Social Documentary Movies

A midwife goes to medical school to learn modern techniques.

This short film brings light to the reality of transsexuality during childhood and aims to emphasize the importance of the role of grandparents.

Factory (Super)Women explores the narratives of factory women who paved the way towards Singapore's economic success. Inspired by his mother and...

A documentary taking its cues from children's imaginative flights of fancy.

In L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood, local activists and members of the art community clash over the fate of a beloved neighborhood.

Filmed on the 60th anniversary of the republic, this dark-humor documentary delves on the highs and lows of living in North Korea.

Documentary short about Mexico's femicide crisis.

Mureithi started this project after the 2007/8 post-election violence in Kenya left more than 1,200 people dead and 500,000 displaced in his home...

Pasolini seeks in Africa the peasant and revolutionary authenticity he had sought in the Roman villages. This hope will end in a new disappointment:...

On the brink of social collapse, the city of Los Angeles California is full of protests in favor of immigrants and against deportations under the...

At the beginning of the 80s, the antinuclear movement was in full expansion internationally and also in the Basque Country. In addition to the three...

2012 French documentary where the interviewer gets 6 seemingly random women to empty their handbags and then asks probing questions to get to their...

In a coastal town along the Pacific known for the intensity of its sea, various men have dedicated decades to voluntary rescue work. What do you do...

A documentation of the year of high school of 1970 to 1971 for students and teachers alike at the St. Mark prep-school community, from the 'weird...

The stories of a group of Latina migrant mothers whose kids have been taken away by an unfair system in Italy.

Ante Meridiem is a sensory journey through the first hours of dawn. Kind but vehement, he explores the dichotomy between silence and bustle, patience...

A 17 minute portrait documentary film that explores one woman’s lived experiences as a survivor of domestic violence and homelessness, told...

Documentary short film that follows a man on his last day at work and his first day as a retiree.