Social Issues Movies

In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their abili...

A reflection on the concept of invisibility, narrated by women who clean public spaces in Mexico City. Combining documentary, fiction and still photog...

A clueless wannabe star moves to LA and goes viral for all the wrong reasons, only to evolve into a slightly less terrible version of himself. #blesse...

Perry makes a wish using the holiday magic given the world he encounters after escaping Foster Care.

Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos,...

Shot over three years, Pariah Dog paints a kaleidoscopic picture of the city of Kolkata, seen through the prism of four outsiders and the dogs they lo...

Social experiment hosted by journalist and presenter Ben Zand in which a group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes sexual ha...

This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Of...

An anthology of 7 Mexican short films, all created by 5 up-and-coming independent filmmakers, with a common thread: to explore themes of human relatio...

Four high school teens are thrown into detention after a fight come together of their love for music and songwriting. However, their newfound bond is...

​A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The happy household is suddenly thrown into a psy...

Mireia has just come out of a toxic relationship that prevents her from enduring physical contact when she is offered the lead role of "Sleeping Beaut...

A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen...

Author and cook David Groß travels through five European countries and cooks exclusively what others throw in the garbage bin. With great thirst for k...

In battle-ridden Syria, a woman trying to smuggle bread into a blockaded area crosses paths with a soldier on the run.

"Fag End" is an astute representation of the metaphorical death of a mother. The movie revolves around a girl named 'Tania', a victim of smoking and a...

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