Documentaries

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
A powerful doc that provides a sober look at industrial society's reliance on oil and a potential future with much less of the stuff.

Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

Condor: Axis of Evil (2003)
First-Hand testimonies shed light on Operation Condor, the sinister collusion in the 1960s and 70s between South America's military dictators and Interpol and the CIA.

The Corporation (2003)
"...charts the spectacular rise of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible force."

Death Squadrons: The French School (2003)
This documentary is the first to consider France's unique contributions to "counter-revolutionary warfare" (torture, death squads and disappearance) in not only Chile and Argentina, but also in Vietnam.

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
End of Suburbia raises serious questions about the sustainability of the American way of life in the face of declining oil stocks and the worsening state of the environment.

Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
A look at the culture of corporate corruption and greed that led to the downfall of one of the biggest companies in the U.S.

Farenheit 9/11 (2004)
Michael Moore's doc on the aftermath of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and how the Bush Administration used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Fourth World War (2003)
Using footage from hundreds of video activists on the front lines of conflicts raging around the world the documentary provides a unique look at the social movements which resist domination.

Harlan County USA (1976)
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973.

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Classic doc on the world renown linguist, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky and his analysis of the role of the media in reinforcing the corporate rule.

The Mayfair Set (1999)
Details the role of powerful individuals and neoliberal ideology in the stunning transformation of British society in the post-World War II era.

Panama Deception (1992)
Covers the brutal U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and the role of corporate media and military propaganda in rallying public support.

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict (2004)
Provides a striking look at the distorted nature of U.S. media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Roger and Me (1989)
Michael Moore's look at the devastation of his home town Flint Michigan in the wake of General Motor's decision to downsize its operations.

Sicko (2007)
Michael Moore compares the highly profitable yet terribly inequitable American health care industry to other nations.

Suits and Savages: Why the World Bank Won't Save the World (2001)
This documentary looks at a World Bank 'ecodevelopment' project and the impacts it has on forest-dwelling tribes in India (link is a 5 min excerpt)

This is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)
A grassroots account of the 1999 protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization.

Wall Street (Documentary) (2005)
An insider's view of trading and the markets.

The Weather Underground (2002)
Details the rise and fall of a radical faction of the US anti-war, student movement in the 1960s and 70s that attempted to violently confront the US government.

The World According to Bush (2004)
A critical look at George Bush, his family history and his troubling administration.

Zapatista (1999)
Details the historical roots of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico and its worldwide impacts.