Social Cultural Documentary Movies

In the wake of the high school shootings in Parkland, Florida, concerned citizens travel by bus to the State Capitol to debate legislators about an...

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a...

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

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that...

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 new wave of Asian horror movie filmmakers is capturing the attention of film studios desperate for box office success. From Tokyo to Hong Kong and...

From practicing barefoot on the streets of Lagos to performing on stage in England, twelve year old Anthony Madu leaves his home in Nigeria to study...

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to...

The mysterious chi is presented as a force that can be produced by the master and defies all explanation.

PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a...

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalk language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and...

After the 1999 premiere of the first Matrix movie, it became a pop culture phenomenon. A special documentary about the Matrix saga and its prophetic...

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.

This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of...

To mark the artist Fernando Botero's 75th birthday, Peter Schamoni made a documentary film about his moving life. Fernando Botero is immediately...

The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. While many may know the details, this film captures...