Social Issues Movies

A pre-teen servant boy dies of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The household is suddenly plunged into...

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of this planetary plague and reveal the fight waged in...

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

The phrase "Born Sexy Yesterday" is derived from the 1950 film "Born Yesterday." However beneath this superficial portrayal of some women lies a more...

Francis has been living in his apartment for several years. However, his world quickly falls apart has he learns that he has five minutes to leave...

By giving non-traditional answers, Pi Pi Lu is seen as a disruptive student by his teacher, Ms. Xu. In her view, only tamed students could be good...

While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. 7-minute short film which won honorable mention at Sundance 2009....

A short documentary on the plight of people with disabilities in the Soviet Union.

In this documentary mosaic of a continued social disintegration, seven filmmakers bring to the screen protagonists and stories that live in an abyss...

David has several problems. At a very young age, he sees his father become addicted to drugs and his mother to alcohol. His parents divorce because...

The final case for American healthcare to be free and accessible to all—through a single-payer system. Using an all-star lineup of...

Why are men two or even three times less likely than women to be diagnosed with depression? Why are the figures reversed between the sexes in suicide...

The story is set in a Maharashtrian village where the rich act in a barbaric manner towards the poor.

Nose and Tina are a couple in love. The film captures the domestic details of their life together and documents their hassles with work, money and...

Moullet explores the causes and consequences of cases of mental disorders that were especially numerous in the Southern Alps.

Kazuma kills his father in order to protect his mother and younger sister from violence. He begins life at a halfway house with an aim toward social...

A thought provoking short film on Indian farmers told through clay sculptures made from barren farms of the farmers who have committed suicide.