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Andrew Butler added a video on Mar 28, 2023
Water Has a Memory
Water Has a Memory (2023)
Matriarch and Environmental Ambassador for the Ponca Nation, Casey Camp-Horinek takes us through the occupied territory of Ponca City, Oklahoma. Through the ancestral teachings of her Ponca culture, Casey has been protecting the Water...
Andrew Butler added a video on Apr 23, 2019
Looking Upon the Ocean with New Eyes and Ancient Wisdom
Looking Upon the Ocean with New Eyes and Ancient Wisdom
'Just as we have a need for wild nature, along with that comes a need for ancient wisdom, ancient traditions with wise elders, who live close to the earth, and understand it. A need to return to those basic truths.' - Hermien de Vos
Andrew Butler added a video on Apr 23, 2019
WitchHunt
WitchHunt (2019)
In 2015, while the far right was gaining ground around the world, socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the UK Labour Party in a landslide victory. Accusations of antisemitism within the party immediately began to...
Andrew Butler added a video on Apr 11, 2019
This Love Letter to Resistance Will Light a Fire in Your Belly and Warm Your Heart
This Love Letter to Resistance Will Light a Fire in Your Belly and Warm Your Heart
The short film invites us on an intimate journey through the liberated territory of the Zad of Notre-dames-des-landes, a community in France who resisted an airport, and in doing so created a beautiful way of living with hope in these...
Andrew Butler added a video on Oct 24, 2017
Meet the Pro Surfers Who Put Down Roots in Ireland to Grow Organic Food for the Community
Meet the Pro Surfers Who Put Down Roots in Ireland to Grow Organic Food for the Community
The story of a group of pro surfers who have left the international surfing circuit in order to grow organic vegetables at Moy Hill CSA Farm on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way.
Andrew Butler added a video on Sep 15, 2017
It's Seems Like BP Have Decided to Come Clean About Their Dirty Practices... or Have They?
It's Seems Like BP Have Decided to Come Clean About Their Dirty Practices... or Have They?
BP staff were being surprisingly honest about why the company is sponsoring the British Museum's new Scythians exhibition at its press launch this week. Or maybe they weren't really from BP at all...
Andrew Butler added a video on Sep 6, 2017
Everyone's Talking About the Latest Episode of America, The Series
Everyone's Talking About the Latest Episode of America, The Series
What if real life was written like Game of Thrones? 
Andrew Butler added a video on Sep 4, 2017
Work Isn't Working, But Imagine if it Could
Work Isn't Working, But Imagine if it Could
Poet Agne
Andrew Butler added a video on Sep 4, 2017
Sea Prayer - A Powerful Immersive Film Honouring Syrian Refugees
Sea Prayer - A Powerful Immersive Film Honouring Syrian Refugees
A 360° illustrated film by award-winning novelist Khaled Hosseini. Scroll to the right as the story progresses.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 31, 2017
The British Museum - Where Colonialism and Corporatism Clash with Culture
The British Museum - Where Colonialism and Corporatism Clash with Culture
The North America gallery at the British Museum – which is filled with Indigenous artefacts – is sponsored by JP Morgan, one of the main funders of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Yes, that’s the same pipeline that is being forced through...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 30, 2017
Footage of the Sky Above the Atacama Desert Will Take Your Breath Away
Footage of the Sky Above the Atacama Desert Will Take Your Breath Away
The Atacama desert is home to the darkest and cleanest skies in the world. A view to the night sky rewards with uncountable numbers of stars and fantastic nebulas in one of the quietest and emptiest places on earth. Not a single noise...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 30, 2017
Humans of New York: The Series
Humans of New York: The Series
From the photo blog phenomenon comes Humans of New York: The Series. Creator Brandon Stanton worked with cinematographer Michael Crommett over four years to create the series. Taken from 1200 interviews, watch people from all walks of...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 28, 2017
Scent of Geranium - The Story of an Uprooted Iranian in America
Scent of Geranium - The Story of an Uprooted Iranian in America
Immigration is a new chapter in one's life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one's life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director's experience with immigration.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 28, 2017
Democracy At Stake - The Sad State of the US Political System
Democracy At Stake - The Sad State of the US Political System
In this four-part series filmmaker Matthew Cooke joins Patricia Arquette to explore the state of democracy in the United States.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 28, 2017
Beautiful Powerful Direct Action for a Clean Energy Future
Beautiful Powerful Direct Action for a Clean Energy Future
Taking direct action against the dirty fossil fuel industry and for a clean energy future, Ende Gelände is a mass action movement focused around Germany's massive lignite mines and associated infrastructure. This video is from the...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 28, 2017
This Stunning Home, Built of Mud, Connects the Inside with the Outside
This Stunning Home, Built of Mud, Connects the Inside with the Outside
'Kids play with mud. They build sandcastles. It's like building your own little fortress. It's not rocket science.' Ross and Kathryn decided that they were not going to get into debt buying a big house. Instead, they spent a year...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 25, 2017
Akala on Education and the Secret to Eternal Youth!
Akala on Education and the Secret to Eternal Youth!
We asked rapper Akala about education, didn't realise we'd find out the secret to eternal youth. Thanks Akala!
