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Movies and shows about activists
Sep. 10th, 2023 03:31 pmMovies and shows about activists that I have seen and recommend:
United in Anger - ACT UP documentary, free on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAzU79PBVM
How to Survive a Plague - documentary about ACT UP. Apple TV, Amazon Prime.
BPM (beats per minute), French fictional film about ACT UP Paris. I got this from the library IIRC. One of my favorite films of all time.
Rūrangi - Hulu. 2 short seasons.
This doesn't exactly focus on activism but the characters are involved with activism in one way or another. Indigenous, New Zealand, queer and trans.
Pride. Fictional film, based on Lesbians and Gays support the miners (LGSM) in England in the early 80s. Unions yay! Coalition building! On Amazon Prime.
The times of Harvey Milk - doc. Made in 1984. I liked this more than the biopic because it gets into his politics and why he was a successful organizer. HBO Max or the library.
Crip Camp - Netflix documentary about ADAPT, disability activist group that led to the ADA. ETA: it's about organizers working prior to ADAPT, free on youtube, see comments to this post.
Drunk History, episode about ADAPT. I think it is episode 5.05
Free on Comedy Central: https://www.cc.com/video/2p86bg/drunk-history-judy-heumann-fights-for-people-with-disabilities
Article about this ep: https://themighty.com/topic/disability/drunk-history-highlights-section-504-sit-ins-for-disability-rights/
Ones that I don't really remember but I think I liked:
Brother Outsider, PBS documentary about Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights organizer. There is an upcoming biopic about him called "Rustin".
Before Stonewall and After Stonewall, 2 documentaries.
ETA, Norma Rae,
about union organizing. Hulu and Amazon Prime.
ETA, Salt of the Earth, available legally on YouTube / public domain.
United in Anger - ACT UP documentary, free on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAzU79PBVM
How to Survive a Plague - documentary about ACT UP. Apple TV, Amazon Prime.
BPM (beats per minute), French fictional film about ACT UP Paris. I got this from the library IIRC. One of my favorite films of all time.
Rūrangi - Hulu. 2 short seasons.
This doesn't exactly focus on activism but the characters are involved with activism in one way or another. Indigenous, New Zealand, queer and trans.
Pride. Fictional film, based on Lesbians and Gays support the miners (LGSM) in England in the early 80s. Unions yay! Coalition building! On Amazon Prime.
The times of Harvey Milk - doc. Made in 1984. I liked this more than the biopic because it gets into his politics and why he was a successful organizer. HBO Max or the library.
Crip Camp - Netflix documentary about ADAPT, disability activist group that led to the ADA. ETA: it's about organizers working prior to ADAPT, free on youtube, see comments to this post.
Drunk History, episode about ADAPT. I think it is episode 5.05
Free on Comedy Central: https://www.cc.com/video/2p86bg/drunk-history-judy-heumann-fights-for-people-with-disabilities
Article about this ep: https://themighty.com/topic/disability/drunk-history-highlights-section-504-sit-ins-for-disability-rights/
Ones that I don't really remember but I think I liked:
Brother Outsider, PBS documentary about Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights organizer. There is an upcoming biopic about him called "Rustin".
Before Stonewall and After Stonewall, 2 documentaries.
ETA, Norma Rae,
about union organizing. Hulu and Amazon Prime.
ETA, Salt of the Earth, available legally on YouTube / public domain.
