Nøgleord Activism

Under Gay Pride-marchen i London i 1984 finder en umage forsamling af bøsser og lesbiske sammen om en ny sag: Man vil indsamle penge til de strejkende minearbejdere. Problemet er bare, at minearbejderne ikke ønsker at blive associeret med de glade, regnbuefarvede givere, så hovedstadshomoerne må en tur på landet for nedkæmpe fordommene.

Dokumentarfilm om Nadia, Masha og Katia fra punkgruppen Pussy Riot, der bliver idømt fængselsstraffe efter de opførte en "punkbøn" i Moskvas hovedkatedral. Sagen får hurtigt international opmærksomhed og gruppen bliver et symbol på kampen for ytringsfrihed i Rusland. Men hvem er i virkeligheden under anklage i sagen - tre unge aktivister eller det samfund de lever i? Filmen går helt tæt på de tre piger under retssagen og er med når familie og venner tegner et portræt af de feministiske pionerers kamp mod de russiske magthavere.

Kunstneren og fotografen Nan Goldin, der er kendt for sine portrætter af sin eklektiske vennekreds, er repræsenteret i kunstsamlinger på verdens førende museer. De samme institutioner tager imod donationer fra hendes svorne fjender: Sackler-familien, som gennem familievirksomheden Purdue Pharma har tjent milliarder på den amerikanske opioidkrise. I 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' væver den Oscar-vindende instruktør Laura Poitras Nan Goldins banebrydende kunstneriske arbejde sammen med hendes ihærdige kamp for at få kunstverdenen til at holde op med at tage imod blodpenge. En efter en falder bogstaverne S-a-c-k-l-e-r ned fra museumsfacaderne.

An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.

Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of “bravery, art, joy and survival.”

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this biographical documentary.

An inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music. When five female residents from the Topeka Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Kansas, write letters to Etheridge, she then uses as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them. Having recently lost her son to opioids, Etheridge works to understand and interrupt the cycle of addiction while connecting with these women who, so often, are forgotten by society.

Broken Bread showcases inspiring people who are making a difference in their communities through food. Restaurant entrepreneur, social activist and acclaimed chef Roy Choi takes viewers on a journey through his hometown, the city of Los Angeles, exploring complex social justice issues while meeting inspiring individuals and organizations who use food as a platform for activism as well as a catalyst for change.

Climate change is real. It’s happening now. Big policy, implemented properly and urgently, is needed to change our world … but some people are quietly doing amazing things to make our island a better place. Heated tells their stories. Heated is a new 6-part series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player dealing with climate change.

We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

The 12-episode documentary follows the grassroots work of multicultural/intersectional organizations fighting the Los Angeles county's $3.5 billion jail expansion plan in 2018 and examines the issues of cash bail, unlawful arrest, over-policing of Black and brown neighborhoods, and mass incarceration.