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Still from the documentary Skoden.
Still from the documentary Skoden.
#skoden
Damien Eagle Bear  ·  2025  ·  1h15m
#skoden
Damien Eagle Bear  ·  2025  ·  1h15m

Every meme has its story. #skoden delves into the origins of NDN country’s most iconic meme to redefine the man at the center of it all, Pernell Bad Arm.

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Three people stand in front of a tent in a desert-like camp, still from the Documentary Unwelcomed
Still from the documentary Unwelcomed
Unwelcomed
Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez & Amilcar Infante  ·  2025  ·  1h6m
Unwelcomed
Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez & Amilcar Infante  ·  2025  ·  1h6m

Unwelcomed follows the lives of displaced youth navigating exile, belonging and survival.

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A protester raises their fist at Columbia University during the Gaza solidarity encampments, featured in The Encampments documentary.
Still from The Encampments, documenting the Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University.
The Encampments
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker  ·  2025  ·  1h21m
The Encampments
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker  ·  2025  ·  1h21m

This timely account explores campus encampments protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the role of pro-Israel influence in universities.

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Queer Cinema for Palestine 2025
Robin Riad, Seza Tiyara Selen and Jannis Osterburg, Dima Hamdan, Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull , Raghed Charabaty, Dana Dawud, Teyama AlKamli & Omar Gabriel  ·  2025  ·  1h24m
Queer Cinema for Palestine 2025
Robin Riad, Seza Tiyara Selen and Jannis Osterburg, Dima Hamdan, Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull , Raghed Charabaty, Dana Dawud, Teyama AlKamli & Omar Gabriel  ·  2025  ·  1h24m

An eclectic, uncompromising anthology of short films by queer Palestinian filmmakers and queer filmmakers in solidarity with Palestine.

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Scene from The White House Effect, a political documentary exploring U.S. foreign interventions.
The White House Effect
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk  ·  2024  ·  1h34m
The White House Effect
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk  ·  2024  ·  1h34m

A sharp investigation into the climate crisis exposing the U.S. government’s deep ties to the fossil fuel lobby.

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Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah on a subway train, featured in State of Passion documentary
Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, central figure in State of Passion.
A State of Passion
Carol Mansour & Mona Khalidi  ·  2024  ·  1h30m
A State of Passion
Carol Mansour & Mona Khalidi  ·  2024  ·  1h30m

At Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah fights to save Palestinian lives amid Israel’s genocide.

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Still from the documentary Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance showing an drag performer in a gold gown leading an LGBTQ+ rights parade with raised arms.
A drag artist leads an LGBTQ+ parade in archival footage from Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, celebrating queer joy and protest.
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Noam Gonick  ·  2025  ·  1h36m
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Noam Gonick  ·  2025  ·  1h36m

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance is a bold and unflinching documentary that charts the rise of Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ rights movement through powerful first-person testimony.

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My Friend the Terrorist 
Malcolm Guy & Demetri Estdelacropolis  ·  2024  ·  1h40m
My Friend the Terrorist 
Malcolm Guy & Demetri Estdelacropolis  ·  2024  ·  1h40m

A charming and rallying legacy of revolutionary Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and his exile into the Netherlands after being designated.

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