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.
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.
Action Item
MENTAL HEALTH: When mental health and political crisis collide, reflection transforms into resistance.
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
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,
Capturing Water
WATER: As Cape Town nears disaster, activists fight water cut-offs in a story about governance, climate, and social justice.
Urban Disobedience Toolkit
PROTEST: Exploring the intersections of activism, gentrification, and urban resistance.
From housing injustice to exile Czech films at One World confront global & local crises
Each year, the Czech Film Competition at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival spotlights some of the most
Exploring radical environmentalism at the 65th Krakow Film Festival
Two documentaries exploring complex relationships between humans and nature have been selected for the International Documentary Competition at the 65th