Human Rights Movies

Olivia Martin McGuire (China Love) parallels a grandfather’s journey to safety during the Cultural Revolution with his granddaughter’s...

In America women can go to jail for their husbands’ crimes, men are allowed to marry ten-year-olds, and abortions in some states are illegal,...

Sahar a 17 year old student is determined to skip high school during the recess to attend the football stadium to watch the football match between...

In a remote village of Malisbong, a grieving widow finds solace in a mannequin she believes to be her deceased husband. As she delves deeper into...

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by...

Focuses on one of the most talked about and important issues of our time – how to find yourself and your truth. It follows model and...

Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in...

December 3, 1984. Bhopal, India. The biggest and deadliest chemical disaster of all time. Nearly twenty years later the ordeal isn't over, justice...

Short film depicting the genuine challenges of stuttering, wrapped in a fictional office drama. By stuttering director Irmo Stijnberg.

In a context marked by exploitation and clandestine labour, a group of farm workers are promised work under contract and fair conditions during the...

Six animated shorts about discrimination and being different. “Daydream” talks about dealing with people with disability. It homes in on...

A 3-year-old girl and her family's long journey from a Greek refugee centre to Uppsala.

Trapped in a sex trafficking network, Baby’s guilt over her complicity compels her to save someone else’s future.

The arrival of the mining company Osisko creates a lot of excitement in Malartic, a small community of 3600 souls in Quebec, Canada. Faced with the...

This poetic film follows director Marialuisa's journey with Anita and Leticia, Central American women traveling with the Caravan of Mothers of...

In a mix of 2D animation and live action, through their voices and acting, two actresses recount the lives of imprisoned women that opposed the...

YURUMEIN (Homeland) is a documentary film which recounts the painful past of the Caribs on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, their...

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.