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Indigenous Stories and Perspectives

Digital Wampum: Testimony of the Iroquois | 8-Part Series

The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

Down To Earth (2020)

Schooling the World (2010)

Song From the Forest (2013)

Ever the Land (2015)

Aluna: A Journey to Save the World (2012)

From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

Invasion: In an Era of Reconciliation, Indigenous Land is Being Taken at Gunpoint (2019)

PACHAKUTEC - Time of Change (2011)

Protecting Country (2018)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)

Honey At The Top (2016)

Seeds Of Change (2014)

Red Cry (2013)

Utopia (2013)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

Rediscovering Our Sacred Wholeness

Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism

I Am Not Black. You Are Not White: We Are Not the Racial Labels Elites Invented to Divide Us

Traditional Gender Norms Are Imprisoning All of Us - Let's Be Whole Human Beings

3 Principles to End the Polarization of Society and Create a Healthy Culture

A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves

What Happened When 235 Incarcerated Men Stepped Into The Circle and Humanized Their Trauma Together

All I Ask Is That You See My Humanity, Which Means Seeing the Humanity in All People

Dear White People. An Open Letter to White People on Becoming Indigenous

The Greening of the Self: the Most Important Development of Modern Times

The Wisdom Within: Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine

Dangerous Foundations: an Argument Against the "Identity" in Identity Politics

"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?

Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde

The Love We Deserve

When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

Human (2015)

Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities

The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity (2015)

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to the Non-Binary in Gender?

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Wanted: Men Who Love

Ode to Great Mother

Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

"Whiteness" Was a Term Invented by Elites to Divide the Working Class and Create Racial Hierarchy. It's Time to Give It Up.

We Are Not Black

Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine

Identity: In & Beyond The Binary (2015)

Indigenous Wisdom for Living Responsibly

Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear

The Left's Problem Isn't Politics—It's Metaphysics

A Woman Who Makes This Statement Today Needs Revolutionary Courage

The Codes of Gender (2009) (trailer)

Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness

Five Ways of Being That Can Change the World

Healing the Divine Masculine

The Revolution Is Acceptance

What Could Save This Planet, If Not Love?

The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility

Identity & Empathy | Ayishat Akanbi

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Films For Action

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza

Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Wisdom Pills

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Reclaiming Youth International

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Yasha Levine

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

10 Female Revolutionaries That You Probably Didn't Learn About In History class

Kathleen Harris

An Open Letter: Why I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness

Africa Brooke

25 Mind-Twisting Optical Illusion Paintings by Rob Gonsalves

Dovas

27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters

Kris Seto

This Homophobic Tumblr Post Transformed Into a Dystopian LGBTI Adventure Novel and It Is Amazing

Joe Morgan

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

How to Defeat the Fossil Goliath?

Dr. Aaron Thierry

Guide to Depaving Cities

Ikigai - Finding Your Reason for Being

Chip Richards

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

George Lakey

Documentaries from the Early Days of Films For Action

The Corporation (2003)

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005)

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)

The Power of Nightmares (2004)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)

Earthlings (2005)

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

The Crisis of Civilization (2011)

Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)

Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (2007)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Thought-Provoking Comics

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

If You Want to Say Thank You, Don't Say Sorry - And 6 Other Examples of Beautiful Communication

Comic: How Big Media Is Killing Democracy, But The Solution Is Up To Us

Comic Strip of Alan Watts' Lecture: What If Money Was No Object?

Comic: Why You Should Turn Your Yard Into a Mini-Farm

Reclaim May Day

This Zen Comic Is Full of Timeless Life Lessons

Free Trade Explained In An Excellent Comic

On the Mindless Menace of Violence

One Comic Perfectly Sums Up Class Differences in Society

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Comic Explaining Colonialism

Brilliant Comic of Banksy's Call To Arms Against Advertisers

This Comic Shows The Importance of Overcoming Your Fears to Achieve Your Dreams

Agenda 21: Everything you need to know about the secret U.N. plot, in one comic

What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion are Frying the Planet?

Maya Angelou - Phenomenal Woman

The Importance of Maintaining a Sense of Wonder and Excitement

Gun Violence and Reform

Living for 32: Virginia Tech, Gun Shows & Mass Shootings in America (2010)

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

“F*ck You, I Like Guns.”

When Our Children Become Killers, Gun Reform Isn't Enough. We Need to Redesign Our Society

Guns in America - A Six Part Series

Our Way of Life Works AMAZING for Products, But It Works TERRIBLE for People

A Brief History of the USA and Guns

Guns in America Vs. the Rest of the World

It's Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence

The State of Gun Violence in the US, Explained in 18 Charts

Prayer Won't Stop Gun Violence Because The NRA Bought Our Politicians

Are Dead Children the Price of Freedom?

The Economics of Happiness

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

How a Land High in the Western Himalayas Can Help Us Understand The Crisis of The Modern World

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Localization: a Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism

Judge a System by the Health of Its Children

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Resist Globally, Renew Locally

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

Insane Trade!

Our Obsolescent Economy

Trump is a Symptom of Corporate Globalization

Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won't Destroy the Environment

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)

How Globalization Fuels Terrorism and Fundamentalism

Thinking Outside the Grid

We Can’t Do It Ourselves: How Individual Change Has Limits That Can Only be Solved Collectively

To Leave or Remain: Dichotomy or Distraction?

Changing Everything Except What Needs Changing: What's Missing From The Renewable Energy Debate

Trump: The Illusion of Change

The Economics of Climate Change

The Sharing Economy: It Takes More Than a Smartphone

7 Billion for Dinner? Here's How to Feed Them

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Reflection: A Walk with Water (2022)

Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024)

Harambe (2023)

Israelism (2023)

Psychedelia: The History and Science of Mystical Experience (2021)

No Small Matter (2019) (trailer)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

Bullied (2019)

Madagasikara (2020)

You Can't Evict An Idea - Occupy London On Film (2018)

The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump (2020)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

Make Me A Man (2021)

Freak Power: the Ballot or the Bomb (2020)

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