Social Cultural Documentary Movies

$avy investigates the historical, cultural, and societal norms around women and money.

Focusing on five of them, this documentary pays tribute to the wealthy women who, under the Ancien Régime, promoted scholars and artists, and paved th...

Using local media footage from the London Borough of Southwark spanning the past 20 years, this documentary discusses complex social issues including...

Told in the cinematic tradition of classic westerns, “COWBOYS - A Documentary Portrait” is a feature-length film that gives viewers the opportunity to...

"Who plays me, hears my voices”, shows a recent moment in the life of Gaston Lafourcade, a classical pianist and harpsichordist who, at the age of 83,...

Why are there so many ghosts on the island of Jamaica? Why is the island so notoriously haunted by tales of voodoo and dark mystical lore? "Haunted Ja...

A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals de...

Following the historically smoggy Polish winter of 2016/2017, a Warsaw father of an asthmatic son searches for answers about why air pollution continu...

“Leaving” follows a day in the life of two refugee women while listening to their story of fleeing war torn Congo. Juxtaposing daily life with their v...

A retired bricklayer wants his grandson, who lives hundreds of miles away, to stay with him. Will he convince the young man despite the lack of opport...

The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County in Connecticut's documentary featuring family stores in Stamford, Connecticut from their peak years...

Traces the making of UC-Davis professor Darrell Hamamoto's first-ever Asian American porn movie ("Skin on Skin") from planning to production. Hou inte...

A documentary featuring the stories and lived experiences from the Windrush generation in Wales. Through personal narratives, it explores their remark...

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.