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Against the Current - Documentaries
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items This curated collection features documentaries that challenge dominant power structures and highlight stories of resistance, solidarity, and radical transformation. Raw, honest, and unflinching, these films aren't just stories but they challenge you ...
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Internet & Privacy
History
Music
Social Issues
Internet & Privacy
A curated collection of thought-provoking documentaries exploring the digital age, covering internet culture, online privacy, cyber security, data surveillance, and the social impact of connected technology.
“Citizenfour is a tense documentary, chronicling Edward Snowden’s decision to reveal the U.S. government’s mass surveillance programs. Directed by Laura Poitras, it places the viewer right in the Hong Kong hotel room where Snowden meets journalists, ...
Citizenfour (2014)
Terms and Conditions May Apply examines the hidden privacy invasions embedded in the fine print of digital platforms, revealing how corporations and governments collect, exploit, and monetize users’ data, often without meaningful consent.
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
A candid, behind-the-scenes look at the founders of The Pirate Bay as they face a high-profile trial for copyright infringement. “TPB AFK" captures the chaos, humor, and defiance of The Pirate Bay’s founders as they face the trial that could shut the...
TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a U.S. documentary tracing the rise of WikiLeaks, focusing on Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and the publication of classified U.S. documents. It mixes exposé, political thriller, and character study.
We Steal Secrets (2013)
The Great Hack explores the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the role of data mining, social media manipulation, and targeted advertising in influencing elections, especially Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The Great Hack | Netflix Official Site
Zero Days is a documentary about Stuxnet, the sophisticated cyberweapon developed by the U.S. and Israel to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, and explores the broader implications of cyber warfare on global security and privacy.
Zero Days (2016)
Caught in the Net (2020) is a Czech documentary investigating online sexual predators targeting young girls, following investigative journalist Tereza Tezká as she exposes these predators through undercover operations.
Caught in the Net (2020)
“The Internet’s Own Boy is a deeply moving and incisive portrait of Aaron Swartz, a prodigy, programmer, and activist whose work helped shape the modern internet. Through interviews, archival footage, and a gripping narrative, the film traces his jou...
The Internet's Own Boy: Aaron Swartz (2014)
"The Social Dilemma" is both eye-opening and unsettling, pulling back the curtain on how social media platforms manipulate attention, shape behavior, and fuel polarization. It blends insider interviews with dramatic reenactments to show that the issu...
Watch The Social Dilemma | Netflix Official Site
History
A selection of compelling documentaries that trace the forces shaping our world, examining pivotal historical events, economic systems, financial crises, and the people and policies that influenced them.
Fascism Inc. is a Greek documentary tracing the historical and contemporary connections between fascist movements and capitalist interests, linking interwar European fascism to present-day groups like Golden Dawn, and to multinational corporations an...
Fascism Inc. (2014)
Catastroika is a Greek documentary examining the social and economic collapse that followed the country’s debt crisis, focusing on how privatization (driven by EU, IMF, and neoliberal policy) dismantled public services.
Catastroika (2012)
Elias Petropoulos: An Underground World is a documentary about the Greek writer and ethnographer Elias Petropoulos, who dedicated his life to documenting marginalized subcultures in Greece, including the urban poor, rebetiko musicians, and the underg...
Elias Petropoulos: An Underground World (2005)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016), directed by Raoul Peck, is a powerful documentary based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House. It explores the history of racism in America through Baldwin’s reflections on the lives and assassinatio...
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Girls of the Rain concludes Alida Dimitriou’s filmtrilogy on the contribution of women to political struggles in Greece during the twentieth century. The film is about women imprisoned and tortured during the Colonels’ dictatorship of 1967-1974. At t...
The Girls of the Rain (2012)
L’amour et la Révolution is a Greek–French documentary that follows grassroots movements in Greece several years after the peak of the anti-austerity protests, focusing on anarchist and self-managed solidarity networks rather than formal political pa...
L'amour et la révolution (2018)
Antifascisterna follows militant antifascist activists in Sweden and Greece, focusing on the reasoning, risks, and contradictions of physically confronting far-right movements.
The Antifascists (2017)
There Was No Other Way is a poignant Greek documentary that chronicles the lives of former members of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), the armed wing of the Communist Party during the Greek Civil War (1946–1949). Even after the Civil War had ende...
There Was No Other Way (
2009)
“Flag Wars is a raw and unflinching look at the collision of race, class, and sexuality in a gentrifying neighborhood. Filmed over four years in Columbus, Ohio, it captures the tensions between long-time African American residents fighting to keep th...
