Activism Movies

Rita Semel, interfaith pioneer and Jewish activist, is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards "for her life-long succ...

Under pressure from activist groups, art is increasingly being cancelled for ideological reasons, because of 'cultural appropriation' or because of th...

In a country that prides itself on democracy, a group of activists, known for chalking messages and holding signs, faces a terrifying escalation: repr...

Beyond Access takes us on a journey with young Afro-Latina ocean explorer and storyteller, Xochitl Clare, on her quest to champion equal access to the...

Through archival footage and testimonies from professors, students, staff, and graduates, the documentary traces the history of the National Universit...

The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized, ma...

"The role of the arts is to tear down what is evil and build up what is good." - Chinaka Hodge

"Mission Asset Fund's work cuts to the core of the financial pain points families everywhere face." - Sam Ruiz

The short documentary ‘Complexos‘ features intimate and emotional views on how residents of favelas in Rio de Janeiro use media and arts to raise thei...

La Badil (No Other Choice),was filmed undercover in the Moroccan controlled territories of Western Sahara, on the eve of the second anniversary of th...

An exposé on the public health impact of factory farming across the United States, told through the eyes of residents in five rural communities. When...

In Fairy Creek, director Jen Muranetz documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, creating a searing portrait of contemporary...

A critical look at Norwegian fur production. The documentary follows a group of activists that in 2010 documented horrible conditions in Norwegian fur...

Letter from Tokyo is a documentary film that looks at art, culture and politics in Tokyo, Japan. Shot over three months during the summer of 2018, and...

The invisible epidemic has spread for too long. Colleges and universities from across Virginia, from schools with billions in endowments to community...

Sarah is a trans sex worker who fulfills her dream of breast augmentation. She show us her daily routine of life, showing people that whores are not v...

In the film “The Wall fell on our heads”, five women of color from East and West Germany talk about their memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

This documentary addresses the legacy of the military dictatorship in Chile by sharing the story of young fighters killed by the Pinochet regime as a...

The workers of Safai Karmachari Andolan, led by Roman Magsaysay Award winner activist Bezwada Wilson, are on a mission to eradicate manual scavenging,...