Social Cultural Documentary Movies

Footage from and interviews with attendees of a public function in Griffith Park, Los Angeles sponsored by the Gay Liberation Front.

What is inside the stars? How far away are they from us? Could life exist without them? All these questions have fascinated humanity since the dawn...

Aiming to capture views of Hong Kong months before its return to the Chinese government, this Australian documentary features views of the city...

Two Paraguayans wander the city collecting testimonies and stories about the meaning of sunsets. Between emotion and routine, their journey becomes a...

A pandemic, a warzone, and a government in denial

The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County in Connecticut's documentary featuring family stores in Stamford, Connecticut from their peak years...

A group of Spanish reporters go to Western Sahara to find a group of Spanish hostages taken by the Polisario Front, while shedding light on the...

National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its...

“Leaving” follows a day in the life of two refugee women while listening to their story of fleeing war torn Congo. Juxtaposing daily life...

A young woman from Barcelona's La Mina neighborhood inquires into the past of the Roma people in this documentary about the persecution of the Roma...

An ode to thrift stores, reusing our clothes and local communities.

A young entrepreneur meets a group of coffee farmers and finds the inspiration to continue despite the pandemic.

A retrospective of Arizona's lost retail history hosted by Retail Archaeology

Delving into the world of funk from the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Na Batida follows a participatory journey in which the filmmakers themselves...

An unsentimental yet compassionate film about building a community to increase a sense of belonging despite living the worst times ever imagined.

Following the historically smoggy Polish winter of 2016/2017, a Warsaw father of an asthmatic son searches for answers about why air pollution...

Schools in the Netherlands are challenging the traditional models of education and democracy, taking us to new possibilities of organising ourselves...