Human Rights Movies

Far from home, a young Burmese man struggles to escape the weight of a brutal and unforgiving military coup, threatening both his nation’s...

Asil is a young Syrian refugee awaiting documents in Turkey while processing the trauma of losing her home and family. Her story gives voice to a...

Cerebral Palsy Blues has an interesting perspective on cerebral palsy. It's realistic yet poetic, angry yet life-affirming. Cerebral Palsy Blues is...

On feminism and state terrorism. The case of Ana María Cámara, forcibly disappeared in Santa Fe, Argentina.

A partnership between the Government of Mali and an American agricultural investor may see 200-square kilometers of Malian land transformed into a...

Building on Forensic Architecture’s previous investigation into herbicidal warfare and its effects on Palestinian farmers along the eastern...

Carmela lives with her husband and eight children near the Ecuadorian-Colombian border. This 56-year-old Afro-Ecuadorian woman opened her home to...

In a system where citizens are always counted as "1", a child discovers "0"s.

"letters to eleanore" is a poignant feature-length documentary that explores the intertwined journeys of two remarkable girls, Keith from Canto...

After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence of many years. While waiting for the liberating...

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has...

Sahar a 17 year old student is determined to skip high school during the recess to attend the football stadium to watch the football match between...

The film documents the conversion of young Greek Military Police (ESA) recruits into torturers and touches on the subject of the power of the...

The story of two youngster girls who became the victims of female genital mutilation.

Zoya Diwan and her 8 year old son are stuck in an abusive marriage with her activist husband, when she is sought out for help by a victim of Triple...

Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed...

A powerful set of stories of “righteous persons” taking action along the U.S.-Mexico border, motivated by moral conviction and...

Approaching Rudi's execution (Mirna's Husband), Mirna was asked to come to the prison with a Lasagna. Her husband wishes to enjoy the Lasagna with...

A thought provoking short film on Indian farmers told through clay sculptures made from barren farms of the farmers who have committed suicide.