Documentaries (Solarpunk)

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Trigger Warning: footage of burned people, dead bodies.

Film about war crimes committed by the United States Marines while in Iraq, in particular their "Shake and Bake" tactic of using White Phosphorus on enemy combatants and Iraqi civilians. Topical due to the recent use of White Phosphorus in Gaza.

Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre article on Wikipedia

Stories of resistance, strength and perseverance are laid bare in this examination of a dark day in Canadian history. At the height of tensions at Oka, Quebec, in 1990, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) women, children and Elders fled their community of Kahnawake out of fear for their safety. Once past the Canadian Army that surrounded their home, they were assaulted by angry non-Indigenous protesters who pelted their convoy with rocks. This visceral display of hatred and violence – rarely seen so publicly in Canada – shocked the nation and revealed the severity of the dangers that faced the Kanien’kehá:ka in their struggle to defend a sacred site.

This film is the fourth in Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark series on the Mohawk resistance at Oka that would become a pivot point in contemporary relationships between Indigenous nations and Canada.

An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation, this documentary picks up where Pickaxe left off. Filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1235932

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https://youtu.be/S-ACcAkAdgM?si=0_P3hbQ5t06V44aK

Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards.

At the high point of the George Floyd Rebellion, cop-free zones sprung up from coast to coast. As they were unfolding, Atlanta police killed Rayshard Brooks, a black father of four. Angry demonstrators torched the Wendy’s where Brooks was shot, occupied it, and defended it from police and Klansmen for 24 days. We Are Now is a small window into the delicate moments of freedom—joyous and tragic—that filled the autonomous zones of summer 2020.

Incident at Oglala is a 1992 American documentary film directed by Michael Apted and narrated by Robert Redford. The film documents the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 26, 1975. Also killed in the multiple fire was Native American Joe Stuntz, a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), whose death prompted no legal action.

It examines the legal case surrounding the subsequent trials of Robert Robideau and Dino Butler, and later the separate trial of Leonard Peltier, who had to be extradited from Canada. Robideau and Butler were acquitted at their trial, but Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977. (Peltier's supporters, including the International Indian Treaty Council, maintain that he is innocent of the crimes.) The film also discusses tribal chairman Dick Wilson.

The Territory is an 2022 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Alex Pritz. It follows a young Indigenous leader of the Uru-eu-wau-wau people fighting back against farmers, colonizers and settlers who encroach on a protected area of the Amazon Rainforest. Filmed on location in Brazil from 2018 to 2020, the film utilizes almost exclusively on-the-ground, primary source material, including footage produced directly by the Uru-eu-wau-wau. Darren Aronofsky serves as a producer under his Protozoa Pictures banner.

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This excellent documentary takes us into another world; the world of rogue loggers and firefighters turned eco-warriors. The story begins as an arsonist burns 9000 acres of protected old-growth public forest in Oregon that can not be logged unless it burns. To stop the proposed "salvage" logging of this incredible ancient forest, citizens are moved to blockade a road and keep the government out. After facing down a bulldozer and the State Police, the fort now known as the gateway to the Cascadia Free State becomes the focus for a developing community dedicated to protecting ancient forests throughout the mountains of Oregon.

The film shows confrontations with disgruntled loggers, mass arrests and a 75 day hunger strike. Back at Warner Creek activists build teepees and remain a living blockade on the logging road through the winter and ten feet of snow. Political pressure begins to shift and the White House promises a deal but not before Federal Agents come to bust the camp and destroy the fort. The story resolves with incredible footage of a mass jail break-in and unconditional victory for the forest. This inspiring documentary is two years in the making, and crafted from footage shot by more than two dozen people involved in the struggle to save Warner Creek. Principal photography and direction are by guerilla videographer Tim Lewis, award winner at WorldFest in 1998. Codirector/producer Tim Ream was involved in the action on and off the screen.

A film about mutual aid disaster relief in the immediate aftermath of hurricane Katrina and the beginnings of the Common Ground Collective

⚠️ Content Warning: ⚠️ (moments of extreme racism, talk of violence and death, a brief image of a corpse)

Documentary - 56 min

A film about violence, racism and hope. The first year after the hurricane Katrina. Malik Rahim, a 58 year old Black Panther, became a local hero in the days after the flooding and is now running a big grassroots organization.

Storyline: The city of New Orleans is a ghost town after the hurricane Katrina. While most people left the city in fear, racism and poorness is there to stay. In a city full of racists and vigilantes, we meet the 58-year-old former Black Panther Malik Rahim. All his life he has been struggling to make a difference, been trying to pass on a better society to his children and grandchildren. In the aftermath of the hurricane Katrina, the need is greater than ever, and Malik uses the attention this brings, to begin the building of a long-term grassroots organization. The film starts in the days after the hurricane, and takes us on a journey to poor Afro-American neighborhoods where the mainstream media never goes. We meet despair, hate and a little hope despite all. But most of all it tells us the story about one man who wants to make a better world, and about his extraordinary fight for peace and justice.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tb8JLB__GvM

A short documentary film set in Her Majesty's Prisons in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. Shot and edited by Aiko Roudette, this film was funded by the Mustique Charitable Trust.

This film documents the progress and achievements of a very successful rehabilitation program that was introduced to the prison by artist Vonnie Roudette.

This is a vetiver grass work program, during which inmates are trained in the traditional techniques of grass cutting, plaiting, weaving and stitching. They have produced hundreds of products to date, including table mats and coasters, floor mats of varying sizes and styles, small and large baskets. Inmates have taken such a keen interest and strong initiative that they have developed entirely original techniques and designs in collaboration with Vonnie Roudette. Apart from their technical skills the inmates have demonstrated increased willingness to collaborate with each other, which has led to a more peaceable and relaxed environment within the prison. Many of them previously had no hopes about what they could do with their lives when they leave the institution, but now they are excited about the possibilities provided by this new skills set that they are learning.

This project began in 2015 as a short 6 week training workshop in Her Majesty's Prisons, in Kingstown St. Vincent. At that point it was funded by the FAO and facilitated by Vonnie Roudette.

Following the discontinuation of the funding in October 2015 Vonnie Roudette continued working with the inmates voluntarily until she secured a second round of funding from the Mustique Charitable Trusts. This funding supported the project from September 2016 to March 2018.

These products are marketed under the label 'Grow In Time'. Clients have include Young Island Resort, the Prime Minister's Official Residence and numerous local individuals. The products are also presented at the bi-annual Mustique Craft Fair where usually every grass product is purchased by Mustique residents.

Part II: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=w0M1Noq_Ubo

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Better Quality Invidious Link: https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=JnUD9iXWqLg

The Coconut Revolution (2001 50min)

The Coconut Revolution is a 2001 multi-award winning documentary film about the struggle of the indigenous peoples in the Bougainville Island. The movement is described as the "world's first successful eco-revolution".

The movie tells the story of the successful uprising of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island against the Papua New Guinea army and the mining plans of the Rio Tinto Zinc company to exploit their natural resources. The documentary reveals how the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) managed to overcome the blockade strategy carried by the Papuan army by using coconut oil as fuel.

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