Social Issues Movies

An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

Finley and his wife rely on the microchips in their neck to live their lives but they can never kiss again. When Finley openly voices criticism of...

Dew is about 2 friends who developed feelings for each other. But they lived in a time when homosexuality wasn't accepted.

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

Using original animation, archival footage and personal interviews, this full-length documentary portrays the multiple relationships Canadian Muslim...

From schools and offices to hospitals and streets, cleaners are working everywhere, tirelessly and modestly. They work hard and keep society running....

In France, victims and perpetrators of offenses, misdemeanors, or crimes can meet and talk in secure, supervised settings. Included in the Penal Code...

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 patriarch of a religious Muslim family refuses to accept his intersex child, tearing his family apart.

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.

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...

A reflection on the concept of invisibility, narrated by women who clean public spaces in Mexico City. Combining documentary, fiction and still...

Young man kills people sleeping on the footpath while driving under influence. Young man's influential father struggles to silence the police...

In a conservative Armenian family a 16 years old Karine dreams to become a veterinarian, but her family, especially her father, who is a well-known...

Why did the series "In Therapy" on ARTE break audience records? Does it reflect the truth of psychoanalysis? From personal quests to collective...

The story is set in a Maharashtrian village where the rich act in a barbaric manner towards the poor.

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

In 1936, the sound film had already been around for a decade. Nevertheless, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) made another silent film, "Modern Times",...

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