Social Issues Movies

This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life....

Travel the longest railway in the world. Stories and destinies of ordinary Russians who met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train. A kaleidoscope...

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...

Eli has four children, an unemployed husband and a job with an almost impossible commute. Vale is single and makes ends meet by working in clubs as a...

Álex and Virginia, a couple planning to get married, buy an apartment located in a building under construction. When there are only a few...

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

After finding some videos she uploaded to YouTube when she was a child, Manuela attempts to follow the trail she herself has left on the Internet. A...

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...

In a time where the Saudi society is undergoing drastic changes, Ahmad, early 30s, sees the reflection of these in the company he works at.

Interviews with former drug dealers, over-prescribing doctors and DEA agents uncover a shocking truth of the pharmaceutical industry’s plan to...

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

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

Led by Dylan Arnold (Oppenheimer, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Netflix's You), premiering at Cannes Court Métrage and landing its creators on...

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

Joko Supriyanto is a high school student in Yayasan Pendidikan Anak Luar Biasa (Special Needs Education Foundation) Cepogo, Boyolali--a foundation...

Kazuma kills his father in order to protect his mother and younger sister from violence. He begins life at a halfway house with an aim toward social...

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...

An anthology of 7 Mexican short films, all created by 5 up-and-coming independent filmmakers, with a common thread: to explore themes of human...