Social Documentary Movies

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera...

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

A look at the world of webcam workers who find economic freedom, empowerment, intimacy and creative self expression from the comfort of their own...

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a...

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture...

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of...

Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on...

16-year-old Bella and Vipulan are part of a generation convinced its very future is in danger. Between climate change and the 6th mass extinction of...

Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

Jorge Luís Altuve is a young Guatemalan, passionate about mountaineering and a lover of his country. After the COVID-19 crisis and the lack of...

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...

The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.

Ten years after the film Home (2009), Yann Arthus-Bertrand looks back, with Legacy, on his life and fifty years of commitment. It's his most personal...

Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find...

Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of...

Follow the lives of the elderly survivors who were forced into sex slavery as “Comfort Women” by the Japanese during World War II. At...

An intimate reflection on life in the digital age and Seán McLoughlin's journey through the highest highs - chanting crowds, sold out shows,...