Social Documentary Movies

For four years (1977-1981) Esaias Baitel documented a violent Parisian neo-Nazi gang. Having gained their trust, he was able to get close to them....

A short 1994 documentary that highlights the lives and experiences of a few LGBTQ+ residents of the Palouse. Filmed and narrated by Jeff Olson....

A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small city in the North of France and her experience of...

In a coastal town along the Pacific known for the intensity of its sea, various men have dedicated decades to voluntary rescue work. What do you do...

Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and...

In the drug world, most stories revolve around men. But this one is about women. Some caught in the middle, some in the mix. And one, a true queenpin.

What if science could reverse the aging process? Follow the researchers as they decipher these mechanisms, with the promise of finding the elixir of...

The Jeepney is a common affordable transportation in the Philippines. Made from abandoned American Jeeps during World War II, the Jeepney remains a...

American Philosopher is a collection of eight short films by Philip McReynolds, a philosophy lecturer and amateur filmmaker. McReynolds has recorded...

Filmed with a cybershot camera, the experimental short proposes a journey about architecture, loneliness, and hope.

Focusing on five of them, this documentary pays tribute to the wealthy women who, under the Ancien Régime, promoted scholars and artists, and...

"My Socialist Home" is a documentary film exploring the significance of gender in the constitution of domestic space in the socialist and...

In 2019, this short film documentaries the daily of severals subway artists in the stations of Rio de Janeiro

Women in China is a timely two-part documentary on the conditions of women in today's economically -oriented Chinese society. By visiting four...