Social Cultural Documentary Movies

Raised in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, Ana, Patricia, and Mayela found their understanding of womanhood based on unspoken rules and...

'One Man and His Shoes' tells the story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers showing their social, cultural and racial significance and how...

A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of...

Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te...

20th-century Canadian sports legend Lionel Conacher begat a line of other star-athlete descendants. But in this simultaneously nostalgic and...

What does the looming A.I. revolution mean for us as individuals and as a society?

« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality,...

A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

While much of the world struggles to keep the planet going, a frighteningly large group of American fundamentalist Christians are working to promote...

Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish...

Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis....

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...

After World War II, many young French women became housewives, convinced that devoting themselves entirely to caring for their families was a noble...

If you grew up in Wichita, Joyland was an important part of your childhood. This documentary tells the epic story of the rise and fall of...

The follow-up film to “Barstow, California” takes us to the mountains of Miyama, a remote forest and tourist area north of Kyoto. Uwe...

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to...

A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.

A journey into the wedding night, where an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple gets to know each other for the first time.