Social Commentary Movies
- 1975
Under the Protection of the State
Under the Protection of the State01975HD
The film was shot in an old, decrepit building where dozens of guest-workers' families live. The owner, a local influential politician, has avoided pa...
- 1957
Do Ansoo
Do Ansoo01957HD
Musical directed by Anwar Kamal Pasha and Murtaza Gilani.
- 1986
Bad Shelter
Bad Shelter6.21986HD
A meditation on violence and its recurrence in time. It shows circumstances that make vagrants unable to make their life better. They try to survive,...
- 2008
Zoned In
Zoned In02008HD
Winner of the New York LOVES Film Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. Filmed over the course of nine years, Zoned In traces the remarkable re...
- 2024
Drive Inside
Drive Inside02024HD
KYRIE and SHAKA come from two different worlds. Kyrie insists that no one picks him up directly from his home in East Cleveland and Shaka, who is far...
- 2014
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On02014HD
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On features previously banned songs by the BBC including "Lola" by the Kinks, "Jackie" by Scott Walker and...
- 2016
Gilles
Gilles12016HD
On a Saturday night in the "City of Love", two sworn enemies are united in their hatred for someone they despise even more than each other: a gay man.
- 1964
Memory
Memory5.91964HD
This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing...
- 2021
The Myth of Manila
The Myth of Manila02021HD
Since the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, Metro Manila has been subjected to intermittent lockdowns with demeaning punishments. Despite the danger...
- 2024
Dear Students
Dear Students02024HD
A documentary feature film which aims to expand the usually one-sided conversation between students and teachers. During its runtime, raw experiences...
- 2018
Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-19925.82018HD
A film written and directed by Jeremy Deller which explores the social history of the UK between 1985 and 1993 through the lens of acid house and rave...
- 1971
Continuous le Combat
Continuous le Combat8.51971HD
The television footage of a wrestling match is employed here as a metaphor for Quebec society. Using voice-over narration, Falardeau presents a compel...
- 2021
Greta
Greta02021HD
A personal, subjective journey into the mind of Greta Thunberg, before realizing her calling as a climate activist. While struggling with mental healt...
- 1991
Girls in My Hometown
Girls in My Hometown4.71991HD
Girls in my Hometown, released in 1991, is a melodrama dealing with individualism and sacrifice. A young girl has a friend who has just come back from...
- 1979
Paper Wheat
Paper Wheat01979HD
This film, based on the play of the same name, portrays the harsh lives of early Saskatchewan settlers and the foundation of the co-op movement on the...
- 1939
The City
The City5.71939HD
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...
- 1989
Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago
Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago4.21989HD
One of Hicks's most famous quotes was delivered during a gig in Chicago - known s the "Infamous Bill Looses it in Chicago" show - in 1989 (later relea...
- 2020
He110
He11092020HD
In an alternate 2019, people have lost the ability to talk to each other. James (Matthew Ruf) is in search for deeper connections within the behemoth...
- 1972
The Sordid Affair
The Sordid Affair01972HD
At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House...
- 1937
Kunku
Kunku5.71937HD
Neera (Apte) is trapped into marrying an old widower Kakasaheb (Date). He is a progressive lawyer with a son and daughter of Neera's age. Neera refuse...