Social Issues Movies

Sometimes, the truth is overridden by self-interest.

A PSA about Hate Crime. Young Izaak finds out that his father has been yet another victim of Hate Crime, while also learning what to do in this situations.

In a time where the Saudi society is undergoing drastic changes, Ahmad, early 30s, sees the reflection of these in the company he works at.

A night in the life of a young adult celebrating her birthday with friends. Amidst the celebration, she encounters uncanny happenings and grows increasingly unnerved by a phantom-like presence. What she doesn’t discover, however, is a parallel existence –– a shadowed life on the fringes; a...

Christian Garcia, a fiercely dedicated Latino political organizer, leads a team of young people mobilizing their community for a soda tax. Tested during their fight for the right to vote, the young recruits dare to beat back the goliath soda industry and ignite a youth-powered movement for health...

Hungarian tales around the end of the regime(s).

When Yussef is forced to work the night of his daughter's piano recital he is determined to listen to her play at all costs.

Ruth is a Catholic teenager in the midst of Muslims. As a minority in a place to study, he must adapt to the habits of his friends. This carried over to habits in his personal life, could she?

A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary.

A young islamic woman who wants to expose the truth about the government's injustice in a patriarchal society.

Tjipto Setiyono, 85, is a rickshaw painter. Despite being past his prime, he lives alone in a 3-by-3 meter square boarding room, in which Tjipto’s brush strokes give birth to his paintings.

Is it anyone's business if consenting adults want to pay or accept money for sex? Sex worker and author Maggie McNeill tells her startling tale about the persecution of sex workers based on the false assumption that most of them are exploited victims of pimps and traffickers. Her movement is...

Gu Bo is a beloved father and husband, but also a writer who struggles to be true to his sexual identity.

In the silence and darkness of a trembling mountain, we discover the underground world through the eyes of a boy, an old miner and a woman. Where sweat mixes with the blood of history, a story emerges about colonial heritage and the endless cycle of exploitation.

Did you know that you can patent colours, numbers, plants and animals – and that 20% of your genes are patented and owned by private corporations? In a creative investigation, filmmaker Hannah Leonie Prinzler uncovers who profits from intellectual property, and who bears the economic and social...

"Is This the Right Place for Us?" is a short experimental documentary that interrogates how the modernization of parks and playgrounds in Long Branch (a neighbourhood in South Etobicoke in Toronto, Canada) both reflects and contributes to the overall rise in the cost of living in the area by...