Social Issues Movies

A former federal agent takes you from Milwaukee's streets into its justice system, following Harold Sloan and six other homeless men over five years...

A woman suffering from drug addiction is interned against her will in a clandestine rehabilitation center where she suffers many cases of abuse and...

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...

The social contract: the rules we follow - and some don’t. Breaking Social uncovers the pattern of corruption and kleptocracy erasing the...

A young woman's life is shattered into pieces when her husband slaps her at a party, causing her to question what this relationship stands for.

Bhanwar, a simpleton young man in the rural Rajasthan wants a bride for him but gets duped. Instead of a woman, he is married off to a transgender...

The Culebra and Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take...

Luna runs away from home in the middle of the night. In an unexpected encounter with a group of drag queens, she redefines her concept of family.

This documentary follows a community action group led by American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky in Rochester, New York. Together, they...

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large....

Five years apart, they reunite as lovers, but when family-demands force Xiao Chen to marry, Lu Feng feels betrayed—and vows revenge.

Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.

An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US...

Community First! Village is designed to lift the chronically homeless off the streets of the Austin, TX, offering them a place to call home, helping...

Eri as a child hides her pain with a determined smile. This leads to an unprecedented change, turning her into a doll. After landing a singing...

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...

A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.

An old lady lets herself go with the stories of a sprightly old man, sitting next to her. But when she reveals that she is married, he waves her...

Mireia has just come out of a toxic relationship that prevents her from enduring physical contact when she is offered the lead role of "Sleeping...