Social Justice Movies

Laila lives in a fake Eastern society where all women should wear a veil and the only way of marriage is to be selected by a man. She refuses this...

Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries on June 3rd and has already raised over $13,000,...

After a failed suicide attempt due to immense drug debt, Noel is released from the psych ward, and Enzo, her plug, will stop at nothing for his money...

In Iraq 2003 Corporal Martin Webster filmed fellow soldiers beating Iraqi youths during rioting in Al Amara. Two years later, a British newspaper...

A father and son, affected by the tragedy at a railway station in Serbia, grieve in different ways.

Six individuals from diverse backgrounds embrace cycling as a way to overcome daunting personal and systemic challenges. Through these struggles,...

A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change,...

La Lucha follows five students navigating trauma, poverty, and broken systems as they fight to graduate. With expert voices and national stats, the...

This documentary film includes never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to tell the story of Charity Hospital, from its roots to its...

Amateur's Riot (Shirōto no ran) is a Japanese association of activists, committed to the living conditions of the poor people (binbōnin) in...

A reflection on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, a young, black, British man, at the hands of London's Metropolitan Police. Duggan was pulled over...

A Union's Story chronicles the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from its formation in 1903 to its current status as one of the most diverse and...

On November 17, 2015, construction on Baldwin Hall on the University of Georgia campus came to a halt when workers uncovered human remains on the...

Documenting the demolition of Cabrini Green, Chicago's most infamous public housing development, through the stories of three public housing...

"A short documentary amplifying what I witnessed this past long weekend. I hope this film helps spread the word about the importance of the Fairy...

Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (Robert C. Kirkwood Award) - for his decades of...

John McNeil's life turns upside down when he's unexpectedly arrested for a self-defense incident that occurred months earlier. Despite initial police...

Raymond Gaines spent 47 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, sustained by an unshakable spirit and an enduring love of the game.

As a centuries-old black community, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants, comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man...

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has oscillated between dictatorship and democracy for...