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Insider Outsider Activism: Films to Inspire

A curated list of films and documentaries about insider-outsider activism.These strategies can reinforce each other and drive lasting impact.

The Best Organizing Strategy You’ve Never Heard Of: Why Fan Activism Has the Power to Radically Change Our World

A report by Fandom Forward about Fan Activism which is the practice of organizing fans of pop culture for social change.

Narrative Change, Popular Culture and Cultural Strategy

A list of key resources collated by the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling IRIS exploring narrative change, popular culture, cultural organizing and cultural strategy.

What Star Wars’ Andor can teach us about Revolutionary Leadership Development

The Star Wars TV series Andor is a rich source of lessons for organisers and campaigners. This article focuses on leadership development, as portrayed through the main character Cassian Andor’s journey.

ten dvd covers of movies about social movements struggles and leaders|illustration of fist holding a bar of music|a woman looking up||a young man with a guitar slung over his shoulder pushing another man in a wheelchair|Dolores holding a loud speaker.|DVD cover for movie Erin Brockovich - a mother holding a baby on her hip||portrait of Gandhi looking down|||Cover image of A Force More Powerful DVD - shows a protesting crowd in sihouette.||men standing on railway tracks|a woman holding a piece of paper that says 'union'|an photo of Sean Penn who plays Harvey Milk in the movie titled Milk|a group of people standing together|protestors||||a silhouette of a man jumping up and clicking his heels||Three photos of Australian Aboriginal Protestors at the camp at the Old Swan Brewery camp in Perth|||close up of Orca|dvd cover with outline of the top of Australia|||The cover of the DVD of the film Mabo. Eddie Mabo (actor) and Bonita Mabo (actress) stand together looking at the camera.|The dvd cover for Devil's Dust. Close up of three men's faces. The man on the top left is wearing oxygen breathing tubes.|Cover of DVD titled Show Me Democracy. The screen is split into two images. The left hand side is a person wearing a hoodie with the hood on. The writing on the hoodie reads Not your respectable negro in capital letters. The person is holding their fist in the air. Behind them is a parliament building with a red transparent overlay. On the right hand side is a photo of 6 people standing in front of the same building.|Cover of film titled Rustin. A close up of Bayard Rustin. He is wearing black rimmed glasses and has a moustache.|disobedience documentary||DVD cover for How to start a revolution. Close up of a man's face. The man is Gene Sharp.|Poster for movie

Films and Documentaries about Social Justice, Movements, Victories and Leaders

Be inspired with this list of movies and documentaries about social movement struggles, victories and leaders – Selma, Milk, Silkwood, Norma Rae, Gandhi and more.

A collage of covers for films and documentaries about Women and Social Justice and Change. The collage features the covers for Dollores

Films about Women and Social Justice and Change

An inspiring list of feature films and documentaries about women and social change including Women of Steel, Suffragette, Mission Blue, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry and more.

5 Films about Fighting for Gender Justice and Human Rights

Watch 5 short documentaries about courageous leaders who are standing up for gender justice and writing new futures for themselves and their communities.

A brick wall painted white with the words Art = Change! graffitied in black

Documentary Films for Social Change

Film can be one of the most powerful mediums for getting ordinary people interested in social change. Australian Progress has put together a crowd-sourced list of films that are about activists, advocates and social movements, or have in of themselves provided impetus for social change.

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