Social Documentary Movies

With an off beat sense of humour, the film looks at the politics and glamour of lipstick and the dilemmas of the modern woman in a marketed world.

A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that operated from 1926 to 1965, infiltrating every sector...

The visual documentary "Negritudes Brasileiras" was a way found by Nataly Neri to continue the Brazilian racial debate, locating it in the present...

A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.

Every day they have to fight to exist. Immigrants and Afro-descendants in Brazil - one of the most racist countries in the world - move to overcome...

Cathline, Ines and Marie have been visiting the metaverse for years. The three young women explore these virtual worlds where everything is possible:...

A young city girl explores the idea of beauty with her uncle Michel, a retired farmer from the Beauce region. An amusing and touching encounter...

Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial...

In an age marked both by austerity and post-war optimism, the Labour Party (1945–1951) creates the welfare state, nationalises many business...

When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying...

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

Are the face and voice mirrors of the soul? This documentary reveals in detail their impact on our immediate perception of others and recounts...

Serif, the manager of a launderette in London’s Bethnal Green, dedicates her time to her regulars. Serving cups of tea and listening to their...

In this unprecedented primetime program, 50 volunteers take part in experiments without knowing that the aim of the program is to understand the...

Reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaves fresh archival footage,...

Shrouded in secrecy and notoriously cash-strapped the North Korean regime has resorted to running one of the world's largest slaving operations -...