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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. ( Use coupon code "FALL2021" to get the Back to School discount of 15% off! )

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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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Voices from a Steeltown

The rise and fall of an American town

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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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Silences

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

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By Invitation Only

A brave critique of an alluring family tradition

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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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Third Ward TX

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

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In the Shadow of Memory

Legacy of the Lidice atrocity

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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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Voices From Inside

Women prisoners and their children speak out

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All Films About Sociology

See Memory

An artist explores the intimate nature of remembering and new discoveries in the science of memory.

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Scattering CJ

The loss of one becomes the journey of many.

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Manifest Destiny Jesus

Dedicated to the future memory of white supremacy

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The Art Of Un-War

An instigator for social change, Krzysztof Wodiczko’s powerful public artistic interventions disrupt the valorization of state-sanctioned aggression and challenge our complacency towards war, xenophobia and displacement.

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Not Your Model Minority

Explores the myth and intersections with anti-Asian violence.

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Deej

Inclusion Shouldn’t be a Lottery

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Double Solitaire

The legacy of the Japanese Internment – through one family’s unique lens.

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Far East Deep South

Discover The Past You Never Knew

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CodeSwitching: Race and Identity in the Suburban Schoolhouse

An Intimate Portrayal of Self-Identity, Race, Gender & Education

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Where Are You Taking Me?

A mesmerizing, poetic journey through contemporary Uganda that explores the challenges of cross-cultural representation.

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Brooklyn, Inshallah

In a historic first, A Palestinian-American runs for New York City Council, declaring that the Arab community can be silent no more in Trump's America.

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Undeterred

Militarization and community resistance on the US/Mexico border.

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