Movies: Social documentary

The Lourenço mine, in northern Amapá, continues to attract people driven by the dream of gold, despite the extreme wear of bodies and souls that the activity provides. We enter this world through the oral accounts of young and old miners who share th...

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After the acclaimed release of their first album “El Mundo Al Revés”, a series of challenging and intriguing events lined up, culminating in the release of their second album “Anormal” 4 years later. This documentary covers these events and the proce...

Brazil is going through a political crisis which even representatives of our institutions reproduce speeches that seek to criminalize social movements by framing them as terrorists. The short "Teto Pra Quem" seeks to question the brutality of common ...

Filmed on the 60th anniversary of the republic, this dark-humor documentary delves on the highs and lows of living in North Korea....

A midwife goes to medical school to learn modern techniques....

Short documentary on female workers at school, made by a high school student....

Three strangers immersed in the world of camming come together to discuss its impact on young people. But their views are radically different. While one sees it as a respectable trade full of dedicated and liberated women, another sees it as a direct...

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A journey into the interior of garbage, contemplated as a phenomenon of the human spirit, and not only as a product of human action. This essay-documentary, inspired by modern chaos theory, transits between the reality of statements and the surrealis...

In the months leading up to, and days following Ireland’s historic referendum to repeal the eighth amendment, investigative journalist Ellie Flynn follows the story of the landmark vote to legalise abortion. Ahead of the referendum, Ellie travels to...

A documentary taking its cues from children's imaginative flights of fancy....

Lawyers, an ex-police investigator and a former judge denounce Japan's criminal justice system as defendants in a high-profile 2003 election-rigging case in Kagoshima explain how detectives tried to extract false confessions on trumped-up charges of ...

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The Westboro Baptist Church is notorious for pissing people off across the political spectrum. The most common way to become a member is to be born into it, a rite of passage that resembles a cult rather than a church....

Aim High is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Awards "for closing the achievement gap through programs that inspire a love of learning and a strong sense of community. Through its innovative, free summer school program, it support...

The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms....

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