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Today's national conversation and political moment has inspired a powerful revolution of filmmakers applying their trade to the moment’s most pressing issues. Focusing on issues like climate change, abortion rights, and the fight against white nationalist violence, these films respond to the urgency of our times and embolden us to take concrete action to repair the world.

To the End (Take Action Spotlight)

To the End (Take Action Spotlight)

The story of four remarkable young women of color, including U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, fighting for a Green New Deal and a historic shift in U.S. climate politics.

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Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life

Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life

A heartbreaking documentary explores Pittsburgh’s community response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, the mass shooting which took the lives of 11 Jewish congregants in the fall of 2018.

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Shouting Down Midnight

Shouting Down Midnight

Shouting Down Midnight recounts how former Texas State Senator Wendy Davis stood for 13 hours while she filibustered the 2013 anti-abortion bill SB5, helping galvanize a new generation of activists in the struggle for reproductive freedom.

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The Panola Project

The Panola Project

Dorothy Oliver travels door-to-door in rural Alabama to make sure the members of her often-overlooked Black community get vaccinated, and small town Panola comes together in creative ways to survive the pandemic.

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