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…
The world knows who Mandela was for South Africa, but we don't know about F.W. de Klerk, the president that ushered in …
This documentary follows the difficult path of African-American politician Bakari Sellers in his quest to become the fi…
In this semi-animated documentary, the artist Christoph Faulhaber questions our current digitized world through his own…
This episode of UN in Action portrays how climate change has forced communities in Madagascar to seek better opportunit…
New York 2001, Bagdad 2003, Algeria 2007, Uganda 2010 are dates remembered by victims of terrorism worldwide. This epis…
In case you didn't know, we are in a global water crisis. The UN launched a program to accelerate efforts towards meeti…
In the midst of an unstable political and social situation, a contingent of female UN peacekeepers helps solve the prob…
Reminiscing about the days of the repressive cultural revolution, the Chinese artist Mu Xin tells us in this documentar…
This is the second part of filmmaker Kasuhiro Soda's follow-up to the Japanese politician Yama-san, who is now trying t…
Shortly after Trump was elected president, an Indian immigrant is killed in a hate crime in Kansas. His widow carries t…
Carlos used to live in the world's most dangerous city in Honduras. He fled gang violence and now lives with his grandm…
After losing her sight due to the war, Hada, a young Palestinian refugee, manages to continue her education despite her…
In 2019, for the first time in history Mozambique suffered the onslaught of two cyclones in a row. This episode of UN I…
The story of Malakeh, a Syria woman who emigrated with her family to Germany, is that of millions of refugees now start…
In this episode of UN In Action, watch a day in the life of Afghan deminers who safeguard people from accidents, while …
This short film is an endearing portrait of Peter Nhiany, who was forced to flee Sudan during a bloody civil war and no…
This episode of UN In Action addresses the famine situation in South Sudan, a hostile territory for organizations like …
People with albinism are being discriminated and even killed in many parts of the world. This episode of Un In Action a…
This award-winning short film is an experimental portrait of Yussuf Mume Saleh, an Ethiopian man who has a deep connect…
In this episode of UN In Action, scientists at the National Museum of History in Albania are using a non-destructive me…
This episode of UN In Action shows us the experience of Quid, a woman-led eco-fashion brand that addresses climate chan…
This unique film follows the musician and folk dancer Clark Wang as he prepares his own "green burial" before his death…
In this Un In Action, a UN program helps bring ambient temperatures down in New York by episode painting roofs white wi…
This episode of UN In Action is a gaze at Uganda, where the funding shortfall is significantly impacting the ability to…
In this episode of UN In Action, two women fight for sustainable policies that prevent consequences for climate change …
This episode of UN In Action shows how a new invention in Africa can turn Methane released from cow dung into gas for c…
Filmed across several continents, this film reveals how development aid in poor countries reproduce poverty and increas…
In this episode of UN In Action we follow a Syrian Family that fled Homs, their home city, after the war erupted, and n…
In Mexico City, 9 out of 10 women have been victims of sexual violence during their journeys in the public transportati…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) tries to protect refugees worldwide. In Japan, not all immigrants are recognized as refug…
This episode of the UN In Action shows how through women's empowerment the Fund for Agricultural Development helps coas…
Did you know that more than a third of homeless youth in the United States belong to the LGBT community? This short fil…
Did you know that millions of people eat insects on a daily basis? This documentary demonstrates how this habit can hel…
In this episode of the UN In Action series, we follow the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in its task of demini…
Oh! the famous American Delis, the ones we have always seen in films and pictures. This documentary takes a look at the…
In the midst of a mythical and beautiful Mongolian landscape, this film follows Kuma, a young Kazak man who wants to fu…
This short film is a gaze at the severe drought crisis in Somalia of 2017, where the UN tries to help the population th…
Discover how two panda cubs became ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
This Oscar-winning documentary follows the incredible feat of Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, the first man to descend M…
In the Philippines, an innocent man faces the death penalty in a controversial murder case that separated two families …
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