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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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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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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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ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

J.Baichwal, N. de Pencier, E. Burtynsky | 2018

Canada | 87 min | 12+ years | English, Cantonese, Chinese (Mandarin)... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

In their follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark (TOAFF14), photographer Edward Burtynsky and his artistic collaborators Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de pencier offer a cinematic meditation on the way human activity has reshaped the Earth.

Topics: Environment & Energy

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The Ants and the Grasshopper

Raj Patel, Zak Piper | 2021

United States | 74 min | 8+ years | English, Tumbuka with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF21

How do the roots of change grow?

Topics: Activism / People Power, Better conversations, Climate, Environment & Energy, Food, Women's Empowerment

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Bayard & Me

Matt Wolf | 2017

United States | 16 min | 12+ years | English

The startling true story about how the openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin adopted his partner Walter Naegle in the 1980s for legal protections.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Human Rights, LGBTQI+ & Gender

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Best of Luck With the Wall

Josh Begley | 2017

United States | 6 min | 12+ years | No dialogue

A voyage across the US-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images.

Topics: Migration

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A Better Man

Lawrence Jackman, Attiya Khan | 2017

Canada | 78 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF18

Fierce, compassionate and searingly honest exploration of life after abuse.

Topics: Conflict & Resolution, Women's Empowerment

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Bidder 70

Beth Gage and George Gage | 2012

United States | 73 min | 12+ years | English

Screened as part of TOAFF14

A young man derails an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Environment & Energy

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Big Men

Rachel Boynton | 2013

Denmark, United Kingdom, United States | 99 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF14

Unprecedented access to the high-powered world of African oil deals.

Topics: Environment & Energy, Geo-politics & Democracy

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Black Gold

Marc Francis and Nick Francis | 2006

United Kingdom, United States | 77 min | English, Italian with English subtitles

An Ethiopian Coffee Union manager as he travels the world to obtain a better price for his workers’ coffee beans.

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, Global Poverty & Development, Workers' Rights

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A Boy Named Gavin

Elyse Kelly | 2017

United States | 2 min | 5+ years | English with English subtitles |

When 18-year old transgender Gavin Grimm started using the boys’ bathroom in school it caused uproar. In this powerful short film he demands his rights and urges acceptance amongst his community.

Topics: Activism / People Power, LGBTQI+ & Gender

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Bread and Roses

Ken Loach | 2001

France, Germany, Italy... | 112 min | English, Spanish with English subtitles |

Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Economics & Fair Trade, Human Rights, Women's Empowerment, Workers' Rights

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Call Me Human

Kim O'Bomsawin | 2020

Canada | 77 min | 12+ years | French, Innu with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF21

A celebration of Indigenous knowledge and a gentle, affectionate portrait of an extraordinary soul.

Topics: Environment & Energy, Land Rights, Women's Empowerment

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Call Me Intern

Leo David Hyde & Nathalie Berger | 2019

United States | 70 min | 8+ years | English

Meet the millennials fighting back against unpaid work.

Topics: Activism / People Power, Education & Young People, Human Rights

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Call Me Kuchu

Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall | 2012

Uganda, United States | 87 min | 15+ years | English

Screened as part of TOAFF12

In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to defeat new legislation in their country that would make homosexuality punishable by death.

Topics: Activism / People Power, LGBTQI+ & Gender, Wellbeing & the Cost of Action

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