Social Issues Movies

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their...

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington,...

After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the...

Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme...

After the 1999 premiere of the first Matrix movie, it became a pop culture phenomenon. A special documentary about the Matrix saga and its prophetic...

Set during the volatile final months of Indonesia’s New Order regime, the narrative chronicles a young student activist's perilous commitment...

A woman threatens to leave her husband unless he installs a toilet in their home. To win back her love and respect, he heads out on a journey to...

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in...

A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her...

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a...

Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich...

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

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...

Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice.