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The Broken Century

Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (2020)

Capitalism and Mental Health: How the Market Makes Us Sick

Sext Up Kids: How Growing Up in a Hyper-Sexualized Culture Hurts Our Kids (2012) (trailer)

What Would Happen If Male Athletes Were Asked The Same Questions Female Athletes Are Subjected To?

Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)

Gil Scott-Heron Explains the Meaning Behind 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'

Open Up - Have the Difficult But Important Conversations With Loved Ones

Why Do Banks Make So Much Money?

Grass: A Marijuana History (1999)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Before He Was Assassinated, MLK Jr. Was Advocating For An End To Income Inequality

The Free Voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists (1980)

Greek Referendum: 'People Power Has Happened'

Kick the Meat Habit

To Change Everything, Start Everywhere

Native Americans Say What Christopher Columbus Means to Them

Utopia (2013)

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Transition Documentaries

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

The Transition

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Transitions For Society: Job Guarantee and Basic Income (2014)

Occupy Love (2013)

Ecovillage Pioneers: A Journey Towards Low-Impact Living (2016)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Building the Democratic Economy, from Preston to Cleveland (2018)

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Thich Nhat Hanh: One of Our Greatest Inspirations and Mentors

The Four Mantras of True Presence

Thich Nhat Hanh: No Enemies

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

We Need a Revolution; It Starts with Falling in Love with Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh: Understanding is the Key To Creating a World Without Enemies

Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

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Do You Have Time to Love?

Most Watched Documentaries

Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)

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Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

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The Age of Stupid (2009)

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Dominion (2018)

169,232 views

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)

62,493 views

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

108,816 views

Before the Flood (2016)

237,219 views

War By Other Means (1992)

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The Cove (2009)

96,860 views

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

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Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

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Human (2015)

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Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

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Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution (2008)

69,206 views

Rise Like Lions: OWS and the Seeds of Revolution (2011)

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Money & Life (2013)

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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

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Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

128,883 views

We - Arundhati Roy (2006)

47,463 views

Starsuckers (2009)

64,848 views

Schooling the World (2010)

645,770 views

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

58,871 views

For The Next 7 Generations (2009)

51,558 views

First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2010)

66,912 views

Documentaries about the Israel-Palestine Conflict

With God on Our Side (2010)

The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)

Israel Vs Israel: A Film About Israeli Peace Activists (2010)

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Life in Occupied Palestine (2009) (trailer)

The Israeli Lobby (2007)

The Zionist Story (2009)

Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth (2009)

Voting Is a Chess Move, Not a Valentine. In Other Words: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!

The "No Illusions" Guide to Elections: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!

Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

The Anarchist Revolt Against the Ideology of Not Voting Is Finally Taking Shape

Voting Is a Chess Move, Not the Whole Game

My Appeal to Leftists Who Won't Vote or Who Believe Voting Third Party Is a Principled Stance

The Anarchist Case For Voting In Elections

To Vote or Not to Vote: For Anarchists, Is There Only One True Way?

I'm an Anarchist and I Vote

Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes

Voting Matters (trailer)

Democracy? That Would Be Anarchy!

Democracy Is for Life, Not Just Elections

Trending Articles

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

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Tim Hjersted

Bucky Fuller & his World Game: Intro to Saving Planets

Brainsturbator

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Wisdom Pills

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture

Jim Tull

The Next American Revolution Has Begun And This Is What It Looks Like

Dan West

Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words

Andrew Nikiforuk

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

George Lakey

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

How to Win: Lessons From the Zad

Greg Frey

The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)

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Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

Aikido Association of America

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Michael E Sparks

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Films For Action

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

Your Life Can Be Different: 11 Things I'd Like to Tell My Younger Self

Charles Eisenstein

Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

The Regenerative Design (R)Evolution - Daniel Christian Wahl

The Regenerative Design (R)Evolution

Activism Revisited: Conscious Participation and Collective Intelligence

Regenerative Cultures and Economies of Place | Daniel Christian Wahl

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

Wake Up to Find Out That You Are the Eyes of the World!

