Social Issues Movies

In a town ruled by one family for generations, Elisa Villanueva dares to fight back. Born into poverty, she worked for a better life only to realize...

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...

TRANSINDIA is a moving documentary exploring the Transgender community also known as Hijras, in Ahmedabad, India. Transindia takes you on a journey...

Set in grey space, the film tells us the story of a young girl named Jahnvi sitting alone in a dark, single room carrying multiple thoughts about her...

SPACED OUT written, edited and directed by Priyakanta Laishram is a movie dedicated to all the people who are on the road to recovery from drug...

A former federal agent takes you from Milwaukee's streets into its justice system, following Harold Sloan and six other homeless men over five years...

Dancers often get less dance gigs since COVID. Africa was already bad at this, the situation just got worse. Manuel kanza lives in ANGOLA and he...

Using local media footage from the London Borough of Southwark spanning the past 20 years, this documentary discusses complex social issues including...

South Korea's is facing a population crisis, with Seoul at the centre of it. The country’s capital remains the beneficiary of both internal and...

Global pandemics are like prairie thunderstorms. Full of terror and havoc, they eventually pass. Bringing a new baby into the world can also feel...

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

In early summer of 2025, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials began detaining migrants at their asylum hearings, an ad-hoc...

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...

Nathan Verhelst, a 44 year old man from Sint-Niklaas in Belgium, demands and receives euthanasia after several failed gender operations. Nathan was...

Irama Betawi is the name of an ondel-ondel group that still actively busks in Jakarta. Sometimes they busk on the streets. Other times, they are...

Is it anyone's business if consenting adults want to pay or accept money for sex? Sex worker and author Maggie McNeill tells her startling tale about...

David has several problems. At a very young age, he sees his father become addicted to drugs and his mother to alcohol. His parents divorce because...