Movies and TvShows featuring "social-customs" theme.

Cavalcade is a drama film set in London, England during World War I. It follows the lives of two families, one wealthy and the other working-class, and their experiences and relationships over the course of several years. The film touches on themes of love, death, social upheaval, and the impact of war on individuals and society.

In 19th-century Maine, a woman must navigate her own desires and a dysfunctional family as she spirals into darkness.

Becky Sharp follows the ambitious and manipulative Becky as she navigates London society, using her wit and charm to rise to the top. However, her actions come at a cost, leading to her eventual downfall.

In My Blood It Runs is a powerful, observational documentary that follows a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy named Dujuan as he navigates the challenges of growing up in the Northern Territory of Australia. Dujuan is a skilled hunter and healer, deeply connected to his Aboriginal culture and community, but he struggles within the confines of the Australian education system and the welfare system that often fails Indigenous children like him. The film explores Dujuan's journey as he fights for his culture, his education, and his future.

Margie, a small-town girl in the 1920s, navigates through love, ambition, and high school life. She competes in a singing competition, deals with teen angst, and reminisces about her high school friends. Her relationships with her father, teacher, and football coach shape her journey towards graduation and finding her place in the world.

On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues of racial tension and national identity that simmer beneath the surface of modern Australia.

When a young boy goes missing in Japan, an American diplomat and a local fisherman set out on a daring rescue mission, forming an unlikely friendship along the way.

An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.

The Wet Parade is a drama film set in the early 1900s during the Prohibition era. It explores the social impact and consequences of alcohol consumption through various storylines, including a murder trial, a social reformer's crusade, and a newspaper reporter's investigation. The film touches upon themes of family relationships, class distinction, and political campaigns in a time of social upheaval.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a fictionalized biopic set in the 1840s in Surrey, England. Elizabeth Barrett, an invalid, lives a life of social isolation under the tyrannical rule of her father. She finds solace in her poetry and forms a forbidden romance with Robert Browning, a persistent suitor. The film explores their whirlwind courtship, their elopement to Italy, and the challenges they face due to societal and family expectations.

An exploration of the Samoan faafafine, boys who are raised as girls, who fulfill a traditional role in Samoan culture. In the past they have shared women's traditional work but today are becoming more westernized and look more like drag queens. Several anthropologists comment on the phenomenon examining issues of culture and gender and the complexities of sexual identity.

She Who Must Be Loved is a documentary film that tells the life story of an Aboriginal woman who became a groundbreaking photographer and film pioneer. The film explores her struggle for recognition and her impact on the media landscape while also exploring themes of Aboriginal history, social customs, and the stolen generation.

This film shows events in the biennial Festival of Arts and the annual Flower Day of 1968. Adelaide celebrated Flower Day annually from 1938 to 1975 and it made a return in 2021. The footage includes a ‘welcome said with flowers’ to performers Marlene Dietrich, Marcella Reale, Morag Beaton, Lucero Tena, and the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Orchestra. There is also a look inside the Art Gallery’s display for the 5th Adelaide Festival of Arts. This is quite possibly the moment the phrase “Mad March” was coined! 

Shows how tourists get to the Centre (Central Australia). Includes: Aboriginal rock paintings, the Devil's Marbles, Tennant Creek, gold crushing plant, Elsey Station (home of Aeneas Gunn - shows graves on the property), Manton Dam, Darwin being rebuilt after the war.