Revolution Movies

Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were...

This artist profile of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag was commissioned by the Serpentine Galleries to accompany an exhibition titled "Kamala Ibrahim Ishag:...

A documentary made by Cuban journalists about the Portuguese revolution in 1974 that overthrew the dictatorship of Salazar

After the elections that followed the Tunisian revolution, as well as the violence that shook the country, an author seeks to make a film on women's...

Documentary about Charles Gagnon, Québécois politician, FLQ member and communist leader.

What does the violent heart of revolution feel like? As the anger and hatred glow white hot is there a language its players use to speak to one...

The 6 episode micro-series follows a well-known makeup vlogger who decides after the election to convert her many followers into radical activists,...

A young man plots the assassination of a half-pig, half-man politician.

Revolutions on Granite is a documentary about Maidan Nezahlezhonsti, a public square in the heart of Kyiv, Ukraine — famously...

A major shift of political power in Sudan started with street protests throughout Sudan on 16 December 2018 That resulted in the overthrow of the...

Lesson in History was produced when Peters was a student at the West Surrey School of Art and Design. Having read The People Could Fly by Virginia...

Amid the tumult of the Arab Spring in Cairo, vendors in a small souk observe the political upheaval while seeking to preserve an ancient tradition of...

Shot in 1983–84 and focusing on the work of the Historical Institute, this film witnesses how Nicaraguans are recovering their history, the...

Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the British approach. But history books don't tell of...

A smuggled camera slips into the heart of Hama. Amid hidden faces and disguised voices, one woman stands unmasked: Fidaa Al Hourani: doctor and...

The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds living in Syria. With the outbreak of the civil war...

HOW TO START A REVOLUTION is the remarkable untold story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, the world's leading expert on non-violent...

"All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

Three months of revolution. From indignant protest to national unity. From pots on their heads to batons and body armor. From the euphoria of victory...

In this short film directed in the style of Andrei Tarkovsky, eternity and the downfall of the Soviet empire are explored in a deeply symbolic and...