Social Issues Movies

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the...

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...

Social experiment hosted by journalist and presenter Ben Zand in which a group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes sexual...

Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.

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...

In America women can go to jail for their husbands’ crimes, men are allowed to marry ten-year-olds, and abortions in some states are illegal,...

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

Tells the story of Turah and Jadag who have optimism and hope to escape from the powerless life that Darso leads. Darso is a rich boss who controls...

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

Five years apart, they reunite as lovers, but when family-demands force Xiao Chen to marry, Lu Feng feels betrayed—and vows revenge.

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

Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that...

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

Chetia, a single mother of an unwanted child, is forced to make a rough living in Torrevieja running balconing bets.

Samuel, the owner of a very lucrative technology company, is robbed by a violent attacker named Nathan, whom he recognizes as a former employee....

Portrait of Augustinas Baltrušaitis, film and theatre director, as well as actor, who fell into obscurity and has now been relegated to the...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still...

A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own five children and forces her mother to take...

Did you know that you can patent colours, numbers, plants and animals – and that 20% of your genes are patented and owned by private...