#ChicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
Story The social network takes on a dictator
Production Joe Piscatella | 72 min | English Themes Activism/people power, Arts & media (in social change)
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Themes Activism/people power, Arts & media (in social change)
10 Billion: What’s on your Plate? (2015)
Story How will the world feed itself by 2050?
Production Valentin Thurn | 102 min | English (English subtitles) Themes Economics, fair trade & labour, Environment & energy, Food
5 Broken Cameras (2011)
Truly Inspiring £ Watch NowStory A first hand account of life and resistance in the West Bank
Production Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi | 94 min | Arabic (English subtitles) Themes Geo-politics & democracy, Israel-Palestine, Wellbeing/cost of action
About a Mother (Pro Mamu) (2015)
Themes Global poverty & development, Women's Empowerment
Addicted To Plastic (2007)
£ Watch NowStory A look at the 100 year path of plastic and its toxic legacy
Production Ian Connacher | 85 min | English Themes Environment & energy
Africa for Norway (2012)
Watch FreeStory An engaging short which turns the tables on stereotypes
Production 4 min | English Themes Arts & media (in social change), Global poverty & development
After My Garden Grows (2014)
Watch FreeStory A short film about an Indian teenager growing in independence
Production Megan Mylan | 10 min (English subtitles) Themes Education & young people, Food, Global poverty & development
The Age of Stupid (2009)
Story Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Production Franny Armstrong | 89 min | English Themes Environment & energy
All or Nothing (2002)
Story Mike Leigh's powerful look behind the doors of a housing estate
Production Mike Leigh | 128 min | English Themes UK poverty
All the Time in the World (2015)
Story A family disconnect with time to reconnect with each other
Production Suzanne Crocker | 87 min | English (English subtitles) Themes Environment & energy
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2002)
Truly InspiringStory How music helped South Africa struggle against apartheid
Production Lee Hirsch | 108 min Themes Activism/people power, Arts & media (in social change), Geo-politics & democracy
An African Election (2011)
£ Watch NowStory A look behind the scenes of Ghana's 2008 presidential elections
Production Jarreth J. Merz, Kevin Merz | 89 min Themes Geo-politics & democracy, Global poverty & development
An Object At Rest (2011)
Watch FreeStory The life of a stone as it travels over the course of millennia
Production Seth Boyden | 6 min Themes Environment & energy
Another Kind of Girl (2015)
Story Moving self-portrait from one of Jordan's largest refugee camps.
Production Khaldiya Jhibawi | 9 min | Arabic (English subtitles) Themes Arts & media (in social change), Conflict & peace, Women's Empowerment
Ash & Money (2013)
Watch FreeStory A fascinating unpicking of the democratic process
Production Tiit Ojasoo & Ene-Liis Semper | 98 min | Estonian Themes Activism/people power, Geo-politics & democracy
At Home in the World (2015)
Story Intimate portrait of a Danish school for child refugees
Production Andreas Koefoed | 58 min | Danish (English subtitles) Themes Conflict & peace, Education & young people, Human rights, Refugees/asylum
Aunt Hilda! (2013)
Truly InspiringStory A colouful, delightful, riotous fantasy of love and biodiversity
Production Jacques-Rémy Girerd & Benoît Chieux | 89 min | French (English subtitles) Themes Environment & energy, Food
Back to the Start (2011)
Watch FreeStory Cultivate a Better World
Production Chipotle (English subtitles) Themes Environment & energy, Food
Bamako (2006)
Story An African court challenges global greed and corruption
Production Abderrahmane Sissako | 115 min (English subtitles) Themes Activism/people power, Arts & media (in social change), Economics, fair trade & labour