Social Justice Movies

Arabella Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award), was recognized for...

A father and son, affected by the tragedy at a railway station in Serbia, grieve in different ways.

A young woman from Barcelona's La Mina neighborhood inquires into the past of the Roma people in this documentary about the persecution of the Roma...

An undocumented immigrant receives a heartwarming yet heartbreaking phone call from his daughter across the border.

Residents of a Melbourne social housing community strive to reclaim their own hope and identity in the face of recent deaths and a larger societal...

This documentary tells the story about Andrew Hawkins Sr. & Mary Lou Hawkins suing the town of Shaw, Mississippi as a family for the disparities...

A contrast between two kinds of attitudes to gay liberation in Adelaide.

After unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, reactions have a deep impact on those involved.

In contrast to the lens that focuses exclusively on the racist traditions that are rooted in America’s social history, the moral counterweight...

A short 1994 documentary that highlights the lives and experiences of a few LGBTQ+ residents of the Palouse. Filmed and narrated by Jeff Olson....

When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a native son returns to protect the community they settled - a place now threatened by...

This documentary addresses the legacy of the military dictatorship in Chile by sharing the story of young fighters killed by the Pinochet regime as a...

A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...

"A short documentary amplifying what I witnessed this past long weekend. I hope this film helps spread the word about the importance of the Fairy...

Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2008 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award) - for...

KoRapted explores how underground hip-hop artists transformed a mass protest against alleged flood control corruption into a cultural movement, using...

Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots...

One night in 1983, the life of the Yangali family changed completely. The four brothers from the town of Churcampa in Ayacucho were attacked and...