Social Issues
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    Best Boy (1979)

    In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his retarded, middle-aged...

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    Ici et ailleurs (1976)

    Godard, Miéville and Gorin (aka the "Dziga Vertov Group") examine the parallel lives of two families...

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    Sex/Life in L.A. (1998)

    A look at the sex lives of the guys who make L.A. adult movies.

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    I Remember Me (2001)

    About chronic fatigue syndrome.

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    My Flesh and Blood (2003)

    Filmmaker Jonathan Karsh profiles Susan Tom, a woman who has adopted 11 children who are physically...

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    The Thin Blue Line (1988)

    A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice...

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    Social Genocide

    Filmmaker Fernando Solanas examines the reasons behind the economic woes of Argentina.

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    Voices of Iraq (2004)

    A compilation of footage taken from 2,000 Iraqis who were given digital video cameras and allowed to...

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    Venus Boyz (2003)

    Filmmaker Gabriel Baur profiles women who dress, perform and live as men.

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    Power Trip (2003)

    Filmmaker Paul Devlin chronicles the problems an American power company faces after it purchases a...

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    Balseros (2003)

    Following civil unrest in Havana, refugees emigrate to the United States in 1994.

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    Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock

    A chronicle of the lives of rival gang members in Little Rock, Arkansas which shows that gang...

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    Farmingville (2004)

    Documentary on the attempted murder of two Mexican day laborers in Farmingville, New York.

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    Body Without Soul

    Since the collapse of communism, Prague has become a safe haven for sexual tourists from the...

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    The Big One (1998)

    Filmmaker/satirist Michael Moore examines downsizing, factory closings and other aspects of...

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    Persons of Interest (2004)

    A chronicle that depicts the human cost of the U.S. Justice Department's campaign against Arab or...

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    Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)

    Filmmakers Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller examine the life of the historian and activist; narrator Matt...

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    Super Size Me (2004)

    Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock conducts an experiment in which he only eats food from McDonald's for 30...

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    Waging a Living (2005)

    More than 30 million Americans--one in four workers--are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide...

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    Favela Rising (2006)

    A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.

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    ABC Africa (2002)

    Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

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    Brother's Keeper (1993)

    Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky show the 1990 case of a New York farmer accused of a...

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    Licensed to Kill (1997)

    An inquiry into violence targeted at gay men and the social fabric that allows it to continue....

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    Instrument

    No one can accuse Fugazi of greed. Hardcore fans of the Washington D.C. neo-punk rockers know the...

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    Screamers (2006)

    Rock band System of a Down and filmmaker Carla Garapedian examine the history of genocide, from the...

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    Chronicle of a Summer (1965)

    Ethnographer-filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist-film critic Edgar Morin interview people on the...

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    White Dog

    Keys is a trainer attempting to reprogram a vicious dog who's been trained to attack and kill people...

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    American Hollow (1999)

    This film tells the tale of a close-knit Appalachian family that has changed little in the last 100...

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    The Concert For Bangla Desh

    George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and...

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    See How They Run

    Trendy, stressed-out Elisabeth lives with her rich, businessman husband Bertrand. Next door live...