On the Bowery (1956), The Devil's Miner (2005), Darwin's Nightmare (2004), The Salt of the Earth (2014), Waste Land (2010), Gimme Shelter (1970), Which Way Home (2009), Nanook of the North (1922) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Documentary movies.
Storyline: Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, around the country. They mainly concentrate on ports, power stations, prisons, and manufacturing plants, but they also bring in various literary connections, as well as a few conventional landscapes.—Will Gilbert
Plot Keywords: experimental film, documentary, british film, social critique, globalization, critique of capitalism, modernity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the slum of Cité Soleil, President Aristide's most loyal supporters were ruling as kings. The five major gang leaders were controlling heavily armed young men; the Chiméres. The Secret army of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. "Ghosts of Cité Soleil" is a film about Billy and Haitian 2pac. Two brothers. Gang Leaders of the Chiméres.—Asger Leth
Plot Keywords: documentary, gang, violence, social issues, true story, street life, poverty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, american culture, poverty, rural life, social documentary, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism--a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.—Official Website
Plot Keywords: documentary, nightclub, disco, 1970s, new york, music, cultural phenomenon ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Plot Keywords: gangs, documentary, america, street violence, racial issues, poverty, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pauline Kael, the New Yorker film critic for 25 years until the early 1990s, was a lightning rod of American culture. She waged a battle to be recognized and her opinions made her readers hate or love her. Her distinctive voice pioneered the art form, and was largely a result of stubborn determination, huge confidence, and a deep love of the arts. The movie also shows 20th-century movies through Pauline's eye, and shows Pauline's own life through moments of other movies. The filmmakers had complete access to the subject -- through Gina James, Pauline's only child and the executor of her estate; friends and colleagues; and Pauline's personal archives. With over 30 new interviews, including David O. Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Camille Paglia, Molly Haskell, Alec Baldwin Greil Marcus, Paul Schrader, John Guare and Joe Morgenstern. Sarah Jessica Parker voices Pauline through her writing and letters.
Plot Keywords: documentary, racial issues, social justice, american society, african american, police brutality, racial discrimination ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eccentric British poet Stevie Smith (Glenda Jackson) has emotional and relationship troubles while living with her maiden aunt.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, crime, social issues, true story, human nature, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After the India of Varanasi's boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts, and the Mexico of the narco-assassin, Gianfranco Rosi've Decided to tell the tale of a part of his own country, roaming and filming for over two years in a minivan on Rome's giant ring road, the GRA, or GRA-to discover the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil. Elusive characters and fleeting apparitions emerge from the background of this winding zone.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, italy, everyday life, social observation, cinéma vérité, portrait, modern life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: America is a vast country--three thousand miles from end to end. But it's not the land that makes America so special--it's the people. Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg packed-up his camera and hit the road, with a goal of capturing both the unparalleled beauty of the land and the incomparable spirit of the people. He connects with people, capturing their values, dreams, and passion in a journey that reveals the stories--unusual, captivating, inspiring and emotional--that make Americans into something more than a collection of individuals. It's a celebration of a nation told through the voices of its people.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: documentary, american culture, inspirational, patriotic, multicultural, social documentary, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inspired by the work of investigative journalist James Ridgeway, filmmakers Anne Bohlen and Kevin Rafferty examine the philosophies and goals of white-supremacist groups, from the Ku Klux Klan to the American Nazi Party. Shot primarily at a neo-Nazi gathering in rural Michigan, this social document includes candid interviews with white racists, footage of figureheads George Lincoln Rockwell and David Duke and clips from the groups' own hate-filled propaganda videos.
Plot Keywords: documentary, racism, white supremacy, extremism, american politics, social issues, ideology ...
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