Social Cultural Documentary Movies

While on the surface Malmi Airport seems like just another airport, it is in fact, an incredibly important historical, cultural, and practical...

When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years...

On September 16, 2022, in Teheran, the murder by police of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for "wearing a headscarf contrary to the law", sparked off...

A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic...

A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of...

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent...

Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists...

A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.

For the first time in history, mental illness and suicide have become one of the greatest threats to school-aged children. Many parents still view...

20th-century Canadian sports legend Lionel Conacher begat a line of other star-athlete descendants. But in this simultaneously nostalgic and...

A year in the company of Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, as he publishes a new novel, launches a record label, works on two television series and...

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to...

After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This...

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the...

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means...