Activism Movies

Olive trees have been a key element of life for populations in Palestinian land for generations. Since the creation of the state of Israel,...

The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Reverend Michael McBride with the John R. May Award, made for initiatives in...

After Coal profiles inspiring individuals who are building a new future in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and South Wales. Meet ex-miners using...

A Litany for Survival' explores the shades between love, rage, and rebellion as a black person surviving in America. Two months before the shocking...

A documentary exploring sexism and patriarchy in Kosova.

She Draws a Circle reflects on the work of generations of women to interrupt cycles of violence and oppression, looking to the ways in which our...

The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

Filmed during the Salvador Allendes government, this documentary investigates the agitation of the country before the 1973 coup d'état, when...

The community of Woodberry Down in Hackney rallies to save a beloved local plane tree from development.

Michael Franti, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award) - artist, activist, founder...

La Badil (No Other Choice), was filmed undercover in the Moroccan controlled territories of Western Sahara, on the eve of the second anniversary of...

Linda and Kenya narrate their testimony about being women and living with HIV in a time where stigma, negligence and androcentricity force them to...

Mexico is one of the countries worldwide with the highest rate of femicides, the murder of women because they are women. The mothers of two murdered...

This is a documentary produced by Richard Freeman. This part contains the now famous 1992 protest in which the Henry Administration Building was...

This documentary addresses the legacy of the military dictatorship in Chile by sharing the story of young fighters killed by the Pinochet regime as a...

Documentary about the 1993 "Whore Culture: A Festival of Sex Work" event in Toronto.

National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its...

Activist James Richards is an icon of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. For 80 years, he has fought steadfastly to provide his community with...