So Terribly Unnecessary (1979)
Documentary about children and accidents focusing on a family who lost their son who fell down a well.
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The Pace That Kills (1959)
Excessive speed is the number one killer on the roads: one-thrid of all road deaths are caused by it. By excessive speeding drivers risk their own lives and those of others.
Stand for Humanity [a PSA about Hate Crime]
A PSA about Hate Crime. Young Izaak finds out that his father has been yet another victim of Hate Crime, while also learning what to do in this situations.
More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)
A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.
North American House Hippo (1999)
The house hippo is a fictitious species of hippopotamus, and the subject of a Canadian television public service announcement produced by Concerned Children's Advertisers
I Do Not Want To Smoke (2020)
This short film is a translation of an original script from the USSR, written in 1936, but never produced. An over-the-top anti-smoking PSA.
Hidden Wounds (2022)
The impact of lingering trauma on an ex-serviceman, triggered by sounds of everyday life.
Acid Rain (1989)
Environmental PSA by Bill Plympton.
Soapy the Germ Fighter (1951)
Young Billy Martin has a vision of Soapy, a giant bar of soap, that teaches him the importance of being clean.
A Day in the Forest with Smokey Bear (2010)
Several children spend a day in the forest and learn from Smokey Bear the five rules to fire safety.
Zombie Door (1970)
Psychedelic Hanna-Barbera anti-drug PSA, ca. 1970. Created by Art Babbitt - he'd developed Goofy during his time at Disney.
Jack Pot (1940)
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.
Smoking Drill (2000)
Anti-tobacco PSA by the Arizona Department of Health Services, with its campaign aimed at teenagers which ran between the mid-90s to early 2000s. This is one of their later ones, which uses the dark and disturbing imagery of a factory that produces both cigarettes and the teenagers who smoke them.
Cycle of Change (2023)
A young woman with PCOS, feeling isolated and frustrated, finds hope and resilience through a supportive women's NGO, transforming her journey from struggle to empowerment.
Scoop of Ignorance (2024)
"Scoop of Ignorance" is a Public Service Announcement created to raise awareness about the importance of education.
PSA FROM THE VOID (2025)
PSA FROM THE VOID was created for a BGSU 48-Hour Film Festival.
Diameter of the Bomb (2005)
Since the renewed Intifada began in 2000, there have been over 75 Palestinian suicide bombings. This is the story of 0ne-the bombing of bus 32 in Jerusalem in June 2002. The film connects the stories of a group of ordinary Israelis-Jews and Arabs. Each of them holds a clue to someone who died that day.
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia (2018)
This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian screen icon who began his illustrious career as a serious dramatic stage actor before going on to subvert that image in classic works of commedia all’italiana by Mario Monicelli (Big Deal on Madonna Street), Dino Risi (Il Sorpasso), and Ettore Scola (We All Loved Each Other So Much). Through a wealth of interviews, film clips, and archival footage, Sono Gassman! reveals how Gassman’s comedic screen persona cannily reflected and critiqued mid-20th-century Italian society, while shedding light on the complex inner life of the man himself.
Relighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan Story (2023)
Tim Sullivan owns a candle shop in West Hollywood that employs newly sober, and homeless men and women to help pour the 20k Christmas candle orders every year.
Songs of Injustice: Heavy Metal Music in Latin America (2018)
In this documentary film a team of researchers examine the social contexts that influenced the emergence and permanence of heavy metal music in Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. Colonialism, dictatorships, terrorism and neoliberal exploitation serve as points of reference for how heavy metal in the region has been directly linked to each country's social and political context.