Movies: Protest

  • 2011
    My Piece of the Pie

    My Piece of the Pie (2011)

    My Piece of the Pie

    5.62011HD

    France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at t...

    My Piece of the Pie
  • 2001
    Boycott

    Boycott (2001)

    Boycott

    6.52001HD

    This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

    Boycott
  • 1995
    A Single Spark

    A Single Spark (1995)

    A Single Spark

    7.21995HD

    Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy....

    A Single Spark
  • 2022
    Running the Bases

    Running the Bases (2022)

    Running the Bases

    8.32022HD

    When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A high school, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the schoo...

    Running the Bases
  • 2022
    Then Barbara Met Alan

    Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)

    Then Barbara Met Alan

    6.82022HD

    The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 D...

    Then Barbara Met Alan
  • 2017
    Pork Pie

    Pork Pie (2017)

    Pork Pie

    6.62017HD

    A trio of accidental outlaws travel the length of New Zealand, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit....

    Pork Pie
  • 2006
    Starter for 10

    Starter for 10 (2006)

    Starter for 10

    6.42006HD

    In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show....

    Starter for 10
  • 2005
    The Method

    The Method (2005)

    The Method

    6.72005HD

    Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the i...

    The Method
  • 1993
    Fire on the Amazon

    Fire on the Amazon (1993)

    Fire on the Amazon

    3.41993HD

    When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsib...

    Fire on the Amazon
  • 2007
    Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle (2007)

    Battle in Seattle

    6.32007HD

    Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale...

    Battle in Seattle
  • 1970
    Getting Straight

    Getting Straight (1970)

    Getting Straight

    6.41970HD

    Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harr...

    Getting Straight
  • 1980
    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    6.51980HD

    Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, D.C....

    Return of the Secaucus Seven
  • 2018
    The Undamaged

    The Undamaged (2018)

    The Undamaged

    02018HD

    The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" – clean, pristine, and undammed. With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under constru...

    The Undamaged
  • 1931
    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus (1931)

    Tokyo Chorus

    6.71931HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job....

    Tokyo Chorus
  • 2014
    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014)

    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

    4.22014HD

    The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir Putin had just settled into the Kremlin for his third term. The original experimental format of “docu...

    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
  • 2008
    Black Power Salute

    Black Power Salute (2008)

    Black Power Salute

    02008HD

    A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous gesture that reverberated around the world, and changed their...

    Black Power Salute
  • 2006
    Wedding Wars

    Wedding Wars (2006)

    Wedding Wars

    5.42006HD

    In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is behind a political speech against gay marriage....

    Wedding Wars
  • 2024
    The Bannfoot Ferry

    The Bannfoot Ferry (2024)

    The Bannfoot Ferry

    02024HD

    A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first locally-produced network drama, Boatman Do Not Tarry....

    The Bannfoot Ferry
  • 2024
    The New Year That Never Came

    The New Year That Never Came (2024)

    The New Year That Never Came

    7.22024HD

    On the brink of counter-revolution in 1989 Romania, six lives intersect amidst protests and personal struggles, leading to the explosive fall of Ceausescu and the socialist regime....

    The New Year That Never Came
  • 2023
    Testament

    Testament (2023)

    Testament

    6.62023HD

    A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism....

    Testament