Social Issues Movies

When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained...

Harris, a poor Bangladeshi worker in Malaysia, simply wants to return to his hometown to marry the love of his life. However, his leave is denied...

The story of Feng Shu Guang, that ends up in a small village named Shibawan. Initially a man, wants to help fight with poverty in this area. It...

Young people who decide to leave their home to seek opportunities for the future face different difficulties on a daily basis. The inevitable...

Using original animation, archival footage and personal interviews, this full-length documentary portrays the multiple relationships Canadian Muslim...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy...

The story is set in a Maharashtrian village where the rich act in a barbaric manner towards the poor.

In a coastal town reshaped by dredging, two fishermen find their lives disrupted: one kept ashore and separated from the sea he once knew, the other...

A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.

A poignant drama set in 1970s Australia about a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in...

Young man kills people sleeping on the footpath while driving under influence. Young man's influential father struggles to silence the police...

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...

Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they...

A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary.

Ria, a seven-year-old girl growing up in a village, is led by her mother to a place where a group of women from her community await her. Here she is...

Corruption, betrayal and vendettas are the focus of this crime drama that stars Julio Diaz as Dado, a man who prefers a quiet life over troubling...

In America women can go to jail for their husbands’ crimes, men are allowed to marry ten-year-olds, and abortions in some states are illegal,...