Sociology Movies

Why is social trust breaking down, and how do we find it again? This is the question at the heart of Leviathan. Directed and produced by Alexander...

The suburbs are often portrayed as dull, conformist and hermetic. But with over 80% of the UK population calling these areas home, this playful yet...

When her husband died Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This...

After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing...

Mia is thirty and getting divorced. She moves into a studio apartment in a low-income housing project. As a former swimming champion, she now finds...

Chileans are asked about their definition of the word (and the concept of) "power", as they answer images flash on the screen of powerful and...

Join sociologists Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot on their “investigation” of the French aristocracy and gentry. An entertaining...

In today's climate debate, there is only one factor that cannot be calculated in climate models - humans. How can we nevertheless understand our role...

Documentary focusing on the thrash metal band Kreator but also exploring the economic and social situation of Essen at the time.

Light Upon Light: A Documentary on Hijab is an intimate and deeply personal exploration of the diverse, raw, and untold stories of hijabi women....

Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable...

A young woman achieves cone consciousness.

Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.

CodeSwitching is a mash-up of personal stories from three generations of African American students who participated in a landmark voluntary...

The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people — a small minority situated in the...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...