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Social problem films

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Genre/Form termSocial problem films
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Variant(s)Social consciousness films
See alsoInformational works
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Motion pictures
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Scope noteFilms that dramatize a specific social ill, or a contemporary political issue, to draw attention to it.
Found inMoving image genre-form guide online, April 27, 2007: (social problem: Fictional work dramatizing a specific societal ill, or a contemporary topic in the political arena, from alcoholism and drug addiction to racial and religious intolerance, to draw attention to the issue and take advantage of topical interest in a subject; used for: Social consciousness)
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