1. Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad] (Морковча)
This film tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories making their new home in New York City. The history of the diaspora is told through conversations with Lidiya Kan’s mother, personal stories, fragmented memories, and her family photo archive. An important character of the film is Morkovcha, the Korean carrot salad, an invention of the Russian Korean diaspora; its essence is symbolic of their mixed identity.
2. Othelo The Great (Othelo, O Grande)
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.
3. SHOW ME THE JUSTICE (청년정치백서-쇼미더저스티스)
Kim Chang-in, a self-proclaimed ‘democratic socialist,’ and Kim Hyun-jin, who calls himself an ‘extremely centrist person,’ are ordinary young people in South Korea. While Chang-in became interested in politics because he was angry at the sight of bleeding workers at the Ssangyong Motors strike, Hyun-jin was angry at tax money being wasted on populist policies such as minimum wage and work incentives and decided to go into politics.
4. Lenin v Praze (Lenin v Praze)
(Lenin v Praze)
5. The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through intimate interviews with some of those closest to him including his eldest son Flávio, former government ministers, as well as his opponents, explore Bolsonaro’s brilliant yet ruthless journey to the presidency, with high-stakes drama, guns and God.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
6. Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan (Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan)
Håkan Juholt came from the reserve bench and became captain of the whole team. A high-stakes bet that hardly anyone had dared to bet on. But after only 303 days, Håkan Juholt's time as party leader for the Social Democrats was over.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
7. Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey
Vermin Supreme is no ordinary presidential candidate. Promising a free pony for every American, a fully funded time travel research program, and unprecedented zombie preparedness initiatives for a new American Republic, he truly is the people's candidate and the friendly fascist par excellence. "Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey" follows Vermin Supreme's raucous 2012 campaign from the Rainbow Gathering in the the Cherokee National Forest to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to Occupy Wall Street protests, and all the way to heart of the American Empire in Washington, DC. From the unsettling gravitas of marauding riot police to the unbridled joy of songs sung for police officers and pranks played on anti-abortion fanatics, "Who Is Vermin Supreme?" is certain to show you America as you've never seen it before.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
8. Be Seeing You (À bientôt, j'espère)
A documentary look at striking workers in a textile plant in Besançon, France, centering on interviews with workers about their motivations for becoming involved with the union and the struggles of their day to day life.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Dissection (تشریح)
An experimental short film about killing in the cinema, on the street or at the time of filming
10. Ruins
A documentary about a shocking case of HIV criminalization in Greece.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
It has an average vote of 6.972 on TMDB.
12. WHAT GOES AROUND Rudolf Slánský (KDO JINÉMU JÁMU Rudolf Slánský)
The full-length television documentary, using currently found audio-visual records, tells the story of the fabricated political process from November 1952, the story of its victims and its masterminds. At its end, 11 executed high-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Czech Republic, committed to the communist party, who mechanically "recited" memorized confessions and accusations of "accomplices", former friends and colleagues in front of the court in response to prearranged questions from the prosecutors and judges.
13. Rok stalinské epochy (Rok stalinské epochy)
(Rok stalinské epochy)
14. Conspiracy of Silence
"Conspiracy of Silence" is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of government. Featuring intrepid investigator John DeCamp, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and 16-year Nebraska state senator, "Conspiracy of Silence" reveals how rogue elements at all levels of government have been involved in systematic child abuse and pedophilia to feed the base desires of key politicians
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
15. Camus, l'icône de la révolte (Camus, l'icône de la révolte)
(Camus, l'icône de la révolte)
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
16. Taking Alcatraz
A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as told by principal organizer, Adam Fortunate Eagle. The story unfolds through Fortunate Eagle's remembrances, archival newsreel footage and photographs.
17. Queen of Crypto
She promised a new future with her revolutionary new crypto currency. But her $4 billion empire was all a fraud, milking investors, and sending her on the run as a global fugitive.
18. Dear Esther
In 1989, a woman writes a letter to her mentor. She reminisces about a life-changing campaign they spearheaded to save a historic home, Irving Gill's Walter Luther Dodge House in Los Angeles, twenty years prior.
19. Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain
Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills a threat to the US government. Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF embraces it to help refugee children? Award–winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain—a verified digital ledger—are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
20. Elective Affinities (Spřízněni volbou)
Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end with the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact.
It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.