activism
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The Encampments
ACTIVISM: From Chicago 7 to Columbia, The Encampments shows how protest is reframed as threat, as language like terrorist and «anti Semite» is used to silence dissent.
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Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
CIVIL RIGHTS: With a title taken from Langston Hughes' famous anti-segregation poem of 1942, Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Ilana Trachtman tells the fascinating, little-known story of one of America's first-ever mixed-race protests against the Jim Crow laws of the US South.
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The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
CONTROL: A corporate spy embeds with environmental activists, flips (sort of), and drags an asbestos empire into view. What follows isn’t a clean exposé but a knot of moral grey zones.
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Action Item
MENTAL HEALTH: When mental health and political crisis collide, reflection transforms into resistance.
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Encounters 2025 Documentary Festival announces provocative lineup for a world in crisis
The 27th edition of the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival returns from 19 to 29 June 2025, promising a programme of over 40 films from across the globe that grapple with some of the most urgent social, political, and environmental issues of our time. This year’s festival arrives with the assertion that «the world…
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dok.incubator launches 2025 regional programme with 8 documentaries
dok.incubator has announced the selection of eight documentary projects for its 2025 regional programme, spotlighting voices from #Czechia, #Slovakia, #Poland, #and Hungary. These films, currently in development, span a spectrum of pressing global and personal themes—from climate adaptation and animal rights to journalistic freedom, beauty standards, and intimate family stories. Each of the selected projects…
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Capturing Water
WATER: As Cape Town nears disaster, activists fight water cut-offs in a story about governance, climate, and social justice.
