Movies and TvShows featuring "inequity" theme.

"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.

In a dystopian world, Zero, a deformed baby, is imprisoned for being different. Zero navigates through a society filled with intolerance and inequity, finding love and facing his own mortality along the way.

From his modest apartment in Lima, a teacher gives virtual classes, seeking to reflect with his young students with low socio-economic backgrounds on racism, politics and inequality: issues that resonate in an increasingly fractured country.

In 2020, the world was hit by a deadly pandemic known as COVID-19. This documentary follows the stories of healthcare workers in New York City as they battle the virus and face numerous challenges. From overcrowded hospitals to shortages of medical supplies, the first wave of the pandemic puts a strain on the healthcare system and exposes the social inequities within it.

Almost half of the residents in the South Bronx live below the poverty level. One in four do not have access to quality food. Anita, among others, makes difficult choices to provide for her family. She depends on the local food pantry to make ends meet.

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance policies are used to justify suspension and arrests that set up a pathway to send children of color and children with special needs from school to prison. Children are being suspended, restrained, dragged, physically manhandled, and subsequently arrested for minor offenses such as throwing candy on a school bus. These personal accounts from people affected by the school-to-prison pipeline give riveting tales about the generational impact on society.

Pandora's Box unmasks the global pandemic of menstrual inequity and period poverty. From Maasai villages, to Mumbai and on to London, we meet young women who are forced to stay at home from school, or even drop out, merely because they don't have access to menstrual supplies. We meet formerly incarcerated women in the U.S. prison system who talk about their struggles to menstruate safely while deprived of basic human hygiene. One of them asks: "Isn't the ability to menstruate with dignity a basic human right?"

In 'Matar', an asylum seeker in England is faced with the harsh immigration system, pushing him to the margins of society. He relies on his bicycle to sustain himself.%s

Insight Prison Project, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its dedication to breaking the cycle of incarceration through effective in-prison rehabilitation programming, and for being a model for catalyzing statewide prison reform.

Set in a small village in Brussels during the 1980s, 'No Fags' tells the story of a man struggling with his sexuality and the challenges he faces in a society plagued by homophobia and intolerance. Through his journey of self-discovery and coming out, he confronts discrimination, violence, and the AIDS epidemic, while also finding strength in his own self-confidence and embracing diversity. The film explores themes of equality, individuality, and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in West Germany.