If you could show 1 movie/documentary to the whole world

[mindsword]

to effectively piss off the masses enough, to the point of revolution, which one would it be?

[MarcusJuniusBrutus]

It would not work. People are invested in their own internal narratives and will ignore actual facts to protect those narratives. Think about 2004. Bush was reelected (yeah, OH was rigged) despite the fact that there was a movie playing nationally talking about how much he sucks. With the help of right-wing media, people were able to discount what Moore presented and continue to believe the land-of-the-free narrative.

[Rosa Partizan]

has rather to do with a feminist issue. I'd show them Lilya 4ever. The trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrQBJNDMgo)'s not that telling. It's a movie about an underage girl who is lured to Sweden by some loverboy (that's the term for those guys that make you fall in love with them, themselves working for human trafficking scum dickheads, promising you a ton of stuff if you come with them) where she is forced into prostitution until the point she decides to commit suicide. This is based on a true story, and not only one, such stuff is happening millions of times every year. In the movie, her life had been desperate even before coming to Sweden, she grew up somewhere in a post-Sowjetunion country, you don't get to know which exactly. That movie left me so goddamn sad for 3-4 days.

[fugazi]

speaking of feminist films - Fish Tank !

otherwise its kind of hard to say
film generally focuses on specifics

[Sea]

It would not work.Yes it will:

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[Ele'ill]

the howling
30 days of night
old yeller
where the red fern grows
bridge to terabithia
quarantine
blair witch project
beaches
land before time
david the gnome (full series)



*in that order

[GiantMonkeyMan]

It's hard to say because a lot of people from around the world might find films that would be relevant to the experience of white British/American people completely irrelevant to their own experiences. A film like Libertarias (1996), depicting a nun through chance joining an anarchist militia during the Spanish Civil War, might be interesting since the main character quotes anarchist literature (and might actually get some people thinking about things). A film like Moolaadé (2004), which depicts an older women preventing young girls in the village from genital mutilation, might be interesting as it would introduce a Western audience to a film of a type they might not have seen before but also challenges the way women are treated throughout the world. A film like The Take (2004), depicting factory workers in Argentina creating a workers' co-operative might also be fantastic by showing people from around the world workers successfully organising to live better lives. Maybe a film like The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) which depicts a man being hired by the CIA as, essentially, the token black dude who realises the racism and corruption inherent in the system and begins training members of the black community to start organised armed struggle.

But, to be honest, if I had the power to force everyone in the world to watch a film I'd make them watch John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) because it's fucking awesome on so many levels.

[The Intransigent Faction]

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"This is Paris Hilton. This narcissistic parasite comes from a wealthy hotel family."

I don't give a damn what you think of Juche. You've got to love this stuff! They even quote Zinn and Chomsky. :lol:

[tuwix]

to effectively piss off the masses enough, to the point of revolution, which one would it be?


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[Prairie Fire]

"This is Paris Hilton. This narcissistic parasite comes from a wealthy hotel family."

I don't give a damn what you think of Juche. You've got to love this stuff! They even quote Zinn and Chomsky. :lol:That film isn't from North Korea; it's a hoax:

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[Anarcho-Crackhead]

Reds (1981)

[Brosa Luxemburg]

No End In Sight

[Red Economist]

An Inconvenient Truth. it won't start a revolution, but the inaction of the ruling class on climate change will.

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[The Intransigent Faction]

That film isn't from North Korea; it's a hoax:

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Meh, either way.

[Psycho P and the Freight Train]

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"This is Paris Hilton. This narcissistic parasite comes from a wealthy hotel family."

I don't give a damn what you think of Juche. You've got to love this stuff! They even quote Zinn and Chomsky. :lol:

Oh shit, this was SO entertaining. I love this documentary.

It actually wasn't made by North Korea though, it was a New Zealander filmmaker dude who wanted to make it look like an NK propaganda film for artistic purposes. But the movie really is good and brings up very good points.

EDIT: Didn't see that someone else pointed out that it wasn't from NK, sorry

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

the howling
30 days of night
old yeller
where the red fern grows
bridge to terabithia
quarantine
blair witch project
beaches
land before time
david the gnome (full series)



*in that order

Where the Red Fern Grows is the saddest movie ever.

