Social Cultural Documentary Movies

Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we...

More than two decades after the shooting at Columbine, an entire generation has grown up under the threat of gun violence. This film examines the...

Soon after New York state passed a 2015 law that health insurance should cover transgender-related care and services, director Tania Cypriano and...

A project about the architectural, cultural, and social heritage of the city of Buenos Aires. An investigation about the enigmatic "Casa del Angel",...

The Antidote weaves together stories of everyday people who are making the intentional choice to lift others up in powerful ways, taking action in...

A fascinating hybrid of performance and video verité, The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd introduces Carel and Ferd, a couple who allowed...

Intimately following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo, we observe kids learning the traits necessary to become part of...

Disrupt, reject, destroy, avoid: At the interrupted rhythm of the broken photographs that a granddaughter has rescued from her grandfather’s...

Arguably Russia’s most famous folk song, Dark Eyes has captured hearts around the world for the past 100 years. This portrait explores the...

TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's...

A documentary about cycling and those who participate in it, from the point of view of various people. From South to Center Portugal, and even the...

“Aguas Negras” is an experimental documentary about the Cuautitlán River. The film examines the passage of time and the pollution...

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...

A documentary by Justin Arment that explores the 1991 rename of Michigan city 'East Detroit' to 'Eastpointe', and the racially motivated reasonings...