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#ChicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

Joe Piscatella | 2013

Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan... | 72 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF14

The inspiring story of a Muslim teen who harnesses social media from her Chicago bedroom to protect citizen journalism and protest in Syria.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Art & Media in Social Change

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#TreesAreTheKey

Tim Tyson Short | 2019

United Kingdom | 40 min | 8+ years | English |

An uplifting environmental film that explains why the world needs to plant more trees in the tropics and the amazing things that can happen when we take care of the people tending the forests.

Topics: Climate, Education & Young People, Environment & Energy, Global Poverty & Development, Women's Empowerment

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1/2 Revolution

Karim El Hakim, Omar Shargawi | 2011

Denmark | 72 min | 15+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF12

A personal account of two filmmakers’ experiences in the streets of Cairo during the first days of the Arab Spring.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Geo-politics & Democracy

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10 Billion: What’s on Your Plate?

Valentin Thurn | 2015

Germany | 107 min | 12+ years | English, German, Hindi... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF16

With the world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, how will the world feed itself?

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, Environment & Energy, Food

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The 11th Hour

Leila Conners & Nadia | 2007

United States | 95 min | English

Leonardo Di Caprio looks at the state of the global environment, including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet’s ecosystems.

Topics: Environment & Energy

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2040

Damon Gameau | 2019

Australia | 92 min | 8+ years | English with English subtitles

Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change.

Topics: Climate, Environment & Energy

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5 Broken Cameras

Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | 2011

France, Israel, Netherlands... | 94 min | 15+ years | Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF12

A Palestinian farmer turned filmmaker chronicles nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army in the West Bank.

Topics: Geo-politics & Democracy, Israel - Palestine, Wellbeing & the Cost of Action

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Acasa, My Home

Radu Ciorniciuc | 2019

Finland, Germany, Romania | 86 min | 12+ years | Romanian with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF20

Arresting portrait of a Roma family forced to abandon their off-grid life for an uncertain future in the city.

Topics: Education & Young People, Land Rights, Race & Ethnicity

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Addicted To Plastic

Ian Connacher | 2008

Canada | 85 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles

A global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses—and why there’s so much of it.

Topics: Climate, Environment & Energy

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After My Garden Grows

Megan Mylan | 2014

United States | 10 min | 12+ years | Bengali with English subtitles |

A short film about an Indian teenager growing in independence

Topics: Education & Young People, Food, Global Poverty & Development

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Ãgawaraitá: Amazonian Stories

Priscila Tapajowara | 2021

Brazil | 39 min | 8+ years | Portuguese with English subtitles |

Priscila Tapajowara weaves together documentary and mythology in two gentle portraits of indigenous and riverine people from the Amazon.

Topics: Climate, Environment & Energy

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The Age of Stupid

Franny Armstrong | 2009

United Kingdom | 92 min | English, French with English subtitles

A man living in 2055 looks back at old footage from our time and asks: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Topics: Climate, Environment & Energy

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All Governments Lie

Alfred Peabody | 2016

Canada | 92 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles

Independent journalists Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, and Michael Moore expose government lies and corporate deception, inspired by the legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone.

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, Geo-politics & Democracy

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All the Time in the World

Suzanne Crocker | 2015

Canada | 87 min | 8+ years | English with English subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF16

A family tries to live by the seasons instead of by the clock, leaving the comforts of home for the remote Yukon wilderness.

Topics: Better conversations, Education & Young People, Environment & Energy

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Lee Hirsch | 2002

South Africa | 108 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |

Fascinating story of the musicians who used songs of protest, freedom and change to fight against South Africa’s apartheid regime

Topics: Activism / People Power, Art & Media in Social Change, Geo-politics & Democracy

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An African Election

Jarreth J. Merz, Kevin Merz | 2011

Ghana, Switzerland, United States | 89 min | 15+ years | English

A rare look behind the scenes of Ghana’s 2008 presidential elections and at the larger-than-life politicians who battle to win the high-stakes political contest.

Topics: Geo-politics & Democracy, Global Poverty & Development

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An Insignificant Man

Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla | 2016

India | 96 min | 8+ years | Hindi with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the Common Man’s Party, confronts the status quo of corruption in India politics.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Geo-politics & Democracy

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An Uncertain Future

Chelsea Hernandez, Iliana Sosa | 2017

United States | 11 min | English, Spanish

In Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers—one undocumented and one US citizen—must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.

Topics: Migration, Women's Empowerment

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