Political Documentary Movies

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.

After the impressive Gulistan, Land of Roses (VdR 2016), the Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with these conversations with imprisoned...

A deep dive into the lives and experiences of those impacted by the Fidel Castro era in Cuba.

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

The world knows the image of the good Canadian. But what if there was a dark secret behind a national identity? THE GOOD CANADIAN exposes the truth...

Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition...

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In...

This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the...

'JFK: Seven Days That Made a President' investigates the seven key days in JFK's life that helped shape his character and have come to define him.

Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the contrasting footage it shows of the fedayeen and of a French family watching television at home....

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan...

Anti-British, spineless, out-of-touch, terrorist-sympathisers, communists, and a threat to national security. The media bestowed unsavoury accolades...

By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling...

The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in...

In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly by the coronavirus pandemic, the economic slump...

La Revuelta accounts for the tension experienced by those who, as of October 2019, came out to express their social discontent. The work has as its...

Hong Kong's high-speed rail link, the demolition of Choi Yuen Village, the impending budget and the influence of the global Occupy movement are at...

David Griecos documentary showcases the underappreciated photography of Domenico Notarangelo, and through it, tells the story of Matera, it's people...

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.