Social Issues Movies
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE
The Ghosts in Our Machine is a profound documentary that sheds light on the hidden world of animal agriculture. Directed by Liz Marshall, the film...
TOMORROW
Tomorrow follows Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent as they travel to around a dozen countries to uncover practical, scalable solutions to urgent...
SALT OF THE EARTH
Salt of the Earth is a groundbreaking 1954 film that explores the struggles of Mexican-American miners in New Mexico who demand equal wages and...
A BETTER LIFE
A Better Life is a poignant drama that explores the struggles of a Mexican immigrant gardener in Los Angeles who strives to provide a better life for...
GENERATION WEALTH
Generation Wealth is a sweeping documentary that traces four decades of Americans chasing money, status, and beauty to evaluate the costs of a culture...
THE CLEANERS
The Cleaners is a 2018 documentary that follows several real-life content moderators in Manila as they review vast streams of online material. Through...
KENNY
Kenny is a poignant drama that explores the struggles of unemployment and the impact it has on family and self-worth. The film follows the titular...
THE REASON I JUMP
An intimate, observational documentary by Jerry Rothwell based on Naoki Higashida's best-selling book. The Reason I Jump follows autistic voices from...
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE: IF YOU'RE A GIRL
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) follows a fearless group of Afghan girls as they join a skateboarding class in a country...
MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Midnight Family follows the Ochoa family in Los Angeles as they operate private ambulances, racing to emergencies to earn life-saving fees in a system...
THE DROP BOX
The Drop Box follows Pastor Lee Jong-rak in Seoul, who, faced with orphans and abandoned infants, builds a 'baby drop box' outside his church. The...
THE SALT OF THE EARTH
The Salt of the Earth is a captivating documentary that chronicles the life and work of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado. Over the past 40...
THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Based on a true story from 1971 in Durham, North Carolina, The Best of Enemies follows a fierce civil rights activist and a former Ku Klux Klan member...
TIME
Time chronicles Fox Rich's decades-long fight to win the release of her husband, Rob Rich, amid a carceral system that often feels indifferent to...
ONE CHILD NATION
One Child Nation (2019) is a documentary directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang that probes the human cost of China's one-child policy. Using...
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