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  1. Four Daughters 2023

    Documentary

    Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.

    The sides of Four Daughters

    • A Tunisian mother and her four daughters
    • Two daughters who left home and never came back
    • Actresses standing in for the missing

    Good for you if

    • you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.
    • you want a true story told by the family who lived it.
    • you want to be moved to tears by two sisters facing the actresses who play their missing sisters.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Arabic.
    • you can't watch a family talk about abuse, violence and radicalisation.

    About: motherhood · sisterhood · radicalisation · memory

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  2. One Child Nation 2019

    Documentary

    Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.

    The sides of One Child Nation

    • China's one child policy
    • A new mother going back to her village
    • Officials, midwives and families speaking

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.
    • you want to see how a state reaches into every family.
    • you like a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face forced abortions and abandoned babies, even in testimony.
    • you need some hope by the end of a documentary.

    About: state control · silence · motherhood · guilt

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  3. For Sama 2019

    Documentary

    A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

    The sides of For Sama

    • A young mother filming for her baby daughter
    • A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
    • The choice to stay or to leave

    Good for you if

    • you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
    • you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.

    About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope

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  4. After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

    The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

    • A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
    • A Mexican justice system that lets him go
    • Years of protest in Chihuahua

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
    • you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
    • you need a story where justice wins in the end.

    About: justice · grief · corruption

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  5. Five Broken Cameras 2011

    Documentary

    Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.

    The sides of Five Broken Cameras

    • A Palestinian farmer filming his village
    • Weekly protests against a separation wall
    • A son growing up in front of the camera

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.
    • you like a father filming his youngest son as he grows up.
    • you like a story told by one man and his cameras, year after year.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real people being hurt and killed on camera.
    • you need some hope by the end of a film.

    About: resistance · land · fatherhood · loss

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  6. This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.

    The sides of Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

    • A young actress drawn into NXIVM
    • A self-help group that became a cult
    • A mother fighting to get her daughter out

    Good for you if

    • you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.
    • you want to understand how a group took control of its members.
    • you're moved by a mother who refuses to give up on her daughter.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch accounts of manipulation and sexual abuse.
    • you want the whole cult told through many former members. This one stays close to India and her mother.

    About: manipulation · control · recovery

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  7. The Edge of Democracy 2019

    Documentary

    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

    The sides of The Edge of Democracy

    • Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
    • An impeachment seen from inside the palace
    • A director whose own family is part of the story

    Good for you if

    • you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
    • you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
    • you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
    • you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.

    About: democracy · polarization · memory

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  8. He Named Me Malala 2015

    Documentary

    A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

    The sides of He Named Me Malala

    • Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
    • A Taliban gunman on a school bus
    • Hand-painted animated flashbacks

    Good for you if

    • you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
    • you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
    • you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.

    About: education · courage · fatherhood

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  9. The Look of Silence 2014

    Documentary

    An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

    The sides of The Look of Silence

    • A man facing those who killed his brother
    • Eye tests as a way into conversations
    • Indonesia's 1965 killings

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.
    • you want to understand a mass killing that is rarely talked about.
    • you like quiet, patient conversations that say a lot.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to hear killers calmly describe what they did.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Indonesian.

    About: guilt · memory · justice · grief

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  10. Under the Sun 2015

    Documentary

    Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.

    The sides of Under the Sun

    • A Pyongyang family filmed for a year
    • Officials directing every scene
    • What happens between the takes

    Good for you if

    • you like everyday life that feels staged and surreal.
    • you want to see how a regime scripts its own people.
    • you're curious about a real family in North Korea.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum and long silent shots wear you out.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Korean.

    About: propaganda · control · childhood

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  11. In interviews and rare home video footage, ex-FLDS members share the truth about their isolated community — and the events that pushed them to leave.

    The sides of Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

    • A closed polygamist church in the American West
    • Warren Jeffs, a self-declared prophet
    • Former members and their home videos

    Good for you if

    • you want former members telling the truth about a world they escaped.
    • you like seeing how one man took control of a whole community.
    • you are drawn to stories of mothers and daughters breaking away.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take real stories of child abuse and underage marriage.
    • you need some light in a story, and this one stays dark for long stretches.

