With exclusive access inside Carnegie Hall, filmmaker Josef Astor documents the struggle to save its historic art studi…
Through the experience of a young activist living with HIV, this episode of UN In Action shows us the efforts to preven…
An American writer travels to Russia and discovers the lingering effects of Holodomor and The Great Famine - the Soviet…
Through a poignant observational approach, this documentary dissects the dynamics of the safari tourism business in Sou…
In 1965, a group of intrepid young women didn't know they were making history by participating in a survival adventure …
Every year, millions of birds migrate from the Northern Hemisphere to their winter homes in Africa's tropical wetlands.…
This short film is a simple and poetic look at the work of a patient and talented blacksmith from Houston, USA.
Meet Natalia Gallardo. She is an Uruguayan peacekeeper who collaborates in a MONUSCO mission patrolling the lakes of Co…
Through the daily life of a Japanese family living in the Hiroshima of the nineties, this documentary uses valuable tes…
Through the audiovisual works of two award-winning young creators awarded in PLURAL +, a program of the United Nations …
This episode of UN in action shows how the UN tries to recover the city of Mosul (Northen Irak) from devastation and ex…
This episode of UN In Action is only a quick look at what the UN agencies are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisi…
Amir Awad, from the Syrian National Team for wrestling, introduces us to the Syrian Sports Academy, a place that trains…
This episode of UN in action nos muestra cómo los integrantes de una escuela primaria en Kenya aprenden a sembrar y cui…
Farmers in Nepal are the worst affected by climate change as most of them are forced to migrate to other countries to s…
Pablo Lecuona, an Argentinian with visual disability, introduces us to a digital library that has adapted hundreds of t…
This episode of UN in action shows us the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which has been helping stabilise the country…
Rolf and Renata leave their home and embark with their young children to live with indigenous communities in various pa…
With a grainy and visceral look, this documentary follows the irreverent Jay Wade, a steamfitter in New York who has a …
Using footage filmed by intrepid cameramen, in the middle of the firing line in battle, this propaganda film documents …
A lover of the past. A road trip through the southwestern United States. An experimental short documentary that tries t…
This propaganda film commissioned by the United States government was shown to the troops that would occupy Germany jus…
The last episode in the Why We Fight saga focuses on the United States' decision to intervene in the resistance to the …
The sixth film in Frank Capra's Why We Fight saga introduced US soldiers and audiences to Japan's invasion of China and…
This film mixes images from the diverse lives of Iranians in the United States that make up a nation in Exile.
The second of two parts of the film that explains the Russian resistance to the Nazi invasion during WWII. The fifth in…
The first of two parts of the film that explains the Russian resistance to the Nazi invasion during WWII. The fifth ins…
The fourth installment in Frank Capra's Why We Fight series. After the fall of France, the Nazis focus their strength o…
In the third installment of the Why We Fight series, director Frank Capra describes Hitler's deceptive strategy to conq…
The second episode of Frank Capra's Why We Fight saga. Seen from the American government propaganda, Nazi Germany is pr…
This is the first episode of the epic saga commissioned by the United States government during World War II, directed b…
Amid pandemic times, filmmaker and UN Sustainable Development Goals advocate Richard Curtis take viewers on a journey t…
This emotional Oscar-nominated short film, follows the day-to-day of five seniors living in a retirement resort in Palm…
Saul's dad took him to work with him on a hot Summer day in 1950. What could go wrong? More than 60 years later, in thi…
This short film is a sensory journey through a moment in the life of Pablo Carranza, a young skater from San Francisco …
Director Andrew Lancaster delves into his family's past and brings to light the case of his uncle Bill Lancaster, an av…
This observational documentary makes visible the faces behind the famous manhole covers on the streets of New York, whi…
This independent documentary is an educational effort to make visible the life and work of the great poet Walt Whitman …
This episode of UN In Action takes us to New York, where the United Nations promotes urban farming as a sustainable way…
In this episode of UN In Action we follow the Somali police force in their attempt to eradicate the contamination of ex…
This episode of UN In Action shows how the United Nations and the World Health Organization and specialists in the Cong…
Will we be able to live in the future on highly organized floating cities? This episode shows how the United Nations su…
This episode of UN In Action focuses on the terrorism victims in Cameroon. A conflict that has forced hundreds of thous…
Most Ugandans live in rural areas where land is undocumented and unmapped. UN-Habitat works with Ugandan government to …
In this episode of UN In Action, activist Haha Dukureh makes visible the fight of millions of women in Africa against f…
With the beautifully photographed urban world of Dublin as a backdrop, this film reflects on the evolution of Skateboar…
A glimpse into the soul of Teresa Smith, an African-American mother who through her profound singing finds a way to dem…
This Oscar-Nominated animation illustrates the dilemma of Bill Babbitt, who must make a decision when he realizes his b…
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