Social Issues Movies

Harris, a poor Bangladeshi worker in Malaysia, simply wants to return to his hometown to marry the love of his life. However, his leave is denied...

A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary.

Perry makes a wish using the holiday magic given the world he encounters after escaping Foster Care.

In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the...

Young people who decide to leave their home to seek opportunities for the future face different difficulties on a daily basis. The inevitable...

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy...

A PSA about Hate Crime. Young Izaak finds out that his father has been yet another victim of Hate Crime, while also learning what to do in this...

To save his failing business, an elderly tailor must confront his deep-seated prejudice when he accepts an unusual order: creating a female cosplay...

Cut off from his loved ones due to the strict COVID-19 lockdown at the long-term care facility where he lives, a quadriplegic rabbi is filmed by his...

A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to...

Christian Garcia, a fiercely dedicated Latino political organizer, leads a team of young people mobilizing their community for a soda tax. Tested...

An unexpected guest interrupts a couple's last day together, transforming their peaceful farewell.

Gu Bo is a beloved father and husband, but also a writer who struggles to be true to his sexual identity.

An irresponsible young Spaniard having spent 6 months in jail for embezzlement gets a job as a waiter in a bar restaurant and becomes involved in a...

Four high school teens are thrown into detention after a fight come together of their love for music and songwriting. However, their newfound bond is...

Moullet explores the causes and consequences of cases of mental disorders that were especially numerous in the Southern Alps.

Fame driven Ken Dean becomes the subject of a documentary when he attempts to start a pornography company. Following the failure of the company, Ken...

In the pages of a farmer's handwritten journal, the fracture of a village comes into view. At the foot of Mount Gede, the expansion of a geothermal...