A documentary about the activism of Carol Buckley with elephants in captivity and how they are trained, forced to long working hours and living in a clearly improvable conditions.

Albert Einstein, the most famous scientist of all time, was a world renowned celebrity, greeted like a rock star when he appeared in public. An anti-war firebrand, Einstein also spoke out on issues ranging from women's rights and racism to immigration and nuclear arms control. But today, his image has been neutered into that of a charmingly absent-minded genius. He was, in fact, a powerful force for social change and a model for political activism.

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The story behind Miss World contestant Anastasia Lin, using her beauty and brass to stand up against an oppressive juggernaut— the Chinese communist government. Drama, danger and fear follow Anastasia as she becomes the darling of the human rights community, traveling the globe to bring the world’s attention to an increasing list of China’s atrocities, including the persecution of prisoners of conscience and live forced organ harvesting. An...

YELLOW FEVER follows Tina Garnanez, a Navajo veteran returning from duty with the U.S. Army who realizes that her home on the Navajo Reservation has become a battleground in a protracted war over nuclear proliferation. As she seeks to learn about her own family history and its relationship to the uranium mines, we witness her evolution from curious family member to environmental justice activist.

Rodney Stotts is one of only a handful of African American falconers in the country, and a local celebrity of sorts. He’s also a former drug dealer, inmate, single father, drive-by-shooting victim, and survivor of the crack epidemic in Southeast, Washington DC- the most dangerous neighborhood in what was then the murder capital of the U.S. A self-proclaimed animal junkie, Rodney has relied on the healing power of nature throughout his life. In this...

SAVE THE FARM tells the story of the largest urban farm in the United States, a 14-acre organic farm sitting right in the middle of South Central Los Angeles. Over 350 families cultivated this farm, which fed a community of thousands through a farmer's market, and created an urban oasis for more than 14 years. But when the city sells this public tract of land to a developer in a closed door session, activists and celebrities stage an 11th hour tree-sit...

Voted documentary series of the year by the Australian Film Critics Circle, PERSONS OF INTEREST lifts the lid on the Australian Intelligence & Security Organisation’s (ASIO) secret war on dissent. In each episode a person of interest is given their previously secret intelligence file and asked to explain the allegations it contains. Using never before seen ASIO surveillance films, photographs and the actual files this is a unique insight into the...

Episode 4: Frank Hardy - But The Dead Are many Author Frank Hardy was the most outspoken and well known Communist in Australia. He was a gambler, larrikin and for 45 years a target for ASIO. His story is the story of the left itself as he struggles with misplaced faith. It’s also the story of the Australian intelligence services and the future of surveillance.

Episode 3: Gary Foley - Australian Black Panther High profile Aboriginal activist Gary Foley was a member of the Black Panthers and a leader in the fight for land rights and social justice. ASIO saw this struggle as a front for violent world communism. Suspected of conspiring to commit acts of terror and subversion his extraordinary life was recorded in detail. Professor Foley gives us a hard hitting and at times hilarious analysis of his intelligence...

Episode 2: Michael Hyde - Student Revolution One of the most notorious student radicals of the 1960s Michael Hyde called for the violent overthrow of the State. Hyde and his comrades challenged the old guard supported the North Vietnamese and ASIO followed them every step of the way. A cat and mouse game of increasing pressure leads to conflict, paranoia and the rise of a unique generation.