Social Issues Movies

Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. foll...

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 when...

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 st...

Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A tel...

Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.

Finley and his wife rely on the microchips in their neck to live their lives but they can never kiss again. When Finley openly voices criticism of the...

This documentary follows a community action group led by American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky in Rochester, New York. Together, they c...

At the consulting service for immigrants at the Avicenne Hospital in suburban Paris, we observe the sorrow and powerlessness of the immigrants who com...

Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich archi...

Social experiment hosted by journalist and presenter Ben Zand in which a group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes sexual ha...

A revolutionary is sentenced to death for his anti-national activities. And so begins a battle of wits between the prison officer and his comrades, wh...

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large. During...

Corruption, betrayal and vendettas are the focus of this crime drama that stars Julio Diaz as Dado, a man who prefers a quiet life over troubling hims...

The final case for American healthcare to be free and accessible to all—through a single-payer system. Using an all-star lineup of heavy-hitters in t...

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

In the 1980's, Pilar, an ordinary woman, married, about forty years, discovers that one of their three children are addicted to heroin. After an initi...

By fabricating her biography, Luo Su, a young Chinese white-collar worker from a low-income family, hopes to wed Mr. Win, an alluring bachelor. But wh...

In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their abili...

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 o...

A group of office employees find themselves in a fight for survival against a ruthless local gang after a long week of work.