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Showing 1 - 10 of 18 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Political Economy


At the Crossroads

Provides an overview of U.S.-Canadian economic ties, with possible alternatives to marriage with the United States.

National Film Board of Canada | 1987 | 58 minutes

Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny

Largely unknown today, this doc explores the history of Emerik Blum's company, Energoinvest, which defied capitalist conventions on its way to success.

Icarus Films | 2024 | 76 minutes

Boom Boom

In voiceover, filmmaker Laurie Lassalle questions her desire to be part of the "Gilets jaunes" (Yellow vests) protest movement in France.

Andana Films | 2022 | 110 minutes

The First Year

Patricio Guzmán's jubilant record of the 12 months following the election of Chile’s first socialist president, Salvador Allende.

Icarus Films | 2023 | 96 minutes

Freeports - The Beauty of Tax Free Storage

For the first time ever, a film exposes the secret world of these unknown tax havens.

First Hand Films | 2021 | 52 minutes

In Bed with an Elephant

Using archival film footage, this hour-long documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships as personified by successive…

National Film Board of Canada | 1986 | 60 minutes

Lost Course

Examines an unprecedented experiment in local democracy in the southern Chinese village of Wukan.

dGenerate Films | 2020 | 180 minutes

Love and Solidarity

An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 38 minutes

Money, Freedom, a Story of the CFA Franc

Explores the history of the CFA Franc and monetary colonization in Africa.

Icarus Films | 2023 | 104 minutes

On the Border of the Ideal

How do ideals survive in times of deep crisis?

Dutch CORE | 2022 | 49 minutes