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1. An Apology to Elephants

Elephants are among the most majestic and intelligent creatures on Earth--but for hundreds of years, they have suffered at the hands of humans. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces our long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

2. Di Balik Topeng Merah (Di Balik Topeng Merah)

Violence against long-tailed monkeys is on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Animal lovers from various organizations are trying to return them to their natural habitat.

3. Milked

A young activist goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand's most powerful industry, and reveals how the sacred cash-cow industry has been milked dry. His journey exposes not only the sustainability crisis and the dangerous denial of impending agricultural disruption, but also what New Zealand and other countries can do to change their fate.

It has an average vote of 9.5 on TMDB.

4. Shooting the Mafia

Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra when she first photographed the sinister scene of a brutal murder. Documenting the barbaric rule of the Italian Mafia, she was an unwavering witness to its crimes. Her art and courage helped end the horrific and bloody reign of the Corleonesi clan.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

5. Slaughterhouse

Documentary about a slaughterhouse in Quito, where hundreds of people and entire families work everyday. The smell of the place is warm and penetrating, the noise is intense, everything is red. Would that much effort and death have an ulterior purpose?

6. Susana

ICE conducted the largest immigration raids in US history at slaughterhouses in 2019, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the danger to herself and her family, former slaughterhouse worker Susana returns to the scene at night to care for animals on their way to the kill floor.

7. Your Mommy Kills Animals

(Your Mommy Kills Animals)

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

8. Twelve Nights (十二夜)

Raye’s devastating documentary follows the plight of some 450 dogs brought through a single animal shelter during the winter of 2013. Policy dictates that any animal not adopted within 12 nights will be destroyed. Only around 10% of residents will be so lucky as to survive. As they wait, their time in the shelter is fraught with anguish, disease, and only the slimmest possibility of a better life. Executive produced by novelist and filmmaker Giddens Ko .

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

9. A Engrenagem (A Engrenagem)

(A Engrenagem)

10. Cold Turkey

Leo Regan follows his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he tries to go cold turkey from heroin in his council flat and without medication.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

11. M6NTHS

Short film about an animal in captivity longing for the outside. An animal that, like us, dreams, is intelligent, curious, social and sensitive, and in whom we can clearly recognise a soul. The piglet in this movie invites us to see the world through his eyes, which will forever change our view on pigs.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

12. Ramón Masats: el ojo irónico (Ramón Masats: el ojo irónico)

A journey through the life and outstanding work of the Spanish photographer and filmmaker Ramón Masats.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

13. W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in unforgettable photographs by the legendary W. Eugene Smith. This program showcases over 600 of Smith’s stunning photographs and includes a dramatic recreation in which actor Peter Riegert portrays the artist using dialogue take from Smith’s diaries and letters. Interwoven through the program are archival footage and interviews with family and friends of this brilliant, complicated man, whose work developed from twin themes of common humanity and social responsibility.

14. Food Choices

This documentary explores the impact that food choices have on people's health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other living species. And also discusses several misconceptions about food and diet.

It has an average vote of 7.157 on TMDB.

15. City of Photographers (La ciudad de los fotógrafos)

A film about the fearless photographers and photojournalists who documented strikes, demonstrations, protests etc during the Chilean military regime of Augusto Pinochet, sometimes risking their very lives.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

16. Kautela, Photographer (Kautela, el fotógrafo)

After the discovery of a suitcase hidden in the family home of Francisco Martínez Gascón, known as Kautela, a photojournalist who lived through the Spanish Civil War from the perspective of the rebel side, his granddaughter decides to carry out an investigation into his life and work.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

17. Djurens krigare

A documentary about animal rights activists

18. Grizzly Man

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

19. L'Homme-cochon, 20 ans plus tard (L'Homme-cochon, 20 ans plus tard)

Jean-Louis Le Tacon finds Maxime Duchemin in the ruins of his pig farm, devoured by brambles and nettles. Twenty years later, what has become of his life?

20. Monkeys, Rats and Me

This year, the building of the Oxford animal lab has triggered the most important conflict between scientists and the animal rights movement for a century.