Social Issues Movies

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

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Aliko & Ambai is a feature film about two young women facing the challenges of growing up in the beautiful Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The...

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...

Directed in 1980 and released in 2013. On the issue of addiction in Iran in the 1980s. Mohsen's father is going to pass away soon due to an illness,...

A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine...

An old lady lets herself go with the stories of a sprightly old man, sitting next to her. But when she reveals that she is married, he waves her...

Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends...

The Culebra and Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

Luna runs away from home in the middle of the night. In an unexpected encounter with a group of drag queens, she redefines her concept of family.

Ria, a seven-year-old girl growing up in a village, is led by her mother to a place where a group of women from her community await her. Here she is...

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

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...

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...

Paco, the teenage son of a Civil Guard commander in Basque Country, becomes addicted to heroin.

The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter...

Using original animation, archival footage and personal interviews, this full-length documentary portrays the multiple relationships Canadian Muslim...