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 23, 2017
Humans and The Land - A Celebration of Those Who Feed The World
Humans and The Land - A Celebration of Those Who Feed The World
Farming and farmers are the heart of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's work. In his latest film HUMAN, this theme takes a central space. In the continuity of this work, and in collaboration with France Agrimer, he goes beyond it with a sensitive...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 23, 2017
Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village to Build Jewish-Only Town
Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village to Build Jewish-Only Town
Despite protests, the Israeli government will displace the Bedouin population of Umm al-Hiran to a temporary area until a new neighborhood is built for them nearby. However, residents won't be welcome to return to the new Jewish-only...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 22, 2017
What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?
What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?
Many of humanity’s greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It is through the acquisition of Emotional Intelligence that we stand to become better...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 21, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers a Powerful Message to Neo-Nazis After Charlottesville
Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers a Powerful Message to Neo-Nazis After Charlottesville
Following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a powerful message to President Trump, suggesting what he should have said.  “In fact, as president of this great country, you have a...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 21, 2017
My Father Was Killed by a Far-Right Terrorist but You’ve Probably Never Heard of Him
My Father Was Killed by a Far-Right Terrorist but You’ve Probably Never Heard of Him
Maz Saleem’s father who killed by a neo-Nazi terrorist, who then went on a bombing campaign - but you’ve probably never heard of him. Why?
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 21, 2017
Stunning Garden Let's Nature Take the Lead
Stunning Garden Let's Nature Take the Lead
Director Toby Amies visits Pascal Brault's verdant South of France garden set amid a range of mountains.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 21, 2017
From Westminster to Washington, Instability is All Around
From Westminster to Washington, Instability is All Around
Pie doesn't in any way have another go at Trump.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 18, 2017
Heather Heyer's Memorial Showed Her Legacy Will Be Magnified
Heather Heyer's Memorial Showed Her Legacy Will Be Magnified
VICE News attends the memorial service held for Heather Heyer, who was killed during the rally on Saturday when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters. Elle Reeve speaks to Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer after the memorial.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 17, 2017
The History and Importance of the Antifascist Movement
The History and Importance of the Antifascist Movement
President Trump is facing widespread criticism for his latest comments on the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Speaking at Trump Tower on Tuesday, Trump said the violence was in part caused by what he...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 16, 2017
This Chilling Charlottesville Doc Should Be Required Viewing for all Americans
This Chilling Charlottesville Doc Should Be Required Viewing for all Americans
On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 15, 2017
Peter Joseph & Abby Martin on Abolishing Capitalism
Peter Joseph & Abby Martin on Abolishing Capitalism
Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternative economic system based on sustainability, cooperation and human need. His most recent book, ‘The New Human Rights...
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 15, 2017
Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now
Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now
In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 2, 2017
Earth Overshoot Day Explained
Earth Overshoot Day Explained
This video explains our Ecological Footprint and Earth Overshoot Day with a particular focus on the #movethedate campaign to move back the day of ecological overshoot.
Andrew Butler added a video on Aug 2, 2017
British Diplomat Argues for Gentle Revolution to Anarchism
British Diplomat Argues for Gentle Revolution to Anarchism
Former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the only alternative is anarchism.
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 25, 2017
Surviving the Holocaust to Saving Refugee Children - The Incredible Story of Lord Dubs
Surviving the Holocaust to Saving Refugee Children - The Incredible Story of Lord Dubs
This man survived the Holocaust by fleeing to Britain as a child refugee. Now he’s helping to take the government to court to save other refugee children. This is the incredible story of Lord Alf Dubs.
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 25, 2017
The EU and Euroscepticism Explained
The EU and Euroscepticism Explained
The European Union has been losing support among Europeans in recent years – but it's not all because of anti-immigrant attitudes.
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 24, 2017
Accidental Anarchist
Accidental Anarchist (2017)
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of...
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 24, 2017
Month of Rolling Resistance Reclaims Power From Dirty Frackers
Month of Rolling Resistance Reclaims Power From Dirty Frackers
Lancashire County Council and local residents said NO to fracking. The government overturned that decision and allowed fracking firm Cuadrilla to drill at a site on Preston New Road near Blackpool. Now local residents, councillors and...
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 18, 2017
The Invisible Vegan
The Invisible Vegan (trailer)
The Invisible Vegan is a 90-minute independent documentary that explores the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community, foregrounding the health and wellness possibilities enabled by plant-based vegan diets...
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 18, 2017
Carl Sagan and Annie Druyan's Love Letter to the Universe
Carl Sagan and Annie Druyan's Love Letter to the Universe
In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the end of the universe.
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 18, 2017
People in Denmark Are Much Happier Than People in the United States. Here's Why.
People in Denmark Are Much Happier Than People in the United States. Here's Why.
Last week, in Denmark, Malthe and Lærke Knudson had a baby girl they named Emma. That same day, the Robinsons—Dale and Beth—had a little baby in the United States. They called her Rachel. Right now, they’re just two little babies...
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 17, 2017
These First Time Meetings Between Rescue Dogs & Their New Human Companions Will Melt Your Heart
These First Time Meetings Between Rescue Dogs & Their New Human Companions Will Melt Your Heart
Tracy's Dogs is a not-for-profit National Rescue & Transport Initiative for shelter dogs. The focus of the program is to rescue and rehabilitate dogs with pending euthanasia dates residing in kill shelters with the hope of putting them...
Andrew Butler added a video on Jul 16, 2017
James Cromwell's Fiery Final Interview Before Jail for Taking a Stand Against Fracking
James Cromwell's Fiery Final Interview Before Jail for Taking a Stand Against Fracking
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell has reported in upstate New York after he was sentenced to a week behind bars for taking part in a nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant. Cromwell says he’ll also launch a hunger...