The Department

Shado'man

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are

2013

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh

2007

Community First, A Home for the Homeless

Community First! Village is designed to lift the chronically homeless off the streets of the Austin, TX, offering them a place to call home, helping t

2019

Mirage

Mali - Algeria - Libya - Italy. Issa’s escape from West Africa to the European mainland lasted ten years. Everything was supposed to be better here. B

2020

Dark Days

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

2000

Pages of Hope

Homeless man Robert (Bobby) Webb discovers the art of filmmaking, turning pages of his life into a heartfelt reel. Through his journey he finds hope a

2024

Dreaming Nicaragua

DREAMING NICARAGUA is a film about HOPE. It's about love for the dignity and courage of the human spirit that, even immersed in uttermost tragic condi

2010

Innocence

In the mountains of Northern Thailand lies a boarding school. The students come from different tribes in the area and live together with their Thai te

2006

The Police Tapes

The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for

1977

49 Up

49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the

2006

Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP

In the midst of a catastrophic steel industry collapse, a remarkable grassroots community effort leads to a national healthcare program that helps mor

2024

Art From the Streets

Award winning feature documentary about an art program for homeless people.

2006

Coach Zoran and His African Tigers

Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first national football team.

2014

India's forgotten people

2020

Human Garbage

A look at the homeless problem in Manchester

2016

Working But Poor - The Middle Class in Crisis

Citizens across Europe who used to belong to the lower middle class have fallen into poverty. An in-depth investigation into the precariat, a new soci

2023

Uncomfortably Comfortable

In the spring of 2018, the filmmaker Maria Petschnig befriended Marc who at that time was living in his car in Brooklyn for more than a year, while al

2021

The Corporate Coup D'État

A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the insight

2018

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, mise

1933

Megacities

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

1998