Tbh, I don't really know. I've been spreading this anti-coal/anti-fracking doc called The Last Mountain around like crazy but people are stubborn donkeys about this shit so who knows.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Avatar, duh. So rrrrrevolutionary.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

[consuming negativity]

I mean I doubt it'd lead to a literal revolution but if there's any single film I think everyone should see for politically-related reasons it'd be Earthlings. Basically, it's about an hour of watching various animals - from dogs, to pigs, to dolphins - being needlessly tortured by assholes across the globe. They look at the food industry, textiles, and a few others. The introduction is about 15-20 minutes and is pretty bland but it does its job of introducing the standpoint of the documentarians. I was surprised when I saw that the runtime wasn't even 100 minutes, as I had to take three separate breaks to cry and compose myself so watching the entire thing through took me over two hours. You have been warned.

Can be watched for free on their website: http://earthlings.com/

[Rosa Partizan]

I mean I doubt it'd lead to a literal revolution but if there's any single film I think everyone should see for politically-related reasons it'd be Earthlings. Basically, it's about an hour of watching various animals - from dogs, to pigs, to dolphins - being needlessly tortured by assholes across the globe. They look at the food industry, textiles, and a few others. The introduction is about 15-20 minutes and is pretty bland but it does its job of introducing the standpoint of the documentarians. I was surprised when I saw that the runtime wasn't even 100 minutes, as I had to take three separate breaks to cry and compose myself so watching the entire thing through took me over two hours. You have been warned.

Can be watched for free on their website: http://earthlings.com/

This is an awesome choice, I had to interrupt the movie several times and just had to handle somehow what I had seen. May I ask you if it changed anything in your life? You can also write me a PM if this is too personal for the board. I myself had already been a vegetarian when I saw this movie, and after having seen it, I went way more towards this vegan thing, but I'm still not 100% there. Maybe about 80-85%. (although I don't believe you can be 100% vegan in our society, considering not only food but also stuff like meds (my birth control pill contains lactose, which is totally usual), cosmetics and so on)

[consuming negativity]

This is an awesome choice, I had to interrupt the movie several times and just had to handle somehow what I had seen. May I ask you if it changed anything in your life? You can also write me a PM if this is too personal for the board. I myself had already been a vegetarian when I saw this movie, and after having seen it, I went way more towards this vegan thing, but I'm still not 100% there. Maybe about 80-85%. (although I don't believe you can be 100% vegan in our society, considering not only food but also stuff like meds (my birth control pill contains lactose, which is totally usual), cosmetics and so on)

For the first couple weeks or so after watching it, I had a really hard time eating meat. It made me ridiculously nauseous and became completely un-appetizing. Cutting animal products or even food completely out of my life isn't feasible right now, but I do try to avoid animal products whenever I can. I don't buy hamburger or deli meat anymore. I never did drink milk. Giving up cheese is a work in progress... and I will eat a fast food burger or whatever if I'm out with people. I was never a fan of leather or any of that weird stuff, so really my diet and of course medicines and such are the difficult parts for me.

At least in my case, I just... I don't know how to explain it, but I see things in a different way now in regards to a lot of different stuff. I guess it takes a certain mindset already about animal rights to sit down and watch a movie like that to begin with, but it definitely gave me a different perspective that I haven't forgotten. I gained a lot of respect for vegetarians, vegans, and generally anybody who tries to minimize their use of animal products, because it's really fucking difficult even if you have the means by which to do so. My view of humans wasn't really altered, but it was put in perspective. Being so absurdly cruel for either money, apathy, or just the sake of the cruelty. The level of disrespect is still unimaginable to me. The movie makes a comparison to the holocaust, which is generally the territory of ignorant dudebros, but it wasn't an absurd comparison. Which is fucking horrifying. It sounds kind of ridiculous to talk about getting so emotional over a movie but every single person I meet who has watched it completely understands and had the same sort of ordeal. Anyway, I hope I answered your question at least partially.