    About: faith · control · escape

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  12. Cuba and the Cameraman 2017

    Documentary

    This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.

    The sides of Cuba and the Cameraman

    • An American filmmaker returning to Cuba for decades
    • Three Cuban families growing old
    • Fidel Castro seen up close

    Good for you if

    • you want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.
    • you like history seen from a farm and a city street.
    • you like watching the same people age on camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take poverty and loss up close.
    • you need a story that moves faster than decades of slow change.

    About: time · poverty · revolution · family

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  13. No Other Land 2024

    Documentary

    This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

    The sides of No Other Land

    • Villages of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank
    • Homes and a school torn down
    • A Palestinian activist and an Israeli journalist

    Good for you if

    • you want to see events filmed by the people living them.
    • you like a bond between Basel and Yuval across a divide.
    • you want to see who holds power over a home.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch families losing their homes, filmed as it happens.
    • you won't read subtitles.

    About: home · occupation · friendship · resistance

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  14. Collective 2019

    Documentary

    In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

    The sides of Collective

    • A nightclub fire in Bucharest
    • Sports journalists investigating hospitals
    • A new health minister inside the system

    Good for you if

    • you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
    • you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
    • you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
    • you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.

    About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health

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  15. Mr. Nobody Against Putin 2025

    Documentary

    As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.

    The sides of Mr. Nobody Against Putin

    • A teacher filming in his own school
    • War propaganda in Russian classrooms
    • A small Russian town

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what Russian schools did after the invasion of Ukraine.
    • you want to see how propaganda reaches children.
    • you want to see a war from far behind the front.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you need some hope by the end.

    About: propaganda · courage · childhood

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  16. Time 2020

    Documentary

    Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.

    The sides of Time

    • A wife fighting for her husband's release
    • Home videos filmed over two decades
    • Six sons growing up without their father at home

    Good for you if

    • you want a true story about a family and the prison system.
    • you like Fox Rich holding her family together for twenty years.
    • you like black and white images that make home videos feel like memory.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum more than a patient portrait.
    • you find black and white hard to sit through.

    About: waiting · love · justice

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  17. This Is Not a Film 2011

    Documentary

    Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

    The sides of This Is Not a Film

    • A director banned from making films
    • An apartment in Tehran under house arrest
    • A film smuggled out inside a cake

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a ban on filmmaking from the inside.
    • you care about Jafar Panahi defying a state that silenced him.
    • you like a quiet day at home, phone calls and a pet iguana.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles in Persian.
    • you need clear answers, and this film leaves you unsure what is staged and how Panahi's appeal ends.

    About: censorship · freedom · creation

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  18. Audrie & Daisy 2016

    Documentary

    A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.

    The sides of Audrie & Daisy

    • Two teenage girls who were sexually assaulted
    • Families facing the aftermath
    • Online harassment in small towns

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear what happened from the families and survivors themselves.
    • you can be moved by families speaking about a loss.
    • you want to see how small towns turned on two girls instead of the boys they accused.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about sexual assault and suicide.
    • you need justice at the end of a true story, and these cases leave you angry.

    About: consent · victim blaming · cyberbullying · grief

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  19. Take Care of Maya 2023

    Documentary

    When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.

    The sides of Take Care of Maya

    • A sick ten-year-old taken into state custody
    • Parents accused of abuse after a hospital visit
    • A family suing the hospital

    Good for you if

    • you want to follow a family fighting to get their daughter back.
    • you want to see how a hospital and child services can overrule parents.
    • you're ready to be moved by what the Kowalskis went through.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a sick child kept away from her parents for months.
    • you need some hope to hold on to in a true story.

    About: false accusations · motherhood · institutions

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  20. Incendies 2010

    Film

    A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

    The sides of Incendies

    • Twins reading their mother's last wishes
    • A search through a country torn by civil war
    • A family secret buried for decades

    Good for you if

    • you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
    • you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
    • you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.

    About: family secrets · war · forgiveness

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