Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

1941-09-08 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 44 Credits

Biography

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He was the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. Sanders is the longest serving independent in U.S. congressional history. He has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and emerging as a k...

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Walled Off

Walled Off

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A secret museum in an art hotel sparks intrigue when it's revealed to be a creation of controversial artist, Banksy. Using art as a form of political ...

The Relentless Patriot

The Relentless Patriot

2024

as Self

10.0
Acting

For 30 years, Scott LoBaido has been a voice, fighting with you and for you on so many issues, promoting and celebrating Old Glory, those who serve, a...

Le dernier flip: démarchandiser

Le dernier flip: démarchandiser

2024

Acting
The Dividers

The Dividers

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Following the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017, Shia LaBeouf and his artist friends launched a live stream art project called 'HE WILL NOT DIVIDE ...

The First Step

The First Step

2023

as Self

Acting

Van Jones navigates increasingly tense and isolating political and racial divides in his attempt to become a “bridge builder” during the Trump adminis...

Ithaka

Ithaka

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.3
Acting

The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an elderly man’s fight to save his son. Arguably the...

Simulacros de liberación

Simulacros de liberación

2021

as Self

Acting

In the wake of climate change, a new social movement emerges in Puerto Rico to protest austerity measures imposed by US colonial forces.

Not Going Quietly

Not Going Quietly

2021

as Self

7.0
Acting

An intimate, inspiring look at activist and loving father Ady Barkan, diagnosed with ALS at age 32 and who, in spite of declining physical abilities, ...

Storm Lake

Storm Lake

2021

as Self

6.5
Acting

A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.

American Gadfly

American Gadfly

2021

as Self

Acting

A decade since his last campaign, 89-year-old former senator and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Gravel comes out of retirement when a group of teena...

The Accidental President

The Accidental President

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

In 2016, almost anyone you asked, or any poll you consulted, pointed you to a Hillary Clinton landslide. The Accidental President is a balanced featur...

Bodyslammed: Folk Hero vs. Billionaire

Bodyslammed: Folk Hero vs. Billionaire

2020

as Self

Acting

The Montana Special Election of '17 pitting folk singer Rob Quist against Billionaire Greg Gianforte captivated the nation and culminated in the body-...

Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being ...

Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually gets a say i...

Mr. Trump, Pardon the Interruption

Mr. Trump, Pardon the Interruption

2019

as Self - Politician

3.5
Acting

An analysis of the impact on the United States Latino community of immigration policies promoted by President Donald Trump.

The Big Meeting

The Big Meeting

2019

as Self

Acting

Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-unions and the general public for one of the bigges...

Coup 53

Coup 53

2019

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with...

Zulu Summer

Zulu Summer

2019

as Self

Acting

“The Zulus are coming,” Dark Sevier, a local DJ for public radio in Butte, Montana, announces to listeners one evening in May, 2017. By this point, ev...

The Era of Neoliberalism

The Era of Neoliberalism

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This film shows how four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in a widespread of social injustice, economic inequality and popular anger.

Drug$

Drug$

2018

as Self

9.2
Acting

A feature-length documentary about the soaring price of medicines in the U.S., featuring interviews with academics, patients, advocates and political ...

Fahrenheit 11/9

Fahrenheit 11/9

2018

as Self

7.1
Acting

Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

The King

The King

2018

as Self

6.4
Acting

A cultural portrait of the American dream at a critical time in the nation’s history. Set against the 2016 American election, The King takes a musical...

¡Las Sandinistas!

¡Las Sandinistas!

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the disappearing stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinist...

trustWHO

trustWHO

2018

as Self

7.8
Acting

Is the WHO sick? The filmmaker and mother Lilian Franck reveals clandestine influences by the tobacco, pharmaceutical and nuclear industries on the or...

Zero Weeks

Zero Weeks

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

What do the United States and Papua New Guinea have in common? They are the only countries in the world without paid family leave. American families a...

Nat Bates For Mayor

Nat Bates For Mayor

2017

as Self

Acting

Nat Bates For Mayor tells the story of the outrageous 2014 mayor's race in Richmond, home to the second largest refinery in California. In a brazen mo...

Free Lunch Society

Free Lunch Society

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

What would you do if your basic income was taken care of month after month? Would you stop working? Follow your passions? Take more risks? The four-fi...

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution

2017

as Self

Acting

At the crossroads of the 2016 presidential race and the fight for civil rights, economic fairness, and a democracy that works for everyone.

All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)

All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)

2016

as Self

8.0
Acting

America is experiencing an epidemic of pain. One man has the answer to the problem yet the medical establishment has ignored him. For nearly 50 years,...

Undecided: The Movie

Undecided: The Movie

2016

as Self

7.8
Acting

A camera crew follows two "undecided" voters along the actual campaign trail, and no Presidential candidate - on either side of the aisle - is spared.

13th

13th

2016

as Self (archive footage)

7.9
Acting

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Longshot... The Biopic of Senator Bernie Sanders Campaign 2016 for POTUS

Longshot... The Biopic of Senator Bernie Sanders Campaign 2016 for POTUS

2016

as Self

Acting

In his historic outsiders' populist run for POTUS in 2016, this biopic shares campaign strategising, phone-banking, 100% consumer-funded campaign fund...

My Last Days: Meet Claire, Finding Beauty in the Sadness

My Last Days: Meet Claire, Finding Beauty in the Sadness

2016

as Self

Acting

Claire Wineland was born with Cystic Fibrosis. Doctors say she has only a short time left to live, but she never lets that stop her from making the mo...

UNCOUNTED - The Story of the California Election

2016

as Self

10.0
Acting

In an extensive mini-documentary by Michelle Boley (@roguekite) and Taylor Gill (@taylorcgill) and produced by TYT and Rogue Kite Productions, the tru...

Denial

Denial

2016

as Self

3.0
Acting

Every day our changing climate pushes us closer to an environmental catastrophe, but for most the problem is easy to ignore. David Hallquist, a Vermon...

Koch Brothers Exposed

Koch Brothers Exposed

2012

as Self

6.5
Acting

Koch Brothers Exposed is a hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst. This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of ...

Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?

Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?

2012

as Self

7.7
Acting

Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregul...

Windfall

Windfall

2012

as Self (archive footage)

4.4
Acting

Wind power... It's green... It's good... It reduces our dependency on foreign oil... That's what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first tho...

Ethos

Ethos

2011

as Self

6.9
Acting

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure i...

Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama

Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama

2009

as Self - Senator (archive footage)

6.6
Acting

Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world governme...

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

as Self

7.1
Acting

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of...

Orwell Rolls in His Grave

Orwell Rolls in His Grave

2003

as Self - Congressman for Vermont

7.4
Acting

Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine ...

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception

1999

as Rabbi Manny Shevitz

3.0
Acting

This brutally honest comedy depicts the Jewish-Italian wedding reception of Lisa Weinstein (Deborah Gibson), as guests can't help but notice the roman...

Sweet Hearts Dance

Sweet Hearts Dance

1988

as Bernie

4.8
Acting

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall i...