Social Commentary Movies

  • 1975
    Under the Protection of the State

    Under the Protection of the State

    Under the Protection of the State

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    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...

    Under the Protection of the State
  • 1957
    Do Ansoo

    Do Ansoo

    Do Ansoo

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    Musical directed by Anwar Kamal Pasha and Murtaza Gilani.

    Do Ansoo
  • 1986
    Bad Shelter

    Bad Shelter

    Bad Shelter

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    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,...

    Bad Shelter
  • 2008
    Zoned In

    Zoned In

    Zoned In

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    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...

    Zoned In
  • 2024
    Drive Inside

    Drive Inside

    Drive Inside

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    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...

    Drive Inside
  • 2014
    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

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    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...

    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On
  • 2016
    Gilles

    Gilles

    Gilles

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    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.

    Gilles
  • 1964
    Memory

    Memory

    Memory

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    This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing...

    Memory
  • 2021
    The Myth of Manila

    The Myth of Manila

    The Myth of Manila

    02021HD

    Since the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, Metro Manila has been subjected to intermittent lockdowns with demeaning punishments. Despite the danger...

    The Myth of Manila
  • 2024
    Dear Students

    Dear Students

    Dear Students

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    A documentary feature film which aims to expand the usually one-sided conversation between students and teachers. During its runtime, raw experiences...

    Dear Students
  • 2018
    Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992

    Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992

    Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992

    5.82018HD

    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...

    Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
  • 1971
    Continuous le Combat

    Continuous le Combat

    Continuous le Combat

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    The television footage of a wrestling match is employed here as a metaphor for Quebec society. Using voice-over narration, Falardeau presents a compel...

    Continuous le Combat
  • 2021
    Greta

    Greta

    Greta

    02021HD

    A personal, subjective journey into the mind of Greta Thunberg, before realizing her calling as a climate activist. While struggling with mental healt...

    Greta
  • 1991
    Girls in My Hometown

    Girls in My Hometown

    Girls in My Hometown

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    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...

    Girls in My Hometown
  • 1979
    Paper Wheat

    Paper Wheat

    Paper Wheat

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    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...

    Paper Wheat
  • 1939
    The City

    The City

    The City

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    A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...

    The City
  • 1989
    Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago

    Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago

    Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago

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    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...

    Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago
  • 2020
    He110

    He110

    He110

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    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...

    He110
  • 1972
    The Sordid Affair

    The Sordid Affair

    The Sordid Affair

    01972HD

    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...

    The Sordid Affair
  • 1937
    Kunku

    Kunku

    Kunku

    5.71937HD

    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...

    Kunku