Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.
A dual coming-of-age horror story, one for a boy and one for a beast; each contending with the expectations of “masculinity” for their respective species.
Evan spends the perfect day with his girlfriend Kayla, then wakes up and finds himself doing it all over again....
This be the year 3000. The world has been enveloped within the flames of nuclear warfare, bringing with it a new dark age. In these times, technology can be a rare blessing, or curse, depending on its discovery and / or use. What is left of civilization, of humanity, has been reduced to numerous city states, each fighting to survive the wars between them , as well as from within. This tale takes place after a vile war between two Houses both like in dignity, in what is left of fair Verona. The House of Capulet has claimed victory and believes to have extinguished all within The House of Montague, yet one still lives. This be not the story of star-crossed lovers, but of Romeo, last of the Montague. A cyborg who seeks love, and revenge...
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
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The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
A woman challenges her husband on his decision to have a female friend stay over.
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
In a near future, Lucía (Adriana Ugarte) decides to sell some of her most treasured experiences to get rich. Surrounded by luxury we all want to have, she will discover where is her balance. Would you sell your most treasured experiences? How much.
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
In the year 2021, a virus wreaks havoc in Melbourne. Quarantine is established as recently-dead roam the streets. Three friends make a run for it, using all the technology at their disposal.
On the 26th of June 2020, Joel Miller's life changed forever. A god like anomaly approaches him in sudden urgency, offering him the deal of a lifetime. The deal is simple. The anomaly ("him") shows Joel his future, consisting of heartache and trauma, however “him” has Joel's ticket out of it. The Experience is a place the human consciousness can go while their body is in a dream like state. By “him” having the power to send Joel into The Experience, this means Joel avoids his future. To obtain The Experience, Joel is presented a contract. Singing it will result in him avoiding his future and transitioning into The Experience, failure to sign it however will have Joel witness the dark and terrifying life ahead of him. It is safe to say that on earth, Joel is in his final hours.
An ex-soldier travels to an unknown land to hunt down the person who murdered a revered general of his. But while he waits to catch the culprit, the unexpected beauty of life and those who have burst into it distract him. He meets Miho, a lonely foreign student working as a prostitute. Intertwined is also Carlos, a recently paralyzed student trying to cope with new found disability.
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.