How Popular Movements Battle Entrenched Regimes Nonviolently

A Force More Powerful uses documentary footage to explore how popular movements battled entrenched regimes and military forces with unconventional weapons like boycotts, strikes, and demonstrations. Acts of civil resistance helped subvert the operations of government, and direct intervention in the form of sit-ins, nonviolent sabotage, and blockades frustrated many rulers' efforts to suppress people. Includes the Salt March protest of Mohandas Gandhi, lunch counter protests in the U.S. segregated south, the nonviolent campaign against apartheid in South Africa, Danish resistance in WW II, the rise of solidarity in Poland, and the triumph of democracy in Chili. Originally released as a feature-length film that played in festivals worldwide, A Force More Powerful was expanded into a 3-hour television series which aired nationally on PBS in 2000, and has since been seen around the world. (2 X, 84 minutes)

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“…rich in archival footage and thoughtful interviews…. The stories are inspiring, sometimes awesome.” – The Washington Post

“Outstanding… a veritable manual on how to mount a successful nonviolent resistance movement….” –The Los Angeles Times