Flag Wars (2003)
This documentary centers on the communist-led resistance fighters in Athens during World War II, who bravely fought against the Nazi occupation and collaborated fascist forces.
The Partisans of Athens
El Pepe, una Vida Suprema (2018) is a documentary about José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president of Uruguay and a longtime leftist activist known for his humble lifestyle, progressive policies, and radical political vision.
El Pepe, a Supreme Life (2018)
“Vivir la utopía is a compelling and deeply moving documentary that captures the spirit and struggles of the Spanish anarchists during the Civil War.
Vivir la utopía (Película de TV 1997)
Antifa: Chasseurs de Skins is a French documentary tracing the history of militant anti-fascist activism in France from the 1980s to the 2000s, focusing on the street confrontations between antifascists and far-right skinheads.
Antifa: Skinhead Hunters (2008)
“No Other Land is a powerful testament to the resilience of a Palestinian community under relentless threat and the unlikely bonds forged in struggle. Over five harrowing years, Basel Adra captures the dismantling of Masafer Yatta, where homes are ra...
No Other Land (2024)
The Last Partisan is about Manolis Glezos, a towering figure of anti-fascist and leftist resistance whose life embodies the inseparable struggle against fascism, capitalism, and authoritarianism. His famous act of tearing down the Nazi flag from the ...
The Last Partisan (2018)
Where Should the Birds Fly? (2013) is a poignant Palestinian documentary directed by Fida Qishta. The film provides an intimate portrayal of life in Gaza during and after Israel's 2008–2009 military operation, known as Operation Cast Lead. It centers...
Where Should the Birds Fly (2013)
Debtocracy is a Greek documentary that critically examines the origins and consequences of Greece’s debt crisis, focusing on how international financial institutions and neoliberal austerity policies devastated the country while protecting the intere...
Debtocracy (2011)
Music
A vibrant lineup of documentaries about music, spotlighting legendary artists, groundbreaking genres, cultural movements, and the creative process behind iconic sounds
American Hardcore (2006, Paul Rachman) chronicles the rise of the hardcore punk scene in the U.S. from roughly 1980 to 1986, a raw, aggressive, and fiercely DIY movement that responded to social alienation, political conservatism, and economic crisis...
American Hardcore (2006)
Documentary about the Greek Punk Rock scene of the 70s and 80s. Some of the most famous bands of this underground genre talks about the way people reacted to the music and to the way of life o punk rockers.
Until You Become the King of Fools (2013)
Crass was a seminal English anarcho-punk band deeply committed to anarchist politics, DIY culture, and direct action. The documentary follows their journey and the DIY community they helped create, showing how their music and activism intertwined to ...
There Is No Authority But Yourself (2006)
A film about the independent music scene of Athens in the 80s (punk, post punk, new wave).
No Asylum Here (2015)
An artistic socio-historical documentary regarding the alternative form of expression and the alternative art scene in Greece in the Greek crisis era.
A Shout Out to the Way Out (2017)
Social Issues
A powerful collection of documentaries addressing pressing social issues, shedding light on inequality, human rights, environmental justice, and the struggles and resilience of communities worldwide.
“La educación prohibida is an ambitious and thought-provoking exploration of alternative education models that challenges the traditional schooling system. Through interviews with educators, students, and thinkers from across Latin America and Spain,...
La Educación Prohibida (2012)
Earthlings (2005), directed by Shaun Monson, is a hard-hitting documentary exposing humanity’s widespread exploitation of animals through industries like factory farming, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research.
Earthlings (2005)
“Capitalism: A Love Story is a sharp and provocative critique of the American economic system, exposing the human cost behind the pursuit of profit. Michael Moore takes viewers on a journey through the 2008 financial crisis, revealing how greed and c...
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Ruins exposes the lives of women living with HIV in Greece during the height of the austerity crisis, revealing the deep structural violence inflicted by neoliberal policies on marginalized communities.
Ruins (2013) - Documentary
Make the Economy Scream (2018) is a documentary that explores the devastating impact of austerity policies on Greece’s economy and society, focusing especially on the working class and marginalized communities.
Make the Economy Scream (2019)
Back to the Top is a compelling documentary that follows Leonidas, a 33-year-old punk drummer who became a paraplegic, as he embarks on a journey to climb Mount Olympus with the support of his friends.
Back to the Top (2018)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief investigates the Church of Scientology, exposing its secretive practices, abuses, and its aggressive tactics to silence critics.
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)