Social Justice Movies

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in the Middle East, whose career provides rare...

Survivors of violent crimes and prisoners incarcerated for murder connect to undergo astonishing transformations, liberating themselves from the...

This is the story of a homeless orphan boy who wants to go to school and learn like every child should. He doesn't have the means but manages to soak...

Both cautionary tale and rallying cry, Shouting Down Midnight recounts how the Wendy Davis filibuster of 2013 galvanized a new generation of...

A young Afghan woman, promised a new life in New Zealand through an arranged marriage, is forced to confront both the expectations of her culture and...

Two decades after the initial exposé of the corporation, this follow-up unveils a world now fully remade in its image and perilously close to...

When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ignites a political and media furor that culminates...

A day at school turns volatile when a traumatized student and a new inner-city teacher inadvertently go head to head.

On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 went down as it was leaving Iranian air space. All 176 people on board were killed,...

The Hundred Squares: "No more delays," the cry of citizens echoes from the lives of those barely holding out against discrimination and hatred....

When a progressive, midwestern pastor's life is threatened by extremists, she must answer to a gang of interrogating FBI Agents as she reels from the...

Sara is a judge very committed to the cases she hears in her office. After meeting David, a young artist, on the beach, she must make decisions about...

A mosaic of interrelated characters living in the same social housing project and all in search of happiness, forgiveness and meaning.

Kristina Wong is an actual elected representative of Koreatown, Los Angeles. But before she created a raucous show about her current stint in Public...

Hollywood is perhaps the most elusive animal. "We Want the Airwaves" follows three first time TV makers who set out on the ultimate adventure: to...

Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and...

“Beneath the Concrete, The Forest” is a short experimental documentary that takes us inside an ongoing struggle inside the city of...

When mobile nurse Esma finds one of her patients dead, the strictly timed schedule of her day is thrown off balance. Between professional ethics and...

A documentary about trans woman rapper and producer htmljones (Ishaani Ponniah), framed through the visual language of early-2000s television, 2010s...

La Lucha follows five students navigating trauma, poverty, and broken systems as they fight to graduate. With expert voices and national stats, the...