Social Issues Movies

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the...

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,...

Francis has been living in his apartment for several years. However, his world quickly falls apart has he learns that he has five minutes to leave...

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and...

Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they...

A reflection on the concept of invisibility, narrated by women who clean public spaces in Mexico City. Combining documentary, fiction and still...

When a progressive, midwestern pastor's life is threatened by extremists, she must answer to a gang of interrogating FBI Agents as she reels from the...

Four adults are detained in their apartments with only each other and a computer for online company. They each come from a different class with...

A young working urban couple is overwhelmed with the birth of a baby girl but parenthood has its own challenges.

Over one thousand people have been charged with storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as part of a widely televised insurrection...

Eri as a child hides her pain with a determined smile. This leads to an unprecedented change, turning her into a doll. After landing a singing...

By observing the technological developments of artificial intelligence in several countries, this film sheds light on the advantages and limits of...

The social contract: the rules we follow - and some don’t. Breaking Social uncovers the pattern of corruption and kleptocracy erasing the...

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...

Candace Parker takes a personal look at the past, present and future of Title IX and the drive for equality in sports.

The demise of airline Swissair in 2001 was a huge blow to Switzerland's economy and to the country's morale. It was a sad day for Swiss history when...

New York-set comedy about a group of immigrants who have become hostage to their life choices.

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...

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...