THEME EXPLORATION

documentary activism

32 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Solitude du chanteur de fond
La Solitude du chanteur de fond
1974 · Chris Marker
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Shirley Clarke
Kino-Pravda No. 15
Kino-Pravda No. 15
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Amisk
Amisk
1977 · Alanis Obomsawin
Far from Vietnam
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Alain Resnais
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
OZI: Voice of the Forest
OZI: Voice of the Forest
2026 · Tim Harper
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Death Day
Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Guelwaar
Guelwaar
1993 · Ousmane Sembène
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose social injustice and inequality, using narrative and documentary techniques to advocate for working-class struggles and systemic reform.