Towards a Regenerative Cosmology: Re-Inhabitation, Re-Enchantment, Re-Indigenisation

Beyond Sustainability? — We Are Living in the Century of Regeneration

Living the Questions: Questions, More than Answers, are the Pathway to Collective Wisdom

Videos Under Five Minutes

Austerity Is a Feminist Issue

2 min

The Bio Da Versity Code

5 min

Israeli Jew Stabbed by Man Who Mistook Him for a Palestinian Calls for Peace

1 min

Richard Wolff takes on Jordan B. Peterson

5 min

Shocking Conditions Revealed on Free Range Turkey Farm in England

2 min

How Comedy Can Disarm Bullies

3 min

EU/US Trade Deal Gives Corporations Power to Sue Governments Over Laws That "Damage Profits"

2 min

Only a Society That Is Truly Insane Could Allow This to Happen

3 min

Mumia Abu Jamal: The Real "Outside Agitators"

3 min

When the Police State Came To This Rapper's Town, His Lyrical Commentary Tore the Whole Facade Down

3 min

The Elephant on Campus | Anya Kamenetz

2 min

The Great Canadian Land Grab

4 min

The ISIS Trap - Will You Fall Into It?

1 min

We Could All Work 15-Hour Weeks, and Get Away With It

3 min

Awesome Animations & Clips from His Films Celebrate David Attenborough at 90

2 min

100% Possible - Clean, Safe, Renewable Energy

2 min

The Image Hollywood Created of Africa

3 min

How The Tremendous Changes In Our Society Mirrors The Evolution of the Butterfly

4 min

Brave New Films: At The Forefront Of A New Media Revolution

3 min

The Problem With Saying "All Lives Matter"

2 min

Brazil's Largest City Takes on Transition

5 min

No Shit Study: Scientists Show Conspiracy Theorists Will Believe Anything

3 min

How to Defeat Negative Thinking

2 min

'Theresa May and the Holy Grail' is Satirical Genius

3 min

Education

Schooling the World (2010)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

A Science Of Teaching (2015)

Class Dismissed: A Paper Tiger Documentary (2004)

The War on Kids (2009) (trailer)

Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)

Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)

Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)

Ripple Effect (2014)

Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)

Being and Becoming (2014)

The Forbidden Education (2012)

Why Do These Kids Love School? (1999)

COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016)

Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)

Can You See It?

Can You See It ? | Extinction Rebellion France

Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Clip From Samsara Will Make You Speechless

The Great Pause: Normal *Was* The Crisis

The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again

After I Watched This, I Put My Phone Down for the Rest of the Day

This Is What Every Young Girl Can Expect to be Bombarded with for a Lifetime, Condensed Into 1 Min

A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN

Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One

Gabor Maté: Why Our Culture Makes So Many Of Us Unhappy

Alan Watts: What is Wrong With Our Culture

The One Simple Truth about Our Existence That Everyone Needs to Know

The Lie We Live

The High Price of Materialism

This Is The World As It Is

It's The Greatest Drama of All Time and You Just Might Be Missing It

We Are Built To Be Kind

The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

Documentaries about Living the Change

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

Occupy Love (2013)

Not Business As Usual (2014)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Trending Documentaries

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Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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The Coming War on China (2016)

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InterReflections: A Story about The Greatest Revolution of Our Time (2020)

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Israelism (2023)

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Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

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How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

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Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws (2012)

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Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)

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Aghet: A Genocide (2010)

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Killing Gaza (2018)

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Origins (2014)

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Living for 32: Virginia Tech, Gun Shows & Mass Shootings in America (2010)

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Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

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Broken by Battle (2013)

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New Member Submissions

Gaza Genocide: A Socialist Perspective (2024)

Empire Managers Explain Why This New Protest Movement Scares Them

No Refuge: Cape Cod's Coastal Crisis (2024)

Psychedelic Psilocybin Magic Truffle Veteran Retreat (2022)

Talk For Life: English as an Additional Language (2020)

Living Without: How Much is Enough?

Pinevale High - Separate, Unequal,....Undeterred.

Smartphones vs. Smart Kids: Heading Off Disaster in Teen Mental Health | Jonathan Haidt

Tomorrow (with Epilogue) (2022)

Resilience: What Makes the Soul Strong (2024)

Close-Up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter

Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) (trailer)

How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World

The Rules of the Game Must Change | Yanis Varoufakis

The Hungry Ghost Inside Us: What Really Causes Addiction | Dr. Gabor Mate

The Illusion of Progress | Charles Eisenstein

How Advertising Creates Cultural Violence | Peter Joseph

How Humans Regenerate Earth | Dr. Lyla June

Urban Food Forest in a Public Park! – The City Food Commons

I Wrote What? Google's AI-Powered Libel Machine

Genetics Explained Who Are the Blessed Ones!

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Us Government Destroy Family

Why Julian Assange Should Be Freed | John Mearsheimer

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