Movies: Democracy

  • 2017
    A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver (2017)

    A Taxi Driver

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    May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journali...

    A Taxi Driver
  • 2017
    1987: When the Day Comes

    1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

    1987: When the Day Comes

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    In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed...

    1987: When the Day Comes
  • 2013
    The Attorney

    The Attorney (2013)

    The Attorney

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    Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good....

    The Attorney
  • 2003
    The Corporation

    The Corporation (2003)

    The Corporation

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    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological exam...

    The Corporation
  • 2016
    The King's Choice

    The King's Choice (2016)

    The King's Choice

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    On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and K...

    The King's Choice
  • 2012
    No

    No (2012)

    No

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    In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for t...

    No
  • 2019
    The Edge of Democracy

    The Edge of Democracy (2019)

    The Edge of Democracy

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    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise...

    The Edge of Democracy
  • 2015
    Requiem for the American Dream

    Requiem for the American Dream (2015)

    Requiem for the American Dream

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    Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of t...

    Requiem for the American Dream
  • 1957
    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

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    In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead....

    The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • 2024
    Girls State

    Girls State (2024)

    Girls State

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    What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in Missouri navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up....

    Girls State
  • 2017
    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

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    When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and o...

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
  • 1960
    Primary

    Primary (1960)

    Primary

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    Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconve...

    Primary
  • 2020
    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020)

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

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    Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating—a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself....

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
  • 2004
    The Take

    The Take (2004)

    The Take

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    In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the global...

    The Take
  • 2009
    South of the Border

    South of the Border (2009)

    South of the Border

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    A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents....

    South of the Border
  • 1939
    The Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

    The Monroe Doctrine

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    The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America....

    The Monroe Doctrine
  • 2011
    Putin's Kiss

    Putin's Kiss (2011)

    Putin's Kiss

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    Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who – literally – embraced Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a unive...

    Putin's Kiss
  • 2024
    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (2024)

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

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    Examines the implications of Christian Nationalism, how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself, and asks the question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, c...

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
  • 2022
    Candlelight Revolution

    Candlelight Revolution (2022)

    Candlelight Revolution

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    “What kind of person do you think former President Park Geunhye is?” Sohn Seokhee, a journalist, gives a clear and sharp answer that he “shares the common ideas that people in our country have.” That common idea has led millions to bring candles to t...

    Candlelight Revolution
  • 2012
    Palme

    Palme (2012)

    Palme

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    Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a...

    Palme