LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.

An early Patwardhan documentary completed in 1978, Prisoners of Conscience focuses on the state of e...

In 1961, history was on trial... in a trial that made history. Just 15 years after the end of WWII, ...
This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by...

The third installment of the infamous "is it real or fake?" mondo series sets its sights primarily o...

Jérôme was sexually abused as a child by a priest. In a deeply personal film, he tries to search for...

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relativel...

The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...

A Sense of Justice, immerses us In a law firm in this same city. There, we can find Christine Mengus...

Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom...

My father was a cop. And not a nice one. A bad cop. He once was a young policeman entering the profe...

The Law of Silence, a final-year documentary by Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier at Femis, examines the 1...

In France, victims and perpetrators of offenses, misdemeanors, or crimes can meet and talk in secure...

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by...

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a...

A documentary released in 1985 about the Mothers of Place Vendôme.

Their words had never been heard before. Co-directed by French-Rwandan musician and author Gaël Faye...

Young police officers are supposed to enforce the law and suppress their personal opinions. After th...