Freedocumentaries.net

Freedocumentaries.net is a site that enables the streaming to computers of documentary films without charge.  The collection available on the website is largely political or social documentaries, which vary in quality and length.  There are many smaller videos, but there are also television series and wide release movies (e.g., Manufacturing Dissent and Sicko). Categories, including Spanish and closed caption documentaries, have films listed by topic and by region. Subject areas covered include the environment, animal rights, human rights and health, among others. The site invites film recommendations.

As stated on the website, the objectives are:

"...in order to have a true democracy, there has to be a free flow of easily accessible information. Unfortunately, many important perspectives, opinions, and facts never make it to our televisions or cinemas (you can watch movies in our media category if you want to know why). For this reason we decided to start freedocumentaries.org, a site where anyone with an internet connection can watch a movie to educate themselves or simply explore another perspective whenever they please.... As a secondary objective freedocumentaires.org allows independent filmmakers to have their message heard by viewers that they may not normally reach."