Social Documentary Movies

The Jeepney is a common affordable transportation in the Philippines. Made from abandoned American Jeeps during World War II, the Jeepney remains a...

The Occupy Central movement called for civil disobedience in the middle of Hong Kong’s financial district, in pursuit of democratic elections....

A filmmaker captures her wife’s journey of high-risk pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood in this short documentary. Consequently, she...

Memories of his four-year journey focused on the Hong Kong protests. Narrated in the first person, is rich with reflections and contemplations, most...

In 2016 eleven young men from Parade Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica travelled to Scotland for the first time, bringing their powerful parkour...

Kirby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, October 1972. A chronicle of the fourteen-month strike by thousands of tenants to protest against the...

This is the story of a team of 40 agents facing 4,000 job seekers at a job centre in the Parisian suburbs. Samia, Corinne, Thierry, Zuleika must...

The film retraces the origins, history, habits and traditions of the Roma people but also tells the direct experience of some of the people who...

Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

Six Christians face a dark night of the soul that leads them to question everything they believe.

A short documentary covering the racism towards black people in Arab societies. Covering race, blackface, colourism and censorship. Featuring Ismail...

For four years (1977-1981) Esaias Baitel documented a violent Parisian neo-Nazi gang. Having gained their trust, he was able to get close to them....

Focusing on five of them, this documentary pays tribute to the wealthy women who, under the Ancien Régime, promoted scholars and artists, and...

A dive into the societal rules and expectations of the celebration of women’s bodies and their use to show love and power. The Disdress Dolls...

A journey into the interior of garbage, contemplated as a phenomenon of the human spirit, and not only as a product of human action. This...

A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various...