261 Films about Politics & Social Issues

A journey to reactor communities around the country seeking to explore the truths and myths of nuclear power

Twelve veterans on motorcycles travel from California to Washington D.C. in support of POWs and MIAs at the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Festival

A stark look at why HIV/AIDS has such a stronghold within the African American community

A stunning and entertaining examination of Constitutional issues in America

Exposing human rights abuses in the Belarus of President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

In the Tijuana river estuary, a political fence has environmental consequences

George Orwell's classic satire in a feature length animated film

An epic story about the Iran Hostage Crisis and the audacious Delta Force rescue attempt from the best selling author Mark Bowden

An epic story about the Iran Hostage Crisis and the audacious Delta Force rescue attempt from the best selling author Mark Bowden

An epic story about the Iran Hostage Crisis and the audacious Delta Force rescue attempt from the best selling author Mark Bowden

An unlikely community organizer, unites Palestinians from all political factions and Israelis to save his village from destruction

An elderly woman dies alone in a hospital

Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno document the deadly consequences of inadequate funding for patients in NYC hospitals

The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue

Take a special look inside the State Department’s elite Diplomatic Security Service and how they protect the Secretary of State and all of the US Embassies overseas

“As Ohio goes, so goes the nation” -- an intimate look at the personal impacts of the political life, SWING STATE follows the Fisher family's journey through one of the most important races in the history of American politics

Ghana's investigative journalist, Anas, Aremeyaw Anas, examines activities of the state owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to bring forward a prolonged list of companies and people owning it

The rise and fall of America's mortgage system and the damage in the wake of its collapse

THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE follows the story of 4 teens that ran for public office in America; funny, inspiring, poignant, and ultimately uplifting, this is not just a film about running for office

A complex, sobering, yet darkly amusing documentary, THE CORPORATION takes its audience on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation’s inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures.

Filmmakers Jeremy Wagener and Scott D. Roberts join forces to bring the history of oil prices and future of alternative fuels into focus in this documentary narrated by Peter Gallagher

A true slice of American politics - as 12 year olds vie for becoming student council president

A look at the leaders of the Pro-Life movement and the lives of individuals who were nearly victims of abortion

Following the path of Ronald Reagan from his childhood through his presidency

The exploration of American Exceptionalism from its origin to the present day

The story of five individuals affected by the massive rise in illegal immigration

The evolving character and story of a major urban, metropolitan city by an immigrant community

Edet Belzberg's Oscar nominated CHILDREN UNDERGROUND, follows a group of homeless children living in a train station in Romania

A personal investigation in to the weird world of domestic surveillance in post 9-11 America

A controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus

CLIMATE REFUGEES uncovers the plight of people around the world displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters

An American chamber music group tours the Middle East from Israel to Egypt, to Jordan, to Syria, bringing young Arabic and Jewish musicians together to perform music

The powerful story of America’s first National 9/11 Memorial and the families behind its development serve as both a reminder and a place of healing for the nation and for those whose lives were reshaped by the events of September 11, 2001

A personal documentary about the filmmaker's relationship to his well known father, a leader in the South African liberation movement

THE PAN-AFRICAN EXPRESS tells the story of six young men from Morehouse College who visit South Africa for the first time

The documentary charts the daily life of lesbian couple Suzanne Du Toit and Anna-Mari De Vos, as well as their historic struggle to legally adopt children