Social Cultural Documentary Movies

MADE IN USA FEBRUARY 28, 2016

In French Polynesia, transgender people evolve with apparent fluidity in all components of society. Their presence, observed as early as the 18th...

An ethnographic film that tells the story of the mask makers and dancers during the festival of the Virgen del Carmen in Paukartambo, Cuzco. The...

As Puerto Rico falls deeper and deeper into an unprecedented crisis this is Vietnam’s story, a community or barrio located on the coast of...

“Aguas Negras” is an experimental documentary about the Cuautitlán River. The film examines the passage of time and the pollution...

Mariam, Asiya, and Anissa were 11, 7, and 5 years old when they were raped. The attackers were their paternal uncle, a neighborhood youth, and the...

Students graduating from Haynes Academy reflect on their memories together and the uncertainty of their futures.

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...

Six Christians face a dark night of the soul that leads them to question everything they believe.

Spearhead of Parma culture, Isa Guastalla (1933-2023) talks about herself, before her sudden death, in a series of interviews that today reveal...

Dengbêjên Me is a empathetic documentary about the last living representatives of the Kurdish oral storytelling tradition—the...

And Now We Rise is a portrait of Samuel Johns, a young Athabaskan hip hop artist, founder of the Forget Me Not Facebook Group for displaced people in...

The Model is an intimate look at a system built on discipline, image, and invisible pressure — where a single decision can change a life.

90's era home videos of a Mexican father starting a new life in the United States

Schools in the Netherlands are challenging the traditional models of education and democracy, taking us to new possibilities of organising ourselves...

An unsentimental yet compassionate film about building a community to increase a sense of belonging despite living the worst times ever imagined.

A documentary exploring sexism and patriarchy in Kosova.

Wheels of Fate is a short documentary film about identity, belonging and acceptance. It reflects on Ryan Espadilla's experience immigrating to New...