Film

Watch trailers to our pick of maddening and motivating independent films.

Growing Cities: An Urban Farming Road Trip

posted May 04, 2012

Can farming revitalize our cities and change the way we eat? Follow two friends across the United States to find out.

Inside America's Worst Toxic Waste Cover-Up

by Valerie Schloredt

posted May 01, 2012

Film Review: The Big Fix exposes BP's efforts to minimize awareness of North America's biggest oil spill.

Cooperatives Put People—and Democracy—to Work

posted Mar 30, 2012

How worker-owned businesses from Cleveland to Spain are nurturing life and jobs outside the corporate framework.

The Koch Brothers Exposed

by Oliver Lazenby

posted Feb 01, 2012

Film Review: How far do the tentacles of the Kochtopus reach? Follow the money with this collection of 13 short films.

Film Review: The Last Mountain

by Ayla Harbin

posted Nov 01, 2011

Follow a group of residents-turned-activists in their efforts to save Coal River Mountain, the last one left in an area devastated by mining.

Film Review: Carbon Nation

by Robert Mellinger

posted Aug 16, 2011

Take a trip across the United States to find out who is developing low-carbon solutions.

Film Review: To Be Heard

posted Aug 01, 2011

Three Bronx teenagers take on poverty, crime, and family stress with the help of good teachers.

YES! Film Picks: Fall 2011

posted Aug 01, 2011

Film reviews from the Fall 2011 issue.

Film Review: Who Took the Bomp?

posted Aug 01, 2011

The feminist band with a DIY ethos has a beat to get you on your feet.

Film Review: Egypt: Seeds of Change

posted May 01, 2011

A video primer from Al Jazeera for would-be nonviolent revolutionaries everywhere.

Film Review: Queen of the Sun

posted May 01, 2011

How bees can save us—but only if we save them.

Film Review: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune

posted May 01, 2011

A long-overdue tribute to a leading Vietnam-era voice of protest.

YES! Film Picks: Queen of the Sun, Egypt: Seeds of Change, and Phil Ochs

posted May 01, 2011

Film reviews from the Summer 2011 issue.

Film Review: The Economics of Happiness

by Kristy Leissle

posted Apr 14, 2011

Why are we so lonely when we have so much? Beyond the unhappiness of a disconnected world are new—and very old—ways we can turn it around.

YES! Film Picks :: Abe Osheroff, Living Downstream, and The Age of Stupid

posted Nov 15, 2010

Maddening and motivating independent films.