Social Documentary Movies

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 process of creating the album, considered by...

Documentary directed by W.K. Border, that which dives into the aspects of contemporary Gothic subculture, vampirism, and BDSM culture. Filmed in 1997 in California.

From the mouth of the Rio Grande to the beaches of Tijuana, two girls play on separate ends of the U.S. Mexico border thousands of miles apart.

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 the idea that "gold never ends", and give their...

During quarantine, through a screen, through the network, different speeds, different houses, eyes and hands reflect the life, work and creations of the actress and director Deborah Finocchiaro. Therefore, in isolation, new narratives and encounters.

A midwife goes to medical school to learn modern techniques.

Heleno has a disease unknown to most of the population. In the course of their suffocating routine, situations arise that defy the usual in society. But is it really Heleno's illness that prevents him from adapting to the world?

A group of prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro who fight to obtain rights and reduce stigma, create a clothing label that quickly invades Brazilian fashion shows. Poster photo by Daniela Pinheiro.

Documentary short about Mexico's femicide crisis.

A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a young Muslim man in Detroit, Michigan: to get by, he delivered food for his family's pizzeria. Depressed and lonely, Khalil found solace in smoking weed and looking at extremist material online. Then...

A Manobo tribe flees from fear only to find themselves in another dreadful situation: a lockdown due to the pandemic.

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 supports the educational and developmental needs of...

Tjipto Setiyono, 85, is a rickshaw painter. Despite being past his prime, he lives alone in a 3-by-3 meter square boarding room, in which Tjipto’s brush strokes give birth to his paintings.

A short retrospective documentary on the struggles of eating disorder.