Social Issues Movies

The ever-lively and upbeat Natsuko tries to mend a broken heart by carrying on with a string of short-lived affairs after her break-up with Tomomi....

Álex and Virginia, a couple planning to get married, buy an apartment located in a building under construction. When there are only a few...

The documentary team follows two happiness agents in their forties who spend a month and a half on the road twice a year, going door-to-door with...

Luna runs away from home in the middle of the night. In an unexpected encounter with a group of drag queens, she redefines her concept of family.

José is an unemployed 18-year-old living in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty, José spends his time...

Candace Parker takes a personal look at the past, present and future of Title IX and the drive for equality in sports.

A documentary in which retired industrial workers reflect on the promises and anxieties of retirement. Beginning with the Budd Company’s...

An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

Finley and his wife rely on the microchips in their neck to live their lives but they can never kiss again. When Finley openly voices criticism of...

Ambar is a young mother who is forced to work in a sand mine after her husband mysteriously vanishes. But what she faces is not just the harshness of...

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large....

Bhanwar, a simpleton young man in the rural Rajasthan wants a bride for him but gets duped. Instead of a woman, he is married off to a transgender...

When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained...

In 1936, the sound film had already been around for a decade. Nevertheless, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) made another silent film, "Modern Times",...

In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the...

Young people who decide to leave their home to seek opportunities for the future face different difficulties on a daily basis. The inevitable...

In a conservative Armenian family a 16 years old Karine dreams to become a veterinarian, but her family, especially her father, who is a well-known...

Quique el Cuajo, a hustler with half a body affected by cerebral palsy, joins forces with his friend Adolfo, a young mulatto, to create a music...

Travel the longest railway in the world. Stories and destinies of ordinary Russians who met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train. A kaleidoscope...