Social Documentary Movies

Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first...

Meet the Mormons examines the very diverse lives of six devout Mormons. Filmed on location and across the globe, Meet the Mormons takes viewers on a...

Follow the lives of the elderly survivors who were forced into sex slavery as “Comfort Women” by the Japanese during World War II. At...

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly...

Heleno has a disease unknown to most of the population. In the course of their suffocating routine, situations arise that defy the usual in society....

Björn Lindqvist is the world's best town planner. He isn't changing the world, he's just trying to improve it.

Documentary and reflection about the effects of technology.

How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision on whether or not to introduce legislation against caste...

In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism....

In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic...

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

While much of the world struggles to keep the planet going, a frighteningly large group of American fundamentalist Christians are working to promote...

Thirteen years of war. Dozens of car bombings every month. One goal: to become an Olympic champion. The true story of grit and determination, of...

A charismatic Indian-Nepali boy, lives a bohemian life in a remote Himalayan village. As he transitions from childhood to teenagehood, his poetic...

Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Georges Rouqier, is widely regarded as his finest film. Rouqier...

Intimately following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo, we observe kids learning the traits necessary to become part of...

The former talk show host speaks out from behind the glass at an assisted living facility where a restrictive guardianship has made her a 'prisoner.'