An ACLU lawyer prepares to testify to the US Supreme Court against an anti-trans ruling in Heightened Scrutiny. In December 2024, Chase Strangio, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, became the first openly trans person to argue in front of the Supreme Court. Strangio is followed in the weeks prior to this testimony …
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The lead journalist for Bellingcat goes on the run after being targeted for assassination by Russia in Antidote. Christo Grozev is the lead journalist of the open-source news organization Bellingcat, who is assisting a whistleblower of Russia’s poison program to flee the country. However, Grozev himself begins to fear for his life, forcing him to …
Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster Eliassi uses the Israel-Palestine conflict as the basis for her one woman show in Coexistence, My Ass. Noam Shuster Eliassi is a Jewish woman of Romanian and Persian descent who grew up in the Israeli village of Neve Shalom, or the Oasis of Peace, where Jews and Arabs live …
The Chinese artist and activist is asked to direct a new production of Puccini’s opera in Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. In 2018, the Rome Opera asked Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to direct a new contemporary production of Giacomo Puccini’s China-set opera Turandot. This is a full circle moment for Ai Weiwei, who once appeared …
Canada’s history of 2SLGBTQI+ activism is explored in Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance. There was a time when it was illegal to be homosexual in Canada. The first steps towards acceptance came in December 1967 when Pierre Elliot Trudeau passed a law making private acts between two consenting adults legal. However, this was …
For the 20th year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-nominated Shorts for Animation, Live Action, and Documentary. 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio – Japan) Dong-Dong acquires a bag of marble-shaped candies, each with a different magical property. Magic Candies is directed by Daisuke Nisho of Toei Animation, best known for Dragonball Z and Interstella 5555, …