands: freedom of the press, trial by jury,...

Christian Garcia, a fiercely dedicated Latino political organizer, leads a team of young people mobilizing their community for a soda tax. Tested...

Filmmaker Steve York explores the controversial 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, during which candidate Viktor Yushchenko suffered a near-fatal...

The death of the dictator Francisco Franco on November 20, 1975 changed the course of Spanish history. The Franco dictatorship gave way to the...

In the summer of 2011, Nadir Bouhmouch, a Moroccan student studying abroad in California returns to his home country and finds it in a state of...

Follows directors journey to discover the life and times of Antonio José Martínez, an activist priest dedicated to the enlightenment...

The documentary film of the brief window of artistic freedom and democracy movement 1978 - 1982 following China's brutal cultural revolution.