A reporter confronts celebrities & politicians damaging the ocean in a bid to wake the world up to the consequences of overfishing.

A biography of the influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker Toni Cade Bambara, who with humour and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment. […]

Jose Luis Cote | 2017

Colombia | 8 min | 12+ years | Nukak with English subtitles |

A documentary and mythological story that engages a part of the history of the Nükak indigenous community.

ActionAid is a leading international charity working in over 45 countries, working with the poorest women and children in the world, changing their lives for good.

Set up after the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh during the 2005 G20 meeting, the festival aims to
1. raise the profile of international justice and development issues;
2. provide an annual ‘shop window’ to the public; and
3. be a platform for co-operation and debate for the world justice movement in Edinburgh.
It puts together the programme of the festival which in 2014 is from 04 – 11 October, organising some key events, and co-ordinating all the other events which are put on by supporting organisations

A local group who campaign on issues like climate change, energy, food, trade and social justice.