Shows tagged: ACTIVISM

Aruanas

20 Episode s . Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.

Aruanas

20 Episode s . Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.

Bill Russell: Legend

2 Episode s . Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.

Bill Russell: Legend

2 Episode s . Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.

Rise

8 Episode s . We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

Rise

8 Episode s . We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

Citizen Rose

4 Episode s . Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of “bravery, art, joy and survival.”

Citizen Rose

4 Episode s . Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of “bravery, art, joy and survival.”

Shut Up and Dribble

3 Episode s . An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

Shut Up and Dribble

3 Episode s . An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken

2 Episode s . An inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music. When five female residents from the Topeka Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Kansas, write letters to Etheridge, she then uses as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them. Having recently lost her son to opioids, Etheridge works to understand and interrupt the cycle of addiction while connecting with these women who, so often, are forgotten by society.

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken

2 Episode s . An inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music. When five female residents from the Topeka Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Kansas, write letters to Etheridge, she then uses as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them. Having recently lost her son to opioids, Etheridge works to understand and interrupt the cycle of addiction while connecting with these women who, so often, are forgotten by society.

Heated

12 Episode s . Climate change is real. It’s happening now. Big policy, implemented properly and urgently, is needed to change our world … but some people are quietly doing amazing things to make our island a better place. Heated tells their stories. Heated is a new 6-part series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player dealing with climate change.

Heated

12 Episode s . Climate change is real. It’s happening now. Big policy, implemented properly and urgently, is needed to change our world … but some people are quietly doing amazing things to make our island a better place. Heated tells their stories. Heated is a new 6-part series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player dealing with climate change.

Broken Bread

12 Episode s . Broken Bread showcases inspiring people who are making a difference in their communities through food. Restaurant entrepreneur, social activist and acclaimed chef Roy Choi takes viewers on a journey through his hometown, the city of Los Angeles, exploring complex social justice issues while meeting inspiring individuals and organizations who use food as a platform for activism as well as a catalyst for change.

Broken Bread

12 Episode s . Broken Bread showcases inspiring people who are making a difference in their communities through food. Restaurant entrepreneur, social activist and acclaimed chef Roy Choi takes viewers on a journey through his hometown, the city of Los Angeles, exploring complex social justice issues while meeting inspiring individuals and organizations who use food as a platform for activism as well as a catalyst for change.

Resist

1 Episode. The 12-episode documentary follows the grassroots work of multicultural/intersectional organizations fighting the Los Angeles county's .5 billion jail expansion plan in 2018 and examines the issues of cash bail, unlawful arrest, over-policing of Black and brown neighborhoods, and mass incarceration.

Resist

1 Episode. The 12-episode documentary follows the grassroots work of multicultural/intersectional organizations fighting the Los Angeles county's .5 billion jail expansion plan in 2018 and examines the issues of cash bail, unlawful arrest, over-policing of Black and brown neighborhoods, and mass incarceration.