Shortly after Trump was elected president, an Indian immigrant is killed in a hate crime in Kansas. His widow carries t…
Carlos used to live in the world's most dangerous city in Honduras. He fled gang violence and now lives with his grandm…
This film follows four people trying to do incredible things using only their voices.
After losing her sight due to the war, Hada, a young Palestinian refugee, manages to continue her education despite her…
In 2019, for the first time in history Mozambique suffered the onslaught of two cyclones in a row. This episode of UN I…
This inspiring documentary follows Suraj, an 11-year-old boy who works in the coal mines of northeast India, a confinem…
The story of Malakeh, a Syria woman who emigrated with her family to Germany, is that of millions of refugees now start…
In this episode of UN In Action, watch a day in the life of Afghan deminers who safeguard people from accidents, while …
This short film is an endearing portrait of Peter Nhiany, who was forced to flee Sudan during a bloody civil war and no…
This episode of UN In Action addresses the famine situation in South Sudan, a hostile territory for organizations like …
People with albinism are being discriminated and even killed in many parts of the world. This episode of Un In Action a…
How could Beethoven compose his best pieces after his deafness? This documentary is a thorough investigation into the e…
This film, winner of the Grand Prix of the prestigious Cinéma du Réel, documents the life of the young soldiers who swa…
This unique film follows the musician and folk dancer Clark Wang as he prepares his own "green burial" before his death…
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…
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…
This is the extraordinary story of Bruno Banani, the only inhabitant of the small island of Tonga, in the South Pacific…
Through an acute investigation across several continents, this documentary educates us about the lithium, the mineral t…
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…
The majority of people in Tbilisi, Georgia, don't own cars but pedestrians are never given priority on the streets. Thi…
This poetic documentary follows the rehearsals of the renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris as it prepares to pr…
This short film documents the interaction of human beings with natural formations in northern France and southeast Engl…
Through an irreverent narrative, this short film reinterprets the roots of Bulgaria, a territory where rites and battle…
Even though they don’t speak English, Illiterate women from towns around the world with no electricity try to learn how…
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…
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.
Filmmaker Frédéric Ramade follows a curious shaman on his tour throughout France. The trip will be a meeting of seeming…
This Oscar-winning documentary follows the incredible feat of Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura, the first man to descend M…
In northern Uganda, Patricia dedicates her life to helping women to give birth in her small village. This beautiful pho…
A dreamy animated documentary about the dangers of early cinema.
In the Philippines, an innocent man faces the death penalty in a controversial murder case that separated two families …
This documentary unveils with irony and diligence the connection between business, politics and sport in Donetsk, Ukrai…
This Oscar-winning documentary short film made in 1949 poses an institutional approach to explain the role of the publi…
This film documents the situation of rescued dogs in Northeast Canada and especially in one of the animal shelters that…
In an industrial community of New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plant that…
This film tells the story of Raul Castells, an indomitable Argentine social activist who fights incessantly against the…
In 1998 Apple discontinued Newton, its first touchscreen handheld computer. This film shows how, twenty years later, Ne…
Since 1898 more than 2.000 people have been exonerated of a serious crime in the U.S. This documentary tells the story …
A filmmaker discovers what happened to the dream of who was his next-door neighbor 16 years ago, a man who built an oce…
Today, more kids are going to adult prisons with longer sentences in the United States. This films poses a serious look…
Six scenarios play out against the backdrop of modern London, enabling a portrait of human beings as consumers of their…
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