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24 results for “racial tension”

Mississippi Burning

1988 ★ 7.7

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregati

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Giant

1956 ★ 7.6

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Ben

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Passions

1999 ★ 7.6

Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August

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Genesis

2021 ★ 7.9

The story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we

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American History X

1998 ★ 8.3

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that b

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Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983 ★ 8.3

A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined

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Malcolm X

1992 ★ 7.6

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Bl

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Bound by Honor

1993 ★ 8.2

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1

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Heartbreak High

2022 ★ 7.2

A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, se

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Pillars of the Sky

1956 ★ 5.4

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in

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The Cuckold

2009 ★ 3.5

The Cuckold is a controversial dramatic feature that pushes a camera lens through the peephole of American taboo, focusing on the flashpoint where racial and se

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A Time to Kill

1996 ★ 7.4

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK. A Time to Kill is a 199

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Far from Heaven

2002 ★ 7.1

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society. Drama Romance

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Medium Cool

1969 ★ 6.7

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that hi

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… tick… tick… tick…

1970 ★ 6.7

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South. Drama Action

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A Bronx Tale

1993 ★ 7.9

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. Compl

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Ragtime

1981 ★ 7.0

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic eve

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Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)

2016 ★ 10.0

From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide. Successive pre

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The Class

2008 ★ 7.0

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

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Invisible Beauty

2023 ★ 8.7

Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021 ★ 6.5

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, u

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The Savage

1952 ★ 6.3

The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very w

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Sayonara

1957 ★ 6.7

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounde

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Unconquered

1989 ★ 9.3

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family's peace.

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