Movies and TvShows featuring "social-consciousness" theme.

Speechless is a sitcom that revolves around the DiMeo family, who have a special needs child named JJ. The show follows their adventures and struggles as they navigate through life with JJ, who is unable to speak due to his cerebral palsy. With the support of their loving family, the DiMeos face various challenges and work together to overcome them. Through a combination of humor and social consciousness, Speechless sheds light on the experiences of disabled individuals and their families in a heartwarming and comedic way.

Cher Horowitz, a wealthy and popular high school student in Beverly Hills, takes on the role of a matchmaker. Along the way, she learns about love, friendship, and the importance of genuine connections.

The 11th Hour is a documentary that reveals the urgency of the climate crisis and the need for immediate action. It explores the devastating consequences of human activity on the planet, such as greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and overfishing. Through interviews with experts and activists, the film highlights the moral responsibility we have to protect and preserve the environment for future generations.

City of Joy is a movie about an American surgeon who travels to Calcutta, India to volunteer at a medical clinic. He becomes friends with the locals and witnesses the poverty and corruption that plague the city. Despite the challenging circumstances, he finds hope and optimism in the midst of it all.

A wealthy department store tycoon goes undercover as a shoe salesman to get to know his employees and discovers the struggles and class differences they face. Along the way, he falls in love with a working woman and joins forces with the employees to fight for better working conditions.

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years is a riveting drama that explores the complex mother-daughter relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and her son, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as they navigate the challenges of political life in the White House. Set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath, the film delves into themes of loneliness, remorse, and the struggle between visionary and reactionary forces. It also sheds light on Eleanor's role as a hostess and her commitment to social consciousness, highlighting issues such as homelessness, anti-Semitism, and racism. Through historical reinterpretation, the movie examines pivotal events like Franklin's death, his state funeral, and the postmodern reforms he introduced, such as social security and medical care. The narrative also touches on Eleanor's activism and her influential relationships with political figures like Winston Churchill and Harry Hopkins. With a focus on the west coast, including California and Pearl Harbor, the film delves into the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II. Capturing the essence of the era, it features iconic locations like the Lincoln Memorial and the White House in Washington, D.C. Drawing on elements of biography and historical drama, this film portrays Eleanor Roosevelt as a strong and independent woman, offering a nuanced portrait of her role in American politics.

Based on a true story, Let Him Have It explores the controversial case of Derek Bentley, a mentally challenged teenager who faces the death penalty after being implicated in a murder. The film delves into issues of class, justice, and capital punishment.

Madrasapattinam is a romantic drama set in the 1940s during the British colonial period in India. The story revolves around a young Tamil woman and a British officer who fall in love despite the cultural and social barriers of the time. The film explores themes of forbidden love, class differences, and the struggle for independence.

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.

A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's forced to steal artefacts for his father's slimy employer to earn money to help Jane.

"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.

A staged cinematic parable, it presents in symbolic images a painful diagnosis of Poles' sense of identity in the 1970s.

Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works as factory manager. He takes her to their home in the factory town and there orders his housekeeper to take away her useless clothes and to supply those befitting the wife of a factory manager. Trouble lies ahead.....

The revolution of 1905 is underway. Jan Czarowic, a revolutionist, loves beautiful Krystyna without reciprocity. Soon he takes part in an attack on a Russian general. One of the comrades is arrested and blackmailed, he betrays the others. Soon, all the fighters end up in a Russian prison, where they are tortured. However, Krystyna comes to help.

In La prova generale, Carlo (Carlo Cecchi) interviews with a tape machine and a microphone his young lover while the two wander in the beautiful splendour of a wood on the edge of the city.

Every man remembers how hard it is being 15 years old: Your voice is cracking, your hormones are raging, school is boring, the girl you love is a young prostitute who won't go out with you because you don't have enough cash, so you start smuggling drugs across the border in order to save enough money to buy a rooster so you can enter a cockfight and win her love. It's a tale as old as time itself. Tijuana Makes Me Happy, which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, is both a charming coming-of-age story and a celebration of the most infamous of all Mexican border towns.

Siberiade is a TV mini-series that follows the lives of the people in a Siberian village from 1900 to the mid-20th century. It explores themes of love, family feuds, political turmoil, and the impact of industrialization and communism on the region.

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