Social Cultural Documentary Movies

Government inquiry revealed a pattern of neglect, high child mortality rates and lack of burial records among mother and baby homes once run by...

Does Europe also have its own animistic heritage, like Pachamama in South America and Shinto in Japan? If so, which one? In the Misty Lands, i.e....

While on the surface Malmi Airport seems like just another airport, it is in fact, an incredibly important historical, cultural, and practical...

A sock puppet explores a family history told from the perspective of a mother and father.

Who was the real Robin Hood? This age-old question and many more are answered in this exciting documentary. Come and explore the true story behind...

Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a soldier on the Eastern front during...

The story of a young boy forced to spend all five years of his short life in hospital while the federal and provincial governments argued over which...

The Halari Oshwals are a small community dispersed around the world yet held together by a history of sacrifices. But times have changed. This...

This documentary tells the story of a Chinese cemetery in BC that became a National Heritage site. For Chinese pioneers who died in Canada,...

During Summer 2000, the mayor of the Greek island of Lesbos tried to ban 26 lesbians from arriving on a package holiday from the UK; but he ended up...

This documentary shows how “The Kinsey Reports” have been used to change the laws concerning sex crimes in America, resulting in the...

A filmmaker unpacks her evolving relationship with her adolescent German Shepherd, confronting the painful question of why, despite raising him, he...

An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

In the spring of 1962, members of the Christian Peace Service aid group flew in from Bern, Switzerland and settled in the poorest villages in all of...

Wheels of Fate is a short documentary film about identity, belonging and acceptance. It reflects on Ryan Espadilla's experience immigrating to New...

A collective born by the love for Hip Hop culture, in one of the most contradictory places of all. They tirelessly seek to foster and strengthen this...

Founded in the second half of the 1990s, the experimental film association L'Etna witnessed the transition from film to digital cinema. Its premises,...