Nøgleord Activism

Kunstneren og fotografen Nan Goldin, der er kendt for sine portrætter af sin eklektiske vennekreds, er repræsenteret i kunstsamlinger på verdens førende museer. De samme institutioner tager imod donationer fra hendes svorne fjender: Sackler-familien, som gennem familievirksomheden Purdue Pharma har tjent milliarder på den amerikanske opioidkrise. I 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' væver den Oscar-vindende instruktør Laura Poitras Nan Goldins banebrydende kunstneriske arbejde sammen med hendes ihærdige kamp for at få kunstverdenen til at holde op med at tage imod blodpenge. En efter en falder bogstaverne S-a-c-k-l-e-r ned fra museumsfacaderne.

Mens hun passer sin bror sammen med sin dristige mor, får en teenager et usandsynligt venskab med en excentrisk aktivist, som protesterer mod en af de mest skelsættende medicinske sager nogensinde.

Under Gay Pride-marchen i London i 1984 finder en umage forsamling af bøsser og lesbiske sammen om en ny sag: Man vil indsamle penge til de strejkende minearbejdere. Problemet er bare, at minearbejderne ikke ønsker at blive associeret med de glade, regnbuefarvede givere, så hovedstadshomoerne må en tur på landet for nedkæmpe fordommene.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The 12-episode documentary follows the grassroots work of multicultural/intersectional organizations fighting the Los Angeles county's $3.5 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.

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.