Social Cultural Documentary Movies

The story of five lesbian and gay seniors in the Northwest Florida region as they navigate coming out, identity, politics, and the challenges and...

The National Truth Commission, installed in 2011 to investigate crimes committed during a military dictatorship, brought to the public a still very...

“Aguas Negras” is an experimental documentary about the Cuautitlán River. The film examines the passage of time and the pollution...

Why are there so many ghosts on the island of Jamaica? Why is the island so notoriously haunted by tales of voodoo and dark mystical lore? "Haunted...

Aiming to capture views of Hong Kong months before its return to the Chinese government, this Australian documentary features views of the city...

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a religious group with eight million followers in multiple nations, including Australia. A knock on the door and an...

Using local media footage from the London Borough of Southwark spanning the past 20 years, this documentary discusses complex social issues including...

A young woman from Barcelona's La Mina neighborhood inquires into the past of the Roma people in this documentary about the persecution of the Roma...

On January 1, 1994, thousands of indigenous people occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas under the slogan "Ya Basta!"...

Schools in the Netherlands are challenging the traditional models of education and democracy, taking us to new possibilities of organising ourselves...

The First Year tells the inside story of Jamie Driscoll’s first 12 months as the new North of Tyne Mayor.

A short film that deals with the social and historical importance of Rainbowfest for Juiz de Fora, exploring the first edition held after the death...

The film retraces the origins, history, habits and traditions of the Roma people but also tells the direct experience of some of the people who...

In 1986, Dr. Suniti Solomon, a microbiologist, was the first to find HIV positive cases in India. From then on, she dedicated her efforts to the...

If you grew up in Wichita, Joyland was an important part of your childhood. This documentary tells the epic story of the rise and fall of...

Short documentary on the ordinary life of the Russians.

Italy, from the '50s to the present day, told through the eyes of generations of children captured in Rai's (Italian public TV) archival footage.