The human flotsam of a global crisis
MIGRANTS: Africa’s migrant crisis seen through the lens of a mother to be.
poverty
Eat the rich: they’ve got the guns, but we’ve got the numbers
CAPITALISM: Essential viewing for the coming global revolution.
The death of democracy by a thousand cuts
JOURNALISM: A vivid portrait of tenacious Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, founder of the Duterte-critical Rappler.com.
Why? Food waste, reproductive rights, and claiming the ultimate truth
THE WHY: Three shorts made over the years that are just as relevant today.
Venus without furs
POVERTY: Inside the microcosm of a Portuguese tannery, director Inês Gil presents a story of decline among those on Europe’s fringes.
Selling off the nation’s health
HEALTHCARE: The world’s first universal public health service, the NHS today is under threat of being sold off and converted to a free market model.
Hopeless endeavours down the supply chain
CAPITALISM: No justice in a world where Third World workers are as disposable as the cheap garments they make.
Forty years in Nicaragua, dreaming
LIFE: Shot over 40 years, an epic about one woman’s struggle for independence requiring her to face her past in the macho-culture of Central America.
More than just a place to eat
POVERTY: Following the kitchen staff & guests of a North Philadelphia soup kitchen, Petr Lom’s documentary sees firsthand what happens when an undocumented Mexican family asks for sanctuary in its church.
Peru’s battle for water over greed for gold
CAPITALISM: An incredible story of a Peruvian farmer who stood up to one of the world’s largest gold-mining companies and triumphed.
Flying the battered nest of circumstance
POVERTY: Let down by society’s promises, a generation of young Scots carve out moments of tenderness amidst bursts of frustration and violence.
Finding a Western husband is not the cure to all pains
Spanning a ten-year period, Heartbound tells the stories of Thai women who realise their dream of marrying a Western man.