Human Rights Movies

Carmine is a thirteen-year-old boy who is forced to work with his father, spending his adolescence torn between desires and loves. One day, he meets...

This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles...

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...

STATE OF FEAR takes place in Peru, yet serves as a cautionary tale for a world engaged in a "global war on terror." It dramatizes the human and...

Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision on whether or not to introduce legislation against caste...

A father sacrifices an animal on the day of Eid al-Adha according to the traditions and customs of the past. According to the old custom, he gives...

Since the late 1990s, more people have died in war-torn Congo than in any conflict since World War II. In addition to the dead, hundreds of thousands...

Growing up in times of conflict - 13-year old Palestinian girls Wafaa and Raneen from two different Westbank villages are faced with the option of...

Anaben Pawar is an elderly tribal woman accused of witchcraft in rural India. Through Ana's story, we delve into a deep-rooted culture of patriarchy...

A film that takes an in-depth look into the lives of the widows of the Sikh men who were killed in the anti-Sikh massacre of November, 1984. This was...

A tribute to the late Pat Schulz, an influential Canadian feminist.

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

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

Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought...

Delia Giovanola, one of the founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, recounts the initial search for kidnapped grandchildren during Argentina's last...

Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at the place where a murder happened? What...

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the...

The story of the struggle of a small African community against a factory that poisoned their lives with lead, a killer industry operating across...

Trapped in a reunion party that never ends, a timid girl searches for what went missing—only to realize the night isn't a memory at all, but a...