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Sociology

This subject area intersects with nearly every other topic and contains the highest number of films, as would be expected in our collection of social issue documentaries.

Featured Films

Under The Same Sky

Vast difference in two students' schooling reveals the truth about China's equal education system.

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Divided We Fall

You can’t wait for the leadership to catch up to the people!

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Bachelorette, 34

Bachelorette, 34 examines the pressure society puts on women to find Mr. Right.

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By Invitation Only

A brave critique of an alluring family tradition

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In the Shadow of Memory

Legacy of the Lidice atrocity

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Letter to the Next Generation

A passionate exploration of student apathy vs activism at the dawn of the Reagan era

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No Dinosaurs in Heaven

A film about Noah's Ark, The Grand Canyon and the struggle to keep religion out and science in our public schools.

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Silences

Bi-racial filmmaker Octavio Warnock-Graham attempts to understand his mother's decision to deny his racial identity.

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Third Ward TX

When fighting neglect and gentrification is also Art, a Neighborhood Comes Back to Life....

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Voices from a Steeltown

The rise and fall of an American town

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Where Soldiers Come From

From a snowy small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, forever changed by a faraway war.

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Voices From Inside

Women prisoners and their children speak out

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All Films About Sociology

Growing Through COVID-19

A family fights to save their multi-generational business during COVID-19.

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Emergent City

Real estate confronts democracy on NYC's last industrial waterfront

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Amma's Pride

With her mother’s support, a trans woman fights for legal and societal acceptance of her marriage in India.

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Band of Sisters

A retro look at one the largest marches for women's lives in U.S. History.

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Whose Water?

Across the United States, millions of people lack access to safe, affordable water and sanitation.

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Someone You Should Meet

From fractured roots to a family reunion: Jewish identity across five generations.

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Always Danny

How one Chicago family dealt with the trauma of losing a child.

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Benevolence: A Journey from Prison to Home

Benevolence follows the journey of five women who leave prison and move onto a working farm in North Carolina.

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North Putnam

A year-in-the-life of a yes-saying rural school district and the community it serves.

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What These Walls Won't Hold

Incarcerated at San Quentin during the COVID-19 outbreak, a filmmaker chronicles his journey.

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Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

The story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering American newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back.

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American Santa

An indictment of American racism written on the back of a Christmas card

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