Social Issues Movies

A short documentary on the plight of people with disabilities in the Soviet Union.

Alex doesn't go to school and spends his day hanging around, seemingly free, doing what he was told not to do; Steven tries to hold down a job, but...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

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 islamic woman who wants to expose the truth about the government's injustice in a patriarchal society.

The workers of Safai Karmachari Andolan, led by Roman Magsaysay Award winner activist Bezwada Wilson, are on a mission to eradicate manual...

A homeless man living in a encampment in Minneapolis tells his perspective on the ongoing crisis of homelessness.

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of this planetary plague and reveal the fight waged in...

Far from home and cut off from family and friends, Montreal’s Indigenous homeless population is the focus of No Address. Dreams of a better...

A homeless man regularly attends a place where children play ball every afternoon. A caring link develops between them which drives him to change his...

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

DFW Punk, covering the Dallas/Ft. Worth punk/new wave scene. If you thought Texas in the late ’70s was all about urban cowboys, country tunes...

Why are men two or even three times less likely than women to be diagnosed with depression? Why are the figures reversed between the sexes in suicide...

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

Did you know that you can patent colours, numbers, plants and animals – and that 20% of your genes are patented and owned by private...

We are in a housing crisis. We urgently need new ideas. Step forward… We Can Make. We are taken to Knowle West, South Bristol, a...

At the forensic medicine unit of Compiègne Hospital, Dr. Bernard Marc and his team welcome victims every day who are alive but wounded in body...

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