Social Issues Movies

José is an unemployed 18-year-old living in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty, José spends his time...

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

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.

Eli has four children, an unemployed husband and a job with an almost impossible commute. Vale is single and makes ends meet by working in clubs as a...

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...

Animation and activism unite in this multimedia spoken-word response to police brutality and racial injustice.

Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana, have collectively taken on a growing crisis of violent crimes against women....

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

An irresponsible young Spaniard having spent 6 months in jail for embezzlement gets a job as a waiter in a bar restaurant and becomes involved in a...

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

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...

In a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world...

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...

Every day 500 high-tech fishing boats enter Senegalese waters and catch whatever they can find. Every day 15,000 Senegalese wooden pirogues go out...

A trio of beautiful private-duty nurses that practice more than the medical arts must confront underground drug traffickers, racism and murder in...

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

Crista, Berta and Sole, are three young people who feel exploited and discriminated by society.

Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A...

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...

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers...