Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016), Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012), The Life of David Gale (2003), Milk (2008), I Am Ali (2014), Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016), Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018), Seberg (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Activist movies.
Storyline: Musician Daryl Davis has an unusual hobby. He's played all over the world with legends like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, but it's what Daryl does in his free time that sets him apart. Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan -- something few black men can say. In his travels, he's collected robes and other artifacts from friends who have left the Klan, building a collection piece by piece, story by story, in hopes of eventually opening a "Museum of the Klan."
Plot Keywords: documentary, race relations, american society, racism, social justice, dialogue, tolerance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. In recent years, Ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations. AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY examines this complex intersection of artistic practice and social activism as seen through the life and art of China's preeminent contemporary artist. From 2008 to 2010, Beijing-based journalist and filmmaker Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai Weiwei. Klayman documented Ai's artistic process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate exchanges with family members and his increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. Klayman's detailed portrait of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.—MUSE Film and Television
Plot Keywords: documentary, china, art, politics, human rights, activist, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Plot Keywords: death penalty, wrongful conviction, moral dilemma, political conspiracy, suspense, ethics, social criticism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, lgbt, political, activist, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend - as we've never seen Ali before. Told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of 'audio journals' combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, brother and former wife, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, boxing, biography, sports, legend, interviews, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The battle in how the urban form of New York City in particular was shaped in the mid-twentieth century is presented, the two leading figures on the opposing sides of the battle being Robert Moses, who held many senior positions related to development of urban infrastructure, and Manhattan resident and journalist Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". In this battle, Moses disregarded Jacobs as a "mere housewife" and a nuisance of one at that. As was the prevailing trend of the time, Moses was in the camp of demolishing what he saw as not working to build homogeneous neighborhoods in style and function - most buildings several stories high or taller in the need to accommodate a growing population - that were largely supported by urban freeways or expressways to move people from the burgeoning affluent suburbs to jobs in the urban center. Many of the urban housing developments were social housing for those who could not afford to live in the suburbs, and what ended up having the negative terminology of "the projects". Conversely, Jacobs, who lived in the city with her family, felt that what Moses and his ilk saw as chaos was people interacting with each other in a humanistic way, which often took a generation or more to be established and which was much more livable than the sterile environments Moses was creating. Some of the key projects over which they battled are presented. As an epilogue, current urbanization in many developing countries in particular shows that the decision makers of today in these places are following Moses' lead in a much more aggressive way, these developments which have the potential to be tomorrow's abandoned slums.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: documentary, activist, history, 20th century, social movement, architecture, community ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the true icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles - and her legacy.
Plot Keywords: documentary, fashion, punk, activist, uk, biography, culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inspired by real events in the life of À bout de souffle (1960) star and French New Wave icon Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by Hoover's FBI, because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.
Plot Keywords: political thriller, biography, historical, drama, usa, 1960s, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, women, feminism, activist, history, 20th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman (Elizabeth Mitchell) takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman (George Segal). As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul McCartney (Gary Bakewell), and they soon fall in love. Although not only her father but also Paul's band mates disapprove of the romance, Linda and Paul wed -- while relations between the Beatles begin to disintegrate.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, the beatles, romance, marriage, docudrama, 20th century ...
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