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

Cooperatives Put People—and Democracy—to Work

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

Mar 26, 2012

The Koch Brothers Exposed

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

Oliver Lazenby Feb 03, 2012

Film Review: The Last Mountain

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.

Ayla Harbin Nov 15, 2011

Film Review: Carbon Nation

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

Robert Mellinger Aug 04, 2011

YES! Film Picks: Fall 2011

Film reviews from the Fall 2011 issue.

Aug 03, 2011

Film Review: Who Took the Bomp?

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

Aug 04, 2011

Film Review: To Be Heard

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

Aug 04, 2011

Film Review: Egypt: Seeds of Change

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

Apr 29, 2011

Film Review: Queen of the Sun

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

Apr 27, 2011

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

Film reviews from the Summer 2011 issue.

Apr 29, 2011

Film Review: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune

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

Apr 29, 2011

Film Review: The Economics of Happiness

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.

Kristy Leissle Apr 04, 2011

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

Maddening and motivating independent films.

Nov 02, 2010

Film Trailer: Living Downstream

A documentary that follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she explores the seemingly unnatural causes of cancer.

Nov 02, 2010

Film Trailer: Age of Stupid

For one man looking back from the year 2055, it seems clear that we should have dealt with climate change as soon as we noticed it.

Nov 02, 2010