Political Bodies (2022)

Ricky Santoro es un turbio agente de policía de Atlantic City que, en la noche en que se disputa el combate de boxeo por el campeonato del mundo de los pesos pesados, debe evitar el asesinato del Secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos. Tiene la misión de ayudar a su amigo Kevin Dunne, comandante de la Marina. Pronto descubrirá una conspiración en la que está implicada una extraña mujer de traje blanco.

La fuerza de un ángel narra la vida y obra de la Sierva de Dios, Dorothy Day (1897-1980), laica franciscana norteamericana y fundadora del Movimiento del Trabajador Católico que murió después de dedicar su vida a los demás. Esta joven idealista trabajó como periodista y sufragista radical. Su encuentro con la religión, la llevó a trabajar duramente a favor de los necesitados, fundando albergues y comedores con la ayuda de Peter Maurin. Defensora a ultranza de la no violencia, fue encarcelada varias veces por protestar contra la carrera de armas y la guerra de Vietnam.

Durante más de treinta años ha permanecido oculto en una televisión sueca un material inédito sobre el movimiento estadounidense Black Power, pero ahora, una vez rescatado, se han puesto a disposición de todos las entrevistas, vídeos y reportajes que realizaron algunos periodistas del país nórdico en Estados Unidos, entre los años 1967 y 1975. Black Power fue un movimiento de defensa de los derechos de ciudadanos negros que se desarrolló en EEUU a finales de los sesenta y principios de los setenta. La protesta social reivindicaba el orgullo racial y cultural que suponía ser negro y demandaba igualdad de derechos políticos y sociales para toda la sociedad, independientemente de su raza.

Historia de una familia italiana desde los años 60 hasta nuestros días. Dos hermanos, Nicola (Luigi Lo Cascio) y Matteo (Alessio Boni), comparten las mismas esperanzas, los mismos sueños; disfrutan de los mismos libros y de los mismos amigos hasta que conocen a una chica desequilibrada, Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca), que perturba su destino. Mientras Nicola ejerce como psicólogo, Matteo abandona sus estudios e ingresa en el cuerpo de policía.

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.

On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. It was the largest protest gathering yet, and it brought together a wide cross-section of liberals, radicals, hippies, and Yippies. Che Guevara had been killed in Bolivia only two weeks previously, and, for many, it was the transition from simply marching against the war, to taking direct action to try to stop the 'American war machine.' Norman Mailer wrote about the events in Armies of the Night. French filmmaker Chris Marker, leading a team of filmmakers, was also there.

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.

Hear the inside story of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers with this documentary that examines their efforts to promote the rights of African Americans as well as the organization's violent tactics, including the killing of a police officer. The film features a rare jailhouse interview with Newton discussing the role of revolution and civil disobedience, plus footage of several Panthers' bullet-riddled homes following police raids.

A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.

In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.

Después de cometer un error que costó la vida de uno de sus colegas y dejó tetrapléjico a su mejor amigo, el inspector Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) atraviesa una de las peores épocas de su vida. Su sentimiento de culpabilidad aumenta cuando su jefe y la prensa dudan de su actuación. Relegado a un nuevo departamento dedicado a casos no resueltos, Carl, junto a su nuevo compañero de origen sirio Hafez al-Assad (Fares Fares), ve la oportunidad de demostrar su valía al descubrir las numerosas irregularidades cometidas en el caso de Marete Lyngaard (Sonja Richter). Cuando en 2002, esta joven promesa de la política danesa desapareció mientras realizaba un viaje en ferry, la policía decidió cerrar el caso por falta de pruebas. Este es el nacimiento del Departamento Q y su primer caso por resolver...

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.

A month after the Wall Street occupation, a number of protesters follow their example and set up their tents in front of the Ljubljana stock market. The protesters are united in the critique of representative democracy and global financial capitalism under the slogan ‘nobody represents us’. Their organisation is based on the principles of direct democracy. In absence of other social alternatives, a community starts to emerge in the camp in front of the stock market where everyone has an equal say, and everyone is united in their diversity. After the initial euphoria the great idea of direct democracy clashes against the contemporary individual; antagonisms surface, similar to those of the system which the protesters fight against. The story about the Slovenian version of the ‘occupy’ movement is portrayed with the stories of a few protagonists, who despite several defeats do not lose hope in a different world.

Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?

Durante los últimos veinte años, los famosos activistas Yes Men (Mike Bonanno y Andy Bichlbaum) han montado bromas escandalosas para secuestrar el diálogo público internacional sobre los asuntos del día. En su tercer viaje cinematográfico, ahora ya están bien entrados en la cuarentena, y su crisis de los cuarenta está amenazando con sacarlos del activismo para siempre, incluso mientras se preparan para aceptar el mayor reto, el cambio climático. Frustrados y preocupados por no poder marcar la diferencia nunca más. Tras seguir sus vidas durante más de cuatro años, The Yes Men Are Revolting revela su proceso creativo, sus hilarantes métodos y sus conflictos personales mientras hacen malabares con las exigencias de hacerse viejo, de mantener un trabajo y de tener un poco de vida personal.

Considered one of the most cerebral punk rock bands around, Bad Religion puts on a unique live show that has them blasting through song after song in record time. This documentary, compiling footage from 14 different concerts, captures the raw power and frenzy of the band as they toured Europe in 1989 to promote their third album, "Suffer." The 26 featured songs include "Do What You Want," "Land of Competition," "Best for You" and more.

Montreal, primavera de 1966. Jean Corbo tiene 16 años. Su madre es de Quebec y su padre es italiano, por lo que Jean se debate entre dos lealtades. Después de haber hecho amistad con dos jóvenes militantes de la extrema izquierda, se une al Frente de Liberación de Quebec, un grupo radical clandestino.

Dancing in Dulias was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Against Pit Closures during and immediate after the 1984/85 minders strike. Like the forthcoming movie, Pride, it documents the interactions between lesbians and gay men and the miners and their families in Dulais in South Wales - only this time it's the real thing. As well as some memorable footage that includes the Blaenant Lodge banner leading the 1985 Lesbian and Gay Pride march and LGSM members struggling with bingo at the local community hall, the film documents the wider political impact of this seemingly unlikely alliance. (cont. http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2014/dancing-in-dulais#sthash.HScQCj7E.dpuf)

Directed by Sid Ali Mazif.

Accommodated since Algeria's Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the "House of the Press", the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan await the completion of their new offices, a symbol of their independence. My camera is embedded in their newsroom as they follow the events of this new Algerian spring... President Bouteflika has set his sights on a 4th term. Beyond what we call the Arab revolutions and other mediatized terms, I wanted this film to serve as a memorial to the women and men, young and less young, who battle daily to safeguard the freedom of information in a politically and socially fossilized country.