Movies and TvShows featuring "peace-movement" theme.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a documentary that showcases renowned musician and peace activist John Lennon's struggles against the U.S. government. The film explores Lennon's iconic music, his anti-war activism, and his clash with the Nixon administration, which resulted in a deportation battle. It sheds light on Lennon's quest for freedom of speech and his impact on the peace movement.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a documentary that tells the story of a group of strong women in Liberia who come together to fight for peace in their war-torn country. Through a series of protests, sit-ins, and peace talks, these women inspire hope and help bring about democratic elections and disarmament. Despite facing violence, government corruption, and the horrors of war, they remain determined to make a difference and create a better future.

Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.

The plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture clash between the troubled Americans and the Japanese who try to help him.

On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. It was the largest protest gathering yet, and it brought together a wide cross-section of liberals, radicals, hippies, and Yippies. Che Guevara had been killed in Bolivia only two weeks previously, and, for many, it was the transition from simply marching against the war, to taking direct action to try to stop the 'American war machine.' Norman Mailer wrote about the events in Armies of the Night. French filmmaker Chris Marker, leading a team of filmmakers, was also there.

Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.

On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters led by Daniel and Philip Berrigan, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and burned them with homemade napalm. INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME is an intimate, experimental documentary portrait of the Catonsville Nine, this disparate band of resisters who chose to break the law in a defiant, poetic act of civil disobedience. How did the photos, trial publicity and news of the two year prison sentences help to galvanize a disillusioned American public? INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME explores this politically and religiously motivated performance of the 1960′s in the context of extremely different times, times in which critics of Middle East peace agreements, abortion and technology resort to violence of the most random and sanguine kind in order to access the public imagination.

Activists take action to disrupt activities at an air force base after cruise missiles are stored at the facility.

A documentary exploring the back-to-the-land movement, counterculture, and flower power of the 1960s. It delves into the ideals of living off the grid, communal living, and the environmental and social experiments of the time.

Betty Williams: Contagious Courage follows the inspiring journey of Betty Williams, a Northern Irish woman who became an influential peace activist during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Through news footage and interviews, the film showcases Betty's unwavering commitment to finding peaceful solutions in a country torn apart by sectarian violence and political strife. From her involvement with the women's movement to her role in organizing peace rallies, Betty's story highlights the power of nonviolence and the pursuit of unity in a divided nation.

As the war in Vietnam raged, one of the largest and most successful youth-led resistance movements in American history was growing at home. Hundreds of thousands of young men opposed to an unjust war said NO to being drafted into the military, risking up to five years in federal prison. Their individual courage and collective nonviolent actions helped end a tragic war and the draft.