Democracy Movies

Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place....

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He...

The documentary closely follows the turbulent months of the electoral period that culminated in the invasion of the National Congress, the Planalto...

They are fighting against the government and the electric power industry to leave Norwegian nature as it is. Documentary about the "Monster...

In the weeks and months surrounding the overthrowing of Bulgaria's socialist dictatorship, the public's taste for democratic discussion begs to be...

Local elections are taking place in Georgia in 2025. The frontrunner is the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party, accused of rigging the previous...

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the...

The death of the dictator Francisco Franco on November 20, 1975 changed the course of Spanish history. The Franco dictatorship gave way to the...

'Zweite Tür Rechts' is a satirical political comedy about the Austrian government's Department of Direct Democracy.

In October 1995, Forbach witnessed one of the most violent strikes in the history of contemporary France. A thousand or so miners took to the streets...

Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets...

Christian Garcia, a fiercely dedicated Latino political organizer, leads a team of young people mobilizing their community for a soda tax. Tested...

An analysis of the current state of democracy in Switzerland

A woman asks "what's the meaning of democracy?" as she looks back over the politics of Kenya from the 1960s to the 2007 election.

A documentary footage of a student following a government official on a secret mission to hunt down "Mikhailov," a communist traitor hiding within...

Is America's political system crumbling? ITV's Robert Moore explores the widespread fears for its sanctity.

Follows Shyam Rangeela, a stand-up comedian infamous for his Narendra Modi impersonation, and his daring pursuit of filing the general election...

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.