In this Un In Action, a UN program helps bring ambient temperatures down in New York by episode painting roofs white wi…
This episode of UN In Action is a gaze at Uganda, where the funding shortfall is significantly impacting the ability to…
The filmmaker Sarita Siegel takes us into the Asian forests to show us the reality of the orangutans, a species at risk…
In this episode of UN In Action, two women fight for sustainable policies that prevent consequences for climate change …
This episode of UN In Action shows how a new invention in Africa can turn Methane released from cow dung into gas for c…
Filmed across several continents, this film reveals how development aid in poor countries reproduce poverty and increas…
In this episode of UN In Action we follow a Syrian Family that fled Homs, their home city, after the war erupted, and n…
In Mexico City, 9 out of 10 women have been victims of sexual violence during their journeys in the public transportati…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) tries to protect refugees worldwide. In Japan, not all immigrants are recognized as refug…
This episode of the UN In Action shows how through women's empowerment the Fund for Agricultural Development helps coas…
Did you know that more than a third of homeless youth in the United States belong to the LGBT community? This short fil…
This documentary makes the curious portrait of Dorian, a prominent musician that has a feral cat colony in the tunnels …
Did you know that millions of people eat insects on a daily basis? This documentary demonstrates how this habit can hel…
In this episode of the UN In Action series, we follow the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in its task of demini…
Oh! the famous American Delis, the ones we have always seen in films and pictures. This documentary takes a look at the…
In the midst of a mythical and beautiful Mongolian landscape, this film follows Kuma, a young Kazak man who wants to fu…
This short film is a gaze at the severe drought crisis in Somalia of 2017, where the UN tries to help the population th…
Discover how two panda cubs became ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
This Oscar-winning documentary follows the incredible feat of Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, the first man to descend M…
In the Philippines, an innocent man faces the death penalty in a controversial murder case that separated two families …
This Oscar-winning documentary short film made in 1949 poses an institutional approach to explain the role of the publi…
In an industrial community of New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plant that…
Since 1898 more than 2.000 people have been exonerated of a serious crime in the U.S. This documentary tells the story …
Today, more kids are going to adult prisons with longer sentences in the United States. This films poses a serious look…
With the premise that the legal system in the United States makes sustainability illegal, this film demonstrates how pe…
This is the epic tale of John, a maverick Midwestern farmer, as he stands amidst a falling economy, vicious rumors and …
As industrial towns in the United States go into decline, a community in Detroit shows that it is possible to promote u…
What happens if one crime is committed to prevent another? This documentary shows us how environmentalist Ken Ward is w…
A lonely young Californian man obsessed with Steven Spielberg embarks on the adventure of filming his first movie, whic…
This short documentary follows the rock music producer Jia Qu in his challenge to promote the genre in the youth scene …
As the multiracial population increases in North America, mixed race blood cancer patients face the challenge of findin…
This inspiring documentary follows Rina, a young girl from El Salvador who discovers Bici-Tec, a pedal-power technology…
Through the diary written by his grandmother during her days of work in an ammunitions factory during the Second World …
This documentary explores how art and creativity can be vital values to end injustice and achieve peace in conflict zon…
In just a few minutes, this short documentary shows us in a cold and punctual way how social violence in Chicago is ram…
Through exclusive interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, this documentary tells the story of the first image captured of …
In 1983, the band "Miller, Miller, Miller and Sloan" were still young and filled with great hopes and dreams of “making…
This documentary tells the compelling story of a mother and daughter who resolve to uncover their wartime past buried h…
A religious young man’s identity is called into question when he visits a controversial conversion therapist.
The true story of Bowling Legend Bob Perry, who battled, drugs, alcohol, the Mafia, and federal prison to emerge as one…
This is the story of Allan and Patrick, two surfers that grew up together in Montauk, New York, who used to transport M…
After having been part of the Black Panther Party in Kansas City during the 60s, Pete O'Neal had to go into exile in Ta…
The documentary is "a father's 'love letter' to his adult daughter Cáitrín, a young American woman who has a dream: to …
In what could be an undiscovered recent cult film, this satirical documentary tells the story of an ordinary and unknow…
Are we losing our sense of community in an increasingly unsustainable world? In this film, a small community in Austral…
Avant Garde filmmaker Kamal Swaroop explores the ancient myths and politicking of Indian Gods as the heavens descend an…
Set against a backdrop of hurricanes, coastal devastation, and apocalyptic fear, the film is an unnerving exploration o…
This funny animation takes us through the diverse voices that make up the Bronx through the music and the street object…
Best Documentary Films
