Movies and TvShows featuring "civil-society" theme.

"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary's main protagonists - Václav Havel, banned singer Marta Kubisová, and the underground rock group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) - became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970-80s. Havel bridged the disparate clusters of individuals and fused the literary, musical, political, and philosophical nonviolent elements into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime in 1989.

A Long Way Home is a documentary film that explores the events of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The film focuses on the courage and determination of individuals in China during that time, highlighting their fight for democracy, civil society, and the impact of the cultural revolution. It tells the story of the struggle faced by the participants and the consequences they faced as a result of their actions. A Long Way Home provides a powerful and thought-provoking insight into a pivotal moment in Chinese history.

Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with breaking into a pool hall. He could not afford a lawyer to defend him in court, and after a hasty trial, he was convicted. Had Gideon accepted his fate, he'd have been imprisoned for five years. But Gideon did challenge his conviction -all the way to the Supreme Court. The result was the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, which guarantees poor defendants the right to counsel in criminal cases.

Post-Katrina New Orleans oscillates between recovery and rebuilding, a fascinating process that our documentary captures over the course of two years (2006-2008).