Social Documentary Movies

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture...

Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

After Porn Ends 3 continues to explore whether a career as an adult performer is inherently damaging to the balance of a perfomer's life once retired.

A documentary special that provides a rare view into the real Charles behind the headlines… told in his own words.

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

Images complement what is always lacking in words. The poems complement what is always present in the city. Freely inspired by the poetry Cidade City...

Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the...

The current trend to render prostitution a profession "as any other" is belied by women who were themselves prostitutes. With clarity and courage,...

In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to...

What happened to those vedettes who represented the mexican cabaret’s exotic beauty in the ‘70s and ‘80s? Four decades after the...

Documentary short about Mexico's femicide crisis.

Maria Luiza da Silva is the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work in the military, she retired due...

Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2017. Twenty-five years after the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone, on May 23, 1992, and Paolo Borsellino, on...

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by...

In this short documentary, filmmaker Aidan Porier asks his friends what it means to be human. Here's what they said...

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

Milan, western suburbs. In one of the nine districts ("zone") of the city, the students of the "Rosa Luxemburg" trade school meditate over the...

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.