Human Rights Movies

This short film recounts efforts in the 20th century to develop programs and procedures that protect human subjects of research. Citing selected...

A partnership between the Government of Mali and an American agricultural investor may see 200-square kilometers of Malian land transformed into a...

The story puts İlhan Çomak at the center, even though he is not physically present in the film. It focuses on the 21 years that...

Far from home, a young Burmese man struggles to escape the weight of a brutal and unforgiving military coup, threatening both his nation’s...

La Chapelle neighbourhood, Paris. Hundreds of exiled people from East Africa survive on the streets, chased violently by the police, yet seeking to...

The film follows five people who lost their sight in armed conflicts, gathering fragments of their present-day lives. Through an enveloping sound...

The creative process of the first crochet fashion collection fully developed by male prisoners in Brazil and presented at the country's main fashion...

An upcoming hand-drawn animated film about a village boy who works in a brick kiln to support his family after his father's death.

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

Chronicling one story of courage born out of the highly mediatized and controversial Prop 8 2008 election results in California. A Californian...

In a darkened classroom, the white cracked walls serve as a movie screen. We are in a remote mountain village in Georgia. The light from the...

Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one another's perspectives and argue openly, without...

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

Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is on its way to becoming the leading world power of the 21st century. What goals is the mysterious...

When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in...

A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from...

A thought provoking short film on Indian farmers told through clay sculptures made from barren farms of the farmers who have committed suicide.

A feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi. After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in...