Each week, streaming sites like Netflix, HBO, and Amazon release a whole spate of new movies for us to gobble up.
Global Citizen has scoured the endless landscape of TV, movies, and streaming services to find the best things for you to watch. Check back every week as we present the latest and best offerings for you to enjoy.
Streaming:
“Theo Who Lived” on Netflix, Documentary
Ambitious freelance journalist Theo Padnos decides to plunge into unstable Syria in the early stages of its civil war in late 2012. Captured by Al Qaeda during his first man-on-the-street interview, Padnos is imprisoned for two years, and gains much insight into the ideology and rationalizations of the terrorist organization.
“Sand Storm” on Netflix, Film
Two women, a mother and a daughter, are forced into unwanted marriages in a Bedouin village in Israel. This film follows their quiet rebellions against the patriarchal system they were born into.
“The Seventh Fire” on Netflix, Documentary
This powerful documentary portrays criminality, drug abuse, gang culture, and violence in Native American prison populations. The prison population for Native Americans, already 38% higher than the national average, has increased by 27% in the past five years, Quartz reports.
“The Longest Distance” on Amazon, Film
After the brutal murder of his mother in Caracas, a young Venezuelan boy, Lucas, searches for his maternal grandmother, with whom his mother had hoped to reconcile. Along the road to his grandmother’s rural pueblo, he encounters a colorful character and is introduced to a far less violent reality than that which he experienced in the capital city.
“Masaan” on Netflix, Film
A movie that intertwines the stories of two young Indians from different castes, one a college student with powerful family connections and the other the son of corpse burners who hopes to one day go to school for civil engineering.
“Trouble the Water” on Amazon, Documentary
Although this documentary is a bit dated (2008), it illustrates the devastation of Hurricane Katrina from a unique lens, that of Kimberly, an aspiring rapper, and her husband Scott Roberts, two black New Orleans residents who were unable to leave when the storm hit. “One of the best American documentaries in recent memory,” according to the New York Times, their story is a powerful and biting critique of race relations in America.
Theaters:
“Neruda” (Friday)
A biopic that plays out like a crime drama, this film tells the story of the hunt for Pablo Neruda, one of the premiere literary figures in Latin American history, and a communist, in 1940s Chile.