Political Documentary Movies

He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour...

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various...

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across...

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the...

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

This documentary accompanies the journey of artists who exalt and celebrate ancestry and the orishas in their work. It also offers a manifesto...

The whole world envies it; it is the symbol of a united France, a source of national pride, almost an idol! The french Social Security system is...

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Annita Malavasi was just 22 when the Germans occupied Italy, their former allies, in 1943. As a partisan in the Italian resistance named...

Filmmaker Hare Brasil follows painter, public speaker and street artist Eduardo Marinho as they hit the road aboard Celestina, a worn-down and faulty...