Top 100 Must-See Documentaries For People Who Want To Change The World

Singapore: Biophilic City 

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While not a perfect story, there are few dense cities in the world today that can claim a better record of greening the city than Singapore.

Education For a Sustainable Future 

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The documentary film critically analyses what is considered socially relevant in a new education system which brings out the most potential in all of humanity whilst also detailing specific educational methods from a wide range of sources on how to nurture social skills, critical thinking techniques and a larger variety of important practices to positively reinforce from our earliest years onwards.

The Superior Human? 

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A documentary that systematically challenges the common human belief that humans are superior to other life forms. The documentary reveals the absurdity of this belief while exploding human bias.

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time 

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A short documentary meant to give an overview of what a worker co-op is, how it can transform lives and communities, and the realities of starting one.

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century 

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Explores the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems.

Park Avenue: Money, Power And The American Dream 

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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.

Origins 

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This is a movie about how we have left the natural connection to the planet. The movie investigates how this has happened, the incredible amounts of pollutants that we are exposed to, even as a fetus, and the technology that can help resolve these challenges over time.

Cointelpro 101

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COINTELPRO represents the state’s strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white supremacy and creating racial justice.

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State

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A gripping, deeply informative account of the plunder, hypocrisy, and mass violence of plutocracy and empire; insightful, historically grounded and highly relevant to the events of today.

The New Rulers of the World 

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Analyzes the new global economy and reveals that the divisions between the rich and poor have never been greater – two thirds of the world’s children live in poverty – and the gulf is widening like never before.

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