Human Rights Movies

I have been pretty satisfied with my life before I got on the bus. When I do in June 2011, my whole life turns upside down. I am just a regular...

An unlikely collaboration between a forensic scientist from Texas and a group of Latin American students changes the course of forensic science and...

A serious accident shatters the night shift at a slaughterhouse on the brink of bankruptcy. Omar must decide whether — and how far — he...

Indonesia, 1965: hundreds and even thousands of people are arrested without warrant. Some did come back, the others lost without trace. Svet, one of...

The thousand-year-old tradition of pottery in the Indian subcontinent is now under threat. With the market being flooded with plastic in the...

"I’m Just a Layman in Pursuit of Justice" chronicles the injustices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, also known as ‘the last...

A young woman born in a democracy recovers the story of two American citizens who were detained during the last civic-military dictatorship in...

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

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

Enforced disappearances, torture, secret prisons, mass graves, no trial and no justice. The history of Western Sahara, the area south of Morocco with...

In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, innovative, experimental groups. To a deep love...

Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.

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

Equatorial Guinea became independent 51 years ago from Spain. This African country lives under one of the longest-lived dictatorships in the world,...

In the heart of José León Suárez, the Biblioteca Popular La Carcova stands as a pillar of identity and culture in a neighborhood...

A Hazara film director follows a gravestone maker, a water girl and a man who buried his limb, as their daily lives unfold in a graveyard.

Ji-eun, a part-timer at a convenience store, will be able to receive her much-awaited severance pay tomorrow.

Through first person narration, Tari reveals personal stories related to her decision to work in Taiwan, her strained family relationships